Parallel BEL 1:1

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) (DNG 14:1) King[fn] Astuages was gathered to his fathers, and Koresh (Cyrus) the Persian received his kingdom.

14:1 Bel and the Dragon is translated from chapter 14 of Daniel in the Greek Septuagint. It is not found in the traditional Hebrew text of Daniel. Bel and the Dragon is recognised as Deuterocanonical Scripture by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox Churches.

OET-LV (DNG 14:1) and the/this/who king Astuagaʸs to_add_(to) to/with the/this/who father he/she/it/self/my/your/him-self/there; and to_take supreme_power the/this/who Persaʸs the/this/who kingdom he/she/it/self/my/your/him-self/there.

BrLXX ΚΑΙ ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἀστυάγης προσετέθη πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας αὐτοῦ· καὶ παρέλαβε Κύρος ὁ Πέρσης τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ.
(KAI ho basileus Astuagaʸs prosetethaʸ pros tous pateras autou; kai parelabe Kuros ho Persaʸs taʸn basileian autou.)

BrTr And king Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus of Persia received his kingdom.

WEBBE No WEBBE BEL 1:1 book available

DRA Verse alignment unavailable (ambiguous).

RV AND king Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus the Persian received his kingdom.

KJB-1769 And king Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus of Persia received his kingdom.

KJB-1611 ¶ And King Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus of Persia receiued his kingdome.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Wycl Verse alignment unavailable (ambiguous).