Ulangan 32:26-27

The Weakness of Other Gods

32:26 “I said, ‘I want to cut them in pieces. ¹ 

I want to make people forget they ever existed.

32:27 But I fear the reaction ²  of their enemies,

for ³  their adversaries would misunderstand

and say, “Our power is great, ⁴ 

and the Lord has not done all this!”’

Yesaya 47:7

47:7 You said,

‘I will rule forever as permanent queen!’ ⁵ 

You did not think about these things; ⁶ 

you did not consider how it would turn out. ⁷ 

Daniel 4:30

4:30 The king uttered these words: “Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence ⁸  by my own mighty strength ⁹  and for my majestic honor?”

[32:26]  ¹ tc The LXX reads “I said I would scatter them.” This reading is followed by a number of English versions (e.g., KJV, ASV, NIV, NCV, NRSV, NLT, CEV).

[32:27]  ² tn Heb “anger.”

[32:27]  ³ tn Heb “lest.”

[32:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “Our hand is high.” Cf. NAB “Our own hand won the victory.”

[47:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “Forever I [will be] permanent queen”; NIV “the eternal queen”; CEV “queen forever.”

[47:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “you did not set these things upon your heart [or “mind”].”

[47:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “you did not remember its outcome”; NAB “you disregarded their outcome.”

[4:30]  ⁸ tn Aram “house.”

[4:30]  ⁹ tn Aram “by the might of my strength.”