DAN 9:4 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim, green:YHWH.
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ULT I prayed to Yahweh my God, and I made confession and said, “O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love for those who love him and keep his commandments.

UST I confessed the sins that we had committed, and this is what I prayed:
¶ Lord, you are great and awesome! You have faithfully done what you said that you would do for us. You faithfully love those who love you and who do what you have commanded that they should do.

9:4 Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant.

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CSB I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed: Ah, Lord—the great and awe-inspiring God who keeps his gracious covenant with those who love him and keep his commands —

NLT I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed: “O Lord, you are a great and awesome God! You always fulfill your covenant and keep your promises of unfailing love to those who love you and obey your commands.

NIV I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed: “Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and keep his commandments,

ESV I prayed to the LORD my God and made confession, saying, “O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments,

NASB I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed and said, “Alas, O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments,

LSB And I prayed to Yahweh my God and confessed and said, “Alas, O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments,

WEBBE I prayed to the LORD my God, and made confession, and said,
¶ “Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments,

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG ^(1-8)“Darius, son of Ahasuerus, born a Mede, became king over the land of Babylon. In the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, was meditating on the Scriptures that gave, according to the Word of God to the prophet Jeremiah, the number of years that Jerusalem had to lie in ruins, namely, seventy. I turned to the Master God, asking for an answer—praying earnestly, fasting from meals, wearing rough penitential burlap, and kneeling in the ashes. I poured out my heart, baring my soul to God, my God:

NET I prayed to the LORD my God, confessing in this way:
¶ “O Lord, great and awesome God who is faithful to his covenant with those who love him and keep his commandments,

LSV And I pray to my God YHWH, and confess, and say: Ah, now, O Lord God, the great and the fearful, keeping the covenant and the kindness to those loving Him and to those keeping His commands;

FBV I prayed to the Lord my God, and confessed, saying,[fn] “Lord, you are a great and awesome God! You always keep your promises and show your trustworthy love to those who love you and keep your commandments.

9:4 Daniel's prayer draws on a number of texts from the Old Testament (Deuteronomy, 1 Kings, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Jeremiah) and so switches between me/our, you/your, and he/his. For consistency here the pronouns are regularized e.g. all references to God are designated as “you.”

T4T I confessed the sins that we had committed, and this is what I prayed:
¶ Lord, you are great and awesome! You have faithfully done what you said that you would do for us. You faithfully love those who love you and who do what you have commanded that they should do.

LEB And I prayed to Yahweh my God, and I made confession and I said, “O Lord, the great and awesome God, keeping the covenant and loyal love with those who love him and with those who keep his commandments,

NRSV I prayed to the LORD my God and made confession, saying, “Ah, Lord, great and awesome God, keeping covenant and steadfast love with those who love you and keep your commandments,

NKJV And I prayed to the LORD my God, and made confession, and said, “O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments,

NAB I prayed to the d LORD d*, my God, and confessed, “Ah, Lord, great and awesome God, you who keep your covenant and show mercy toward those who love you and keep your commandments and your precepts!

BBE And I made prayer to the Lord my God, putting our sins before him, and said, O Lord, the great God, greatly to be feared. keeping your agreement and mercy with those who have love for you and do your orders;

Moff I prayed to the Lord my God, I made confession thus: “Ah now, O Lord, the great and awful God, who keepest thy compact of kindness with those who love thee and keep thy commands,

JPS And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made confession, and said: 'O Lord, the great and awful God, who keepest covenant and mercy with them that love Thee and keep Thy commandments,

ASV And I prayed unto Jehovah my God, and made confession, and said, Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments,

DRA And I prayed to the Lord my God, and I made my confession, and said: I beseech thee, O Lord God, great and terrible, who keepest the covenant, and mercy to them that love thee, and keep thy commandments.

YLT And I pray to Jehovah my God, and confess, and say: 'I beseech Thee, O Lord God, the great and the fearful, keeping the covenant and the kindness to those loving Him, and to those keeping His commands;

Drby and I prayed unto Jehovah my [fn]God, and made my confession, and said, Alas Lord! the great and terrible [fn]God, keeping covenant and loving-kindness with them that love him, and that keep his commandments:

9.4 Elohim

9.4 El

RV And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments;
(And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made confession, and said, Oh Lord, the great and dreadful God, which keepeth/keeps covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments; )

SLT And I will pray to Jehovah my God, and I will confess and say, Ah, Jehovah, the great and dreadful God, watching the covenant and the mercy to those loving him, and to those watching his commands:

Wbstr And I prayed to the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;

KJB-1769 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
(And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, Oh Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; )

KJB-1611 And I prayed vnto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said; O LORD, the great and dreadfull God, keeping the couenant, and mercy to them that loue him, and to them that keepe his Commandements:
(And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said; Oh LORD, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant, and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his Commandments:)

Bshps I prayed vnto the Lorde my God, & made my confession, saying. O Lorde God, great and feare full, which kepeth couenaunt and mercie with them that loue him and kepe his commaundementes:
(I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, saying. Oh Lord God, great and fear full, which keepeth/keeps covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments:)

Gnva And I prayed vnto the Lord my God, and made my confession, saying, Oh Lord God, which art great and fearefull, and keepest couenant and mercy toward them which loue thee, and toward them that keepe thy commandements,
(And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, saying, Oh Lord God, which art great and fearefull, and keepest/keep covenant and mercy toward them which love thee/you, and toward them that keep thy/your commandments, )

Cvdl I prayed before the LORDE my God, and knowleged, sayenge: O LORDE, thou greate & fearfull God, thou that kepest couenaunt and mercy with them, which loue the, and do thy commaundementes:
(I prayed before the LORD my God, and knowledged, saying: Oh LORD, thou/you great and fearful God, thou/you that keepest/keep covenant and mercy with them, which love them, and do thy/your commandments:)

Wycl And Y preiede my Lord God, and Y knoulechide, and seide, Y biseche, thou Lord God, greet and ferdful, kepynge couenaunt and mercy to hem that louen thee, and kepen thi comaundementis.
(And I prayed my Lord God, and I acknowledged, and said, I beseech/implore, thou/you Lord God, great and to_be_feared, keeping covenant and mercy to hem that love thee/you, and keep thy/your commandments.)

