4:28 Now all of this happened 2 to King Nebuchadnezzar. 4:29 After twelve months, he happened to be walking around on the battlements 3 of the royal palace of Babylon. 4:30 The king uttered these words: “Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence 4 by my own mighty strength 5 and for my majestic honor?” 4:31 While these words were still on the king’s lips, 6 a voice came down from heaven: “It is hereby announced to you, 7 King Nebuchadnezzar, that your kingdom has been removed from you!
1 tn Aram “if there may be a lengthening to your prosperity.”
2 tn Aram “reached.”
3 tn The word “battlements” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied from context. Many English versions supply “roof” here (e.g., NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); cf. NLT “on the flat roof.”
4 tn Aram “house.”
5 tn Aram “by the might of my strength.”
6 tn Aram “in the mouth of the king.”
7 tn Aram “to you they say.”