DAN 2:37 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

2:37 Note: Marks an anomalous form.

2:37 Note: We have abandoned or added a ketib/qere relative to BHS. In doing this we agree with L against BHS.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT You, O king, are the king of kings to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the strength, and the glory;

UST You are a king who rules over many other kings. The God who rules in heaven has caused you to rule over them and has given you great power and has honored you.

BSB § You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.

OEB O king, you are the king of kings to whom the God of heaven has given the rule, the power, the strength, and the glory.

WEBBE You, O king, are king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the strength, and the glory.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “You, O king, are the king of kings. The God of heaven has granted you sovereignty, power, strength, and honor.

LSV You, O king, are a king of kings, for the God of the heavens a kingdom, strength, and might, and glory, has given to you;

FBV Your Majesty, you are the king of kings to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, and power, strength, and glory.

T4T You are a king who rules over many other kings. The God who rules in heaven has caused you to rule over them and has given you great power [DOU] and has honored you.

LEB You, O king, the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power and the might and the glory,

BBE You, O King, king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory,

Moff No Moff DAN book available

JPS Thou, O king, king of kings, unto whom the God of heaven hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;

ASV Thou, O king, art king of kings, unto whom the God of heaven hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;

DRA Thou art a king of kings: and the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, and strength, and power, and glory:

YLT 'Thou, O king, art a king of kings, for the God of the heavens a kingdom, strength, and might, and glory, hath given to thee;

Drby Thou, O king, art a king of kings, unto whom the [fn]God of the heavens hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;

2.37 Elohim

RV Thou, O king, art king of kings, unto whom the God of heaven hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;

Wbstr Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.

KJB-1769 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
(Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath/has given thee/you a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. )

KJB-1611 Thou, O King, art a king of Kings: for the God of heauen hath giuen thee a kingdome, power, and strength, and glory.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps O king, thou art a king of kinges: for the God of heaue hath geuen vnto thee a kingdome, power, strength, & glorie.
(O king, thou/you art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath/has given unto thee/you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory.)

Gnva O King, thou art a king of Kings: for the God of heauen hath giuen thee a kingdome, power, and strength, and glorie.
(O King, thou/you art a king of Kings: for the God of heaven hath/has given thee/you a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. )

Cvdl O kynge, thou art a kynge off kynges: For the God off heaue hath geue the a kingdome, ryches, strength and maiesty:
(O king, thou/you art a king off kings: For the God off heaven hath/has give the a kingdom, ryches, strength and mayest/mayy:)

Wycl Thou art kyng of kyngis, and God of heuene yaf to thee rewme, strengthe, and empire, and glorie;
(Thou art king of kings, and God of heaven gave to thee/you realm, strength, and empire, and glory;)

Luth Du, König, bist ein König aller Könige, dem GOtt vom Himmel Königreich, Macht, Stärke und Ehre gegeben hat
(Du, king, are a king aller kings/king, to_him God from_the heaven kingreich, Macht, Stärke and Ehre given hat)

ClVg Tu rex regum es: et Deus cæli regnum, et fortitudinem, et imperium, et gloriam dedit tibi:
(Tu king of_kings es: and God cæli kingdom, and fortitudinem, and government, and gloriam he_gave tibi: )

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

Four World Empires

Two panoramic visions in Daniel present God’s sovereignty over history. Nebuchadnezzar had the first vision (ch 2), and Daniel had another like it (ch 7). In each of these visions, four of the kingdoms of the world are presented.

There have always been questions about the identities of the four empires, but historically there has also been considerable consensus. Hippolytus (AD 170–236), one of the early church fathers, identified the four kingdoms as Babylonia, Media-Persia, Greece, and Rome. The church father and historian Eusebius of Caesarea (AD 260–340) initially identified the first kingdom as Assyria (which once also controlled Babylon), but he later agreed with Hippolytus, as did most of the church fathers. Later, Jerome and Augustine accepted this same understanding, and conservative interpreters largely still agree.

In antiquity and in our era, some interpreters have argued that Greece is the fourth empire, treating Media and Persia as separate kingdoms. This interpretation is due in part to denying the possibility of prediction, assuming the book was written before the Roman Empire had arisen. But Media and Persia are usually regarded as one empire, and the Median kingdom had been mostly assimilated by the Persians by the time Cyrus II conquered Babylon in 539 BC.

Rome is then seen as the fourth kingdom, but the bestial, demonic, and inhumane characteristics of the vision extend beyond the historical Rome. The visions also represent a panorama of the whole world and its governments; all will be destroyed and replaced by the Kingdom of God, the “rock . . . cut from a mountain” (2:34). The metals of the statue become progressively less valuable in chapter 2, while the animal imagery of chapter 7 becomes more menacingly fierce, violent, and inhumane. These features represent a deterioration of human civilization across the centuries, even as the Kingdom of God grows in power and stature (2:35).

Passages for Further Study

Dan 2:1-49; 7:1-28

Parallel DAN 2:37