Luth Ich betete aber zu dem HErr’s, meinem GOtt, bekannte und sprach: Ach, lieber HErr, du großer und schrecklicher GOtt, der du Bund und Gnade hältst denen, die dich lieben und deine Gebote halten:
(I prayed but to/for to_him LORD’s, my God, knowne and spoke: Oh_dear, love(v) LORD, you(sg) large and terribler God, the/of_the you(sg) federation/agreement and grace hold those, the you/yourself love(v) and your commandments/commands hold/keep:)

ClVg Et oravi Dominum Deum meum, et confessus sum, et dixi: Obsecro, Domine Deus magne et terribilis, custodiens pactum, et misericordiam diligentibus te, et custodientibus mandata tua:
(And oravi the_Master God mine, and confessus I_am, and I_said: Please, Master God magne and terrible, keeping/guarding agreement, and mercy loving you(sg), and keepentibus commands your: )

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 9:1–27: Daniel asked God to help Jerusalem and received a message from Gabriel concerning seventy weeks

The vision recorded in this chapter occurred during the first year of the reign of Darius (538 B.C.). Thirteen years had therefore passed since Daniel received the vision described in chapter 8. Daniel was now more than eighty years old.

Daniel had read in the book of Jeremiah that God’s people would remain in exile and serve the king of Babylon for seventy years (Jeremiah 25:11). During that time the city of Jerusalem would remain in ruins. However, God had promised to bring his people back to the land of Judah after the seventy years were over (Jeremiah 29:10). Now Daniel realized that the seventy-year period was almost at an end. He prayed for his people and for Jerusalem. In response, God sent the angel Gabriel to reveal what would happen in the future.

Paragraph 9:4–6

Daniel confessed to God the sin of his people, the people of Israel.

9:4a

And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed,

¶ As I prayed to Yahweh my God, I confessed to him the sins of my people. I said,
¶ I admitted to Yahweh my God that we^(excl) had sinned. I prayed/said,

And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed: The Hebrew verbs that the BSB translates as prayed and confessed refer to the same action, that of speaking to God in sorrow for sin. The confession was the content of the prayer. The sins that Daniel confessed were the common sins of the people of Israel. Other ways to translate this include:

I prayed to Yahweh my God. I admitted to him the sins of my people.

I prayed to the Lord my God, confessing in this way: (NET)

9:4b

“O, Lord, the great and awesome God,

“Lord, you are the great and awesome God.
“Our^(excl) Master, you are the great God, the God who is/deserves to be feared.

O, Lord, the great and awesome God: Daniel praised God by describing him as great and awesome. The Hebrew word that the BSB translates as awesome describes God as so great and holy that he is worthy of fear and respect. Other ways to translate this include:

O Lord, you are a great and awesome God! (NLT)

Our Lord, you are a great and fearsome God (CEV)

However, it is important to avoid implying that there are many gods and that the Lord is one of the great and awesome ones. In some languages it may be necessary to avoid this wrong meaning by translating this phrase as one or two separate clauses. For example:

Lord God, you are great, and we honor you. (GNT)

9:4c

who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,

You^(sing) are faithful to your covenant and to those who love you and obey your commandments.
You are loyal to the solemn agreement you made with us. You are loyal to your loving and obedient people.

who keeps His covenant of loving devotion: The Hebrew phrase that the BSB translates as keeps His covenant of loving devotion is more literally “keeps the covenant and the love.” The covenant and the “love” form one idea. They are not two separate things that God kept. Rather, God showed his love for his people by remaining faithful to the covenant that he had made with them. God’s covenant promise was to be loving and faithful to his people, and he had kept that promise.

Other ways to translate this include:

You are faithful to your covenant and show constant love (GNT)

you keep the covenant and show faithful love (NJB)

You are faithful to your covenant. You always act in love….

covenant: The Hebrew word that the BSB translates as covenant in this context refers to God’s solemn agreement with his people Israel. See KBT “covenant” and see how you translated this in Deuteronomy 7:9, 1 Kings 8:23, Luke 1:72–73, Acts 3:25, and Hebrews 8:8–10.

loving devotion: The Hebrew word that the BSB translates as loving devotion has a broad range of meanings, all positive. In this case it refers to God’s loyalty and faithfulness to his people.

to those who love Him and keep His commandments: This phrase describes the people to whom God shows his faithful love. In your translation, be sure to make it clear that this refers to one group of people with two characteristics, and not to two different groups. Other ways to translate this include:

with those who love him, those who keep/obey his commandments

with those who love and obey you (CEV)

to those who love you and do what you command (GNT)

Parallel DAN 9:4

Section 9:1–27: Daniel asked God to help Jerusalem and received a message from Gabriel concerning seventy weeks

Paragraph 9:4–6

9:4a

9:4b

9:4c