¹⁹ And because of the grandeur which He bestowed on him, all the peoples, nations, and men of every tongue feared and were in dread before him; ^(A)whomever he wished he killed, and whomever he wished he kept alive, and whomever he wished he raised up, and whomever he wished he made low.

⁴ I saw the ram ^(A)butting westward, northward, and southward, and no other beasts could stand before it, nor was there anyone to deliver from its ^[a]power, but ^(B)it did as it pleased and magnified itself.

¹⁶ But he who comes against him will ^(A)do as he pleases, and ^(B)no one will be able to stand in ^[a]opposition to him; he will also stand for a time in the ^[b](C)Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand.

³⁶ “Then the king will ^(A)do as he pleases, and he will exalt and ^(B)magnify himself above every god and will ^(C)speak ^[a]astonishing things against the ^(D)God of gods; and he will succeed until the ^(E)indignation is finished, for that which is ^(F)decreed will be done.