Daniel 4:34

4:34 But at the end of the appointed time ¹  I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up ²  toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me.

I extolled the Most High,

and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever.

For his authority is an everlasting authority,

and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next.

Deuteronomy 5:26

5:26 Who is there from the entire human race ³  who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the middle of the fire as we have, and has lived?

Deuteronomy 5:1

The Opening Exhortation

5:1 Then Moses called all the people of Israel together and said to them: ⁴  “Listen, Israel, to the statutes and ordinances that I am about to deliver to you today; learn them and be careful to keep them!

Deuteronomy 17:1

17:1 You must not sacrifice to him ⁵  a bull or sheep that has a blemish or any other defect, because that is considered offensive ⁶  to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 17:1

17:1 You must not sacrifice to him ⁷  a bull or sheep that has a blemish or any other defect, because that is considered offensive ⁸  to the Lord your God.

Hosea 1:10

The Restoration of Israel

1:10 (2:1) ⁹  However, ¹⁰  in the future the number of the people ¹¹  of Israel will be like the sand of the sea which can be neither measured nor numbered. Although ¹²  it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it will be said to them, “You are ¹³  children ¹⁴  of the living God!”

Acts 17:25

17:25 nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed anything, ¹⁵  because he himself gives life and breath and everything to everyone. ¹⁶ 

Romans 9:26

9:26 “And in the very place ¹⁷  where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’

there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’” ¹⁸ 

Romans 9:1

Israel’s Rejection Considered

9:1 ¹⁹ I am telling the truth in Christ (I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me ²⁰  in the Holy Spirit –

Romans 1:9

1:9 For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel ²¹  of his Son, is my witness that ²²  I continually remember you

Revelation 4:10

4:10 the twenty-four elders throw themselves to the ground ²³  before the one who sits on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever, and they offer their crowns ²⁴  before his ²⁵  throne, saying:

Revelation 5:14

5:14 And the four living creatures were saying “Amen,” and the elders threw themselves to the ground ²⁶  and worshiped.

[4:34]  ¹ tn Aram “days.”

[4:34]  ² tn Aram “lifted up my eyes.”

[5:26]  ³ tn Heb “who is there of all flesh.”

[5:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “and Moses called to all Israel and he said to them”; NAB, NASB, NIV “Moses summoned (convened NRSV) all Israel.”

[17:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “to the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

[17:1]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew word תּוֹעֵבָה (to’evah, “an abomination”; cf. NAB) describes persons, things, or practices offensive to ritual or moral order. See M. Grisanti, NIDOTTE 4:314-18; see also the note on the word “abhorrent” in Deut 7:25.

[17:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “to the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

[17:1]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew word תּוֹעֵבָה (to’evah, “an abomination”; cf. NAB) describes persons, things, or practices offensive to ritual or moral order. See M. Grisanti, NIDOTTE 4:314-18; see also the note on the word “abhorrent” in Deut 7:25.

[1:10]  ⁹ sn Beginning with 1:10, the verse numbers through 2:23 in the English Bible differ by two from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 1:10 ET = 2:1 HT, 1:11 ET = 2:2 HT, 2:1 ET = 2:3 HT, etc., through 2:23 ET = 2:25 HT. Beginning with 3:1 the verse numbers in the English Bible and the Hebrew Bible are again the same.

[1:10]  ¹⁰ tn The vav prefixed to וְהָיָה (véhaya) functions in an adversative sense: “however” (see R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 71, §432).

[1:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “sons” (so NASB); KJV, ASV “the children”; NAB, NIV “the Israelites.”

[1:10]  ¹² tn Heb “in the place” (בִּמְקוֹם, bimqom). BDB 880 s.v. מָקוֹם 7.b suggests that בִּמְקוֹם (preposition בְּ, bet, + noun מָקוֹם, maqom) is an idiom carrying a concessive sense: “instead of” (e.g., Isa 33:21; Hos 2:1). However, HALOT suggests that it functions in a locative sense: “in the same place” (HALOT 626 s.v. מָקוֹם 2b; e.g., 1 Kgs 21:19; Isa 33:21; Hos 2:1).

[1:10]  ¹³ tn The predicate nominative, “You are…,” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[1:10]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “sons” (so KJV, NASB, NIV).

[17:25]  ¹⁵ tn L&N 57.45 has “nor does he need anything more that people can supply by working for him.”

[17:25]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “he himself gives to all [people] life and breath and all things.”

[9:26]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “And it will be in the very place.”

[9:26]  ¹⁸ sn A quotation from Hos 1:10.

[9:1]  ¹⁹ sn Rom 9:1–11:36. These three chapters are among the most difficult and disputed in Paul’s Letter to the Romans. One area of difficulty is the relationship between Israel and the church, especially concerning the nature and extent of Israel’s election. Many different models have been constructed to express this relationship. For a representative survey, see M. Barth, The People of God (JSNTSup), 22-27. The literary genre of these three chapters has been frequently identified as a diatribe, a philosophical discussion or conversation evolved by the Cynic and Stoic schools of philosophy as a means of popularizing their ideas (E. Käsemann, Romans, 261 and 267). But other recent scholars have challenged the idea that Rom 9–11 is characterized by diatribe. Scholars like R. Scroggs and E. E. Ellis have instead identified the material in question as midrash. For a summary and discussion of the rabbinic connections, see W. R. Stegner, “Romans 9.6-29 – A Midrash,” JSNT 22 (1984): 37-52.

[9:1]  ²⁰ tn Or “my conscience bears witness to me.”

[1:9]  ²¹ tn Grk “whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel.”

[1:9]  ²² tn Grk “as.”

[4:10]  ²³ tn Grk “the twenty-four elders fall down.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

[4:10]  ²⁴ sn See the note on the word crown in Rev 3:11.

[4:10]  ²⁵ tn The pronoun “his” is understood from the demonstrative force of the article τοῦ (tou) before θρόνου (qronou).

[5:14]  ²⁶ tn Grk “fell down.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”