2 Corinthians 10:5

10:5 and every arrogant obstacle ¹  that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey ²  Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:20

11:20 For you put up with ³  it if someone makes slaves of you, if someone exploits you, if someone takes advantage of you, if someone behaves arrogantly ⁴  toward you, if someone strikes you in the face.

Deuteronomy 8:14

8:14 be sure ⁵  you do not feel self-important and forget the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery,

Deuteronomy 17:20

17:20 Then he will not exalt himself above his fellow citizens or turn from the commandments to the right or left, and he and his descendants will enjoy many years ruling over his kingdom ⁶  in Israel.

Deuteronomy 17:2

17:2 Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you – in one of your villages ⁷  that the Lord your God is giving you – who sins before the Lord your God ⁸  and breaks his covenant

Deuteronomy 26:16

Narrative Interlude

26:16 Today the Lord your God is commanding you to keep these statutes and ordinances, something you must do with all your heart and soul. ⁹ 

Deuteronomy 32:25-26

32:25 The sword will make people childless outside,

and terror will do so inside;

they will destroy ¹⁰  both the young man and the virgin,

the infant and the gray-haired man.

The Weakness of Other Gods

32:26 “I said, ‘I want to cut them in pieces. ¹¹ 

I want to make people forget they ever existed.

Deuteronomy 32:31

32:31 For our enemies’ ¹²  rock is not like our Rock,

as even our enemies concede.

Daniel 5:20

5:20 And when his mind ¹³  became arrogant ¹⁴  and his spirit filled with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and his honor was removed from him.

Daniel 5:1

Belshazzar Sees Mysterious Handwriting on a Wall

5:1 King Belshazzar ¹⁵  prepared a great banquet ¹⁶  for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in front of ¹⁷  them all. ¹⁸ 

Daniel 3:6

3:6 Whoever does not bow down and pay homage will immediately ¹⁹  be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire!”

¹ tn The phrase “every arrogant obstacle” could be translated simply “all arrogance” (so L&N 88.207).

² tn Grk “to the obedience of Christ”; but since Χριστοῦ (Cristou) is clearly an objective genitive here, it is better to translate “to make it obey Christ.”

³ tn Or “you tolerate.”

⁴ tn See L&N 88.212.

⁵ tn The words “be sure” are not in the Hebrew text; vv. 12-14 are part of the previous sentence. For stylistic reasons a new sentence was started at the beginning of v. 12 in the translation and the words “be sure” repeated from v. 11 to indicate the connection.

⁶ tc Heb “upon his kingship.” Smr supplies כִּסֵא (kise’, “throne”) so as to read “upon the throne of his kingship.” This overliteralizes what is a clearly understood figure of speech.

⁷ tn Heb “gates.”

⁸ tn Heb “does the evil in the eyes of the Lord your God.”

⁹ tn Or “mind and being”; cf. NCV “with your whole being”; TEV “obey them faithfully with all your heart.”

¹⁰ tn A verb is omitted here in the Hebrew text; for purposes of English style one suitable to the context is supplied.

¹¹ 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).

¹² tn Heb “their,” but the referent (enemies) is specified in the translation for the sake of clarity.

¹³ tn Aram “heart.”

¹⁴ sn The point of describing Nebuchadnezzar as arrogant is that he had usurped divine prerogatives, and because of his immense arrogance God had dealt decisively with him.

¹⁵ sn As is clear from the extra-biblical records, it was actually Nabonidus (ca. 556-539 B.C.) who was king of Babylon at this time. However, Nabonidus spent long periods of time at Teima, and during those times Belshazzar his son was de facto king of Babylon. This arrangement may help to explain why later in this chapter Belshazzar promises that the successful interpreter of the handwriting on the wall will be made third ruler in the kingdom. If Belshazzar was in effect second ruler in the kingdom, this would be the highest honor he could grant.

¹⁶ sn This scene of a Babylonian banquet calls to mind a similar grandiose event recorded in Esth 1:3-8. Persian kings were also renowned in the ancient Near Eastern world for their lavish banquets.

¹⁷ sn The king probably sat at an elevated head table.

¹⁸ tn Aram “the thousand.”

¹⁹ tn Aram “in that hour.”