17 “This sentence is by the decree of the angelic watchers
And the decision is a command of the holy ones,
In order that the living may (A)know
That the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind,
And (B)bestows it on whom He wishes
And sets over it the (C)lowliest of men.”

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23 In that the king saw an angelic watcher, a holy one, descending from heaven and saying, “(A)Chop down the tree and destroy it; yet leave the stump [a]with its roots in the ground, but with a band of iron and bronze around it in the new grass of the field, and let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let [b]him share with the beasts of the field until (B)seven [c]periods of time pass over him,”

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 4:23 Lit of
  2. Daniel 4:23 Lit his portion be with
  3. Daniel 4:23 I.e. years