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Daniel 1:19-21
New English Translation
Daniel 1:19-21
New English Translation
19 When the king spoke with them, he did not find among the entire group[a] anyone like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, or Azariah. So they entered the king’s service.[b] 20 In every matter of wisdom and[c] insight the king asked them about, he found them to be ten times[d] better than any of the magicians and astrologers that were in his entire empire. 21 Now Daniel lived on until the first[e] year of Cyrus the king.
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- Daniel 1:19 tn Heb “from all of them.”
- Daniel 1:19 tn Heb “stood before the king.”
- Daniel 1:20 tc The MT lacks the conjunction, reading the first word in the phrase as a construct (“wisdom of insight”). While this reading is not impossible, it seems better to follow Theodotion, the Syriac, the Vulgate, and the Sahidic Coptic, all of which have the conjunction.
- Daniel 1:20 tn Heb “hands.”
- Daniel 1:21 sn The Persian king Cyrus’ first year in control of Babylon was 539 b.c. Daniel actually lived beyond the first year of Cyrus, as is clear from 10:1. The purpose of the statement in 1:21 is merely to say that Daniel’s life spanned the entire period of the neo-Babylonian empire. His life span also included the early years of the Persian control of Babylon. However, by that time his age was quite advanced; he probably died sometime in the 530’s b.c.
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