Psalms 103:20

103:20 Praise the Lord, you angels of his,

you powerful warriors who carry out his decrees

and obey his orders! ¹ 

Psalms 104:4

104:4 He makes the winds his messengers,

and the flaming fire his attendant. ² 

Daniel 6:22

6:22 My God sent his angel and closed the lions’ mouths so that they have not harmed me, because I was found to be innocent before him. Nor have I done any harm to you, O king.”

Daniel 6:2

6:2 Over them would be three supervisors, one of whom was Daniel. These satraps were accountable ³  to them, so that the king’s interests might not incur damage.

Daniel 1:7

1:7 But the overseer of the court officials renamed them. He gave ⁴  Daniel the name Belteshazzar, Hananiah he named Shadrach, Mishael he named Meshach, and Azariah he named Abednego. ⁵ 

Jude 1:9

1:9 But even ⁶  when Michael the archangel ⁷  was arguing with the devil and debating with him ⁸  concerning Moses’ body, he did not dare to bring a slanderous judgment, but said, “May the Lord rebuke you!”

¹ tn Heb “[you] mighty ones of strength, doers of his word, by listening to the voice of his word.”

² tc Heb “and his attendants a flaming fire.” The lack of agreement between the singular “fire” and plural “attendants” has prompted various emendations. Some read “fire and flame.” The present translation assumes an emendation to “his attendant” (יו in the Hebrew text being virtually dittographic).

³ tn Aram “giving an account.”

⁴ tc The LXX and Vulgate lack the verb here.

⁵ sn The meanings of the Babylonian names are more conjectural than is the case with the Hebrew names. The probable etymologies are as follows: Belteshazzar means “protect his life,” although the MT vocalization may suggest “Belti, protect the king” (cf. Dan 4:8); Shadrach perhaps means “command of Aku”; Meshach is of uncertain meaning; Abednego means “servant of Nego.” Assigning Babylonian names to the Hebrew youths may have been an attempt to erase from their memory their Israelite heritage.

⁶ tn The word “even” is not in Greek; it is implied by the height of the contrast.

⁷ sn According to Jewish intertestamental literature (such as 1 En. 20), Michael was one of seven archangels.

⁸ tn The sentence structure is a bit different in Greek. Literally it reads: “But Michael the archangel, when arguing with the devil and disputing.”