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

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 4:17 tc The present translation follows an underlying reading of עַל־דִּבְרַת (ʿal divrat, “so that”) rather than MT עַד־דִּבְרַת (ʿad divrat, “until”).
  2. Daniel 4:17 tn Aram “the kingdom of man”; NASB “the realm of mankind”; NCV “every kingdom on earth.”