Daniel 5:19

Due to the greatness that he bestowed on him, all peoples, nations, and language groups were trembling with fear ¹  before him. He killed whom he wished, he spared ²  whom he wished, he exalted whom he wished, and he brought low whom he wished.

Pr 16:14; Jer 25:9-14; Jer 27:5-7; Da 2:12,13; Da 3:4; Da 3:6,20,21,29; Da 4:22; Hab 2:5; Joh 19:11; Ro 13:1

¹ tn Aram “were trembling and fearing.” This can be treated as a hendiadys, “were trembling with fear.”

² tn Aram “let live.” This Aramaic form is the aphel participle of חַיָה(khayah, “to live”). Theodotion and the Vulgate mistakenly take the form to be from מְחָא (mÿkha’, “to smite”).