9:27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one week. 5
But in the middle of that week
he will bring sacrifices and offerings to a halt.
On the wing 6 of abominations will come 7 one who destroys,
until the decreed end is poured out on the one who destroys.”
1 tc This phrase, repeated from v. 1, is absent in Theodotion.
2 tn The Hebrew text has “books”; the word “sacred” has been added in the translation to clarify that it is Scriptures that are referred to.
3 sn The tetragrammaton (the four Hebrew letters which constitute the divine Name, YHWH) appears eight times in this chapter, and nowhere else in the book of Daniel.
4 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
5 tn Heb “one seven” (also later in this line).
6 tn The referent of the Hebrew word כְּנַף (kÿnaf, “wing”) is unclear here. The LXX and Theodotion have “the temple.” Some English versions (e.g., NAB, NIV) take this to mean “a wing of the temple,” but this is not clear.
7 tn The Hebrew text does not have this verb, but it has been supplied in the translation for clarity.