DAN 4:17 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) That sentence is by the decree of the sentinels, and the decision is a command of the holy ones, so that the living may know that the highest one is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whoever he wants—even to those who seem unimportant.’

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 The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the decision is a command of the holy ones, so that the living may know that the Most High is ruler over the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he wishes and sets over it the lowliest of men.’

UST The holy ones in heaven have issued a decree. They want everyone to know that God Most High rules over all the kingdoms in this world. He is the one who chooses the people to rule these kingdoms. He sometimes places very unimportant people in places of importance.’

BSB This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’

OEB The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the affair by the word of the holy ones, that the living may know that the Most High rules over human kingdoms of gives them to whoever he will, and can set up as ruler the humblest of people.

WEBBE “‘The sentence is by the decree of the watchers and the demand by the word of the holy ones, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will, and sets up over it the lowest of men.’

WMBB (Same as above)

NET This announcement is by the decree of the sentinels;
⇔ this decision is by the pronouncement of the holy ones,
⇔ so that those who are alive may understand
⇔ that the Most High has authority over human kingdoms,
⇔ and he bestows them on whomever he wishes.
⇔ He establishes over them even the lowliest of human beings.’

LSV by the decree of the sifters [is] the sentence, and by the saying of the holy ones the requirement, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and to whom He wills He gives it, and the lowest of men He raises up over it.

FBV This is the decree conveyed by the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones in order that everyone alive may know that the Most High rules over human kingdoms. He gives them to whoever he chooses—he puts the most humble individuals in charge.’

T4T The holy angels have decided what must happen. They want to inform everyone that the Supreme God rules over all the kingdoms in this world. He is the one who chooses who will rule these kingdoms. He sometimes allows very unimportant people to become rulers.”

LEB No LEB DAN book available

BBE This order is fixed by the watchers, and the decision is by the word of the holy ones: so that the living may be certain that the Most High is ruler over the kingdom of men, and gives it to any man at his pleasure, lifting up over it the lowest of men.

Moff No Moff DAN book available

JPS (4-14) The matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the sentence by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will, and setteth up over it the lowest of men.

ASV The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the lowest of men.

DRA The tree which thou sawest which was high and strong, whose height reached to the skies, and the sight thereof into all tire earth:

YLT by the decree of the sifters [is] the sentence, and by the saying of the holy ones the requirement, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and to whom He willeth He giveth it, and the lowest of men He doth raise up over it.

Drby This sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the decision by the word of the holy ones: that the living may know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.

RV The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the lowest of men.
(The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and giveth/gives it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the lowest of men. )

SLT The word by the decree of the watchers, and the saying of the holy ones is the question: for the reason that the living shall know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and to whom that he will, he will give it, and he will raise up over it the low of men.

Wbstr This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.

KJB-1769 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
(This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High rules in the kingdom of men, and giveth/gives it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. )

KJB-1611 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demaund by the word of the Holy ones: to the intent that the liuing may know, that the most High ruleth in the kingdome of men, and giueth it to whomsoeuer hee will, and setteth vp ouer it the basest of men.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps No Bshps DAN book available

Gnva The tree that thou sawest, which was great and mightie, whose height reached vnto the heauen, and the sight thereof through all the world,
(The tree that thou/you sawest/saw, which was great and mighty, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof through all the world, )

Cvdl No Cvdl DAN book available

Wycl No Wycl DAN book available

Luth No Luth DAN book available

ClVg Arborem, quam vidisti sublimem atque robustam, cujus altitudo pertingit ad cælum, et aspectus illius in omnem terram;
(Arborem, how did_you_see sublimem and_yet robustam, whose altitudo pertingit to the_sky, and appearance of_that in/into/on all the_earth/land; )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT DAN book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וּ⁠מֵאמַ֥ר קַדִּישִׁ֖ין שְׁאֵֽלְתָ֑⁠א

(Some words not found in UHB: tree,the that/who saw that/who grew_large and,strong and,top_of,its reached to,sky,the and,visible_of,it to/from=all/each/any/every earth,the )

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “and the holy ones have made this decision”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

קַדִּישִׁ֖ין

(Some words not found in UHB: tree,the that/who saw that/who grew_large and,strong and,top_of,its reached to,sky,the and,visible_of,it to/from=all/each/any/every earth,the )

This phrase probably refers to angels. Alternate translation: “the holy angels”

חַ֠יַּיָּ⁠א

(Some words not found in UHB: tree,the that/who saw that/who grew_large and,strong and,top_of,its reached to,sky,the and,visible_of,it to/from=all/each/any/every earth,the )

Alternate translation: “every living person” or “everyone”

יִתְּנִנַּ֔⁠הּ

(Some words not found in UHB: tree,the that/who saw that/who grew_large and,strong and,top_of,its reached to,sky,the and,visible_of,it to/from=all/each/any/every earth,the )

Alternate translation: “gives the kingdom”

Parallel DAN 4:17