Daniel 6:26
I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.
הערת לימוד
Study Note
Darius' royal edict following Daniel's deliverance from the lions' den — 'in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel, for he is the living God and stedfast forever, and his kingdom shall not be destroyed' — is the fourth pagan royal confession of YHWH's sovereignty in the book of Daniel (cf. Nebuchadnezzar in 2:47; 3:28–29; 4:34–37). The title 'living God' (El chayya) stands in deliberate contrast to the stone-and-gold idols of chapter 5, whose inertness is exposed by the living God's activity. The pattern of pagan rulers confessing Israel's God after miraculous deliverance contributes to Daniel's theology that divine sovereignty over history is demonstrable to all nations through the community of faith's witness. The verse is important for Jewish and Christian theologies of religious witness in diaspora contexts.
תרגומים נוספים
I make a decree, that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, And his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed; and his dominion shall be even unto the end.
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It is my order that in all the kingdom of which I am ruler, men are to be shaking with fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, unchanging for ever, and his kingdom is one which will never come to destruction, his rule will go on to the end.
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