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Daniel 4:17

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4:17 This announcement is by the decree of the sentinels;

this decision is by the pronouncement of the holy ones,

so that 1  those who are alive may understand

that the Most High has authority over human kingdoms, 2 

and he bestows them on whomever he wishes.

He establishes over them even the lowliest of human beings.’

Daniel 4:34-35

Context

4:34 But at the end of the appointed time 3  I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up 4  toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me.

I extolled the Most High,

and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever.

For his authority is an everlasting authority,

and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next.

4:35 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. 5 

He does as he wishes with the army of heaven

and with those who inhabit the earth.

No one slaps 6  his hand

and says to him, ‘What have you done?’

1 tc The present translation follows an underlying reading of עַל־דִּבְרַת (’al-divrat, “so that”) rather than MT עַד־דִּבְרַת (’ad-divrat, “until”).

2 tn Aram “the kingdom of man”; NASB “the realm of mankind”; NCV “every kingdom on earth.”

3 tn Aram “days.”

4 tn Aram “lifted up my eyes.”

5 tc The present translation reads כְּלָא (kÿla’), with many medieval Hebrew MSS, rather than כְּלָה (kÿlah) of BHS.

6 tn Aram “strikes against.”



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