Daniel 7:22

7:22 until the Ancient of Days arrived and judgment was rendered ¹  in favor of the holy ones of the Most High. Then the time came for the holy ones to take possession of the kingdom.

Daniel 7:27

7:27 Then the kingdom, authority,

and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven

will be delivered to the people of the holy ones ²  of the Most High.

His kingdom is an eternal kingdom;

all authorities will serve him and obey him.’

Psalms 45:16

45:16 Your ³  sons will carry ⁴  on the dynasty of your ancestors; ⁵ 

you will make them princes throughout the land.

Psalms 149:5-9

149:5 Let the godly rejoice because of their vindication! ⁶ 

Let them shout for joy upon their beds! ⁷ 

149:6 May they praise God

while they hold a two-edged sword in their hand, ⁸ 

149:7 in order to take ⁹  revenge on the nations,

and punish foreigners.

149:8 They bind ¹⁰  their kings in chains,

and their nobles in iron shackles,

149:9 and execute the judgment to which their enemies ¹¹  have been sentenced. ¹² 

All his loyal followers will be vindicated. ¹³ 

Praise the Lord!

Isaiah 60:12-14

60:12 Indeed, ¹⁴  nations or kingdoms that do not serve you will perish;

such nations will be totally destroyed. ¹⁵ 

60:13 The splendor of Lebanon will come to you,

its evergreens, firs, and cypresses together,

to beautify my palace; ¹⁶ 

I will bestow honor on my throne room. ¹⁷ 

60:14 The children of your oppressors will come bowing to you;

all who treated you with disrespect will bow down at your feet.

They will call you, ‘The City of the Lord,

Zion of the Holy One of Israel.’ ¹⁸ 

Isaiah 60:2

60:2 For, look, darkness covers the earth

and deep darkness covers ¹⁹  the nations,

but the Lord shines on you;

his splendor ²⁰  appears over you.

Isaiah 2:11-12

2:11 Proud men will be brought low,

arrogant men will be humiliated; ²¹ 

the Lord alone will be exalted ²² 

in that day.

2:12 Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has planned a day of judgment, ²³ 

for ²⁴  all the high and mighty,

for all who are proud – they will be humiliated;

Revelation 2:26-27

2:26 And to the one who conquers ²⁵  and who continues in ²⁶  my deeds until the end, I will give him authority over the nations ²⁷  –

2:27 he ²⁸  will rule ²⁹  them with an iron rod ³⁰ 

and like clay jars he will break them to pieces, ³¹ 

Revelation 3:21

3:21 I will grant the one ³²  who conquers ³³  permission ³⁴  to sit with me on my throne, just as I too conquered ³⁵  and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Revelation 5:10

5:10 You have appointed ³⁶  them ³⁷  as a kingdom and priests ³⁸  to serve ³⁹  our God, and they will reign ⁴⁰  on the earth.”

Revelation 20:4

20:4 Then ⁴¹  I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. ⁴²  I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These ⁴³  had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand. They ⁴⁴  came to life ⁴⁵  and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

[7:22]  ¹ tc In the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate the verb is active, understanding “judgment” to be the object rather than the subject of the verb (i.e., “the Ancient of Days rendered judgment”). This presupposes a different vocalization of the verb ( יְהַב [yÿhav] rather than the MT יְהִב [yÿhiv]).

[7:27]  ² tn If the “holy ones” are angels, then this probably refers to the angels as protectors of God’s people. If the “holy ones” are God’s people, then this is an appositional construction, “the people who are the holy ones.” See 8:24 for the corresponding Hebrew phrase and the note there.

[45:16]  ³ tn The pronoun is second masculine singular, indicating the king is being addressed from this point to the end of the psalm.

[45:16]  ⁴ tn The prefixed verbal form could be taken as jussive and the statement interpreted as a prayer, “May your sons carry on the dynasty of your ancestors!” The next line could then be taken as a relative clause, “[your sons] whom you will make princes throughout the land.”

[45:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “in place of your fathers will be your sons.”

[149:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “in glory.” Here “glory” probably refers to the “honor” that belongs to the Lord’s people as a result of their deliverance (see v. 4).

[149:5]  ⁷ tn The significance of the reference to “beds” is unclear. Perhaps the point is that they should rejoice at all times, even when falling asleep or awaking.

[149:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “[May] praises of God [be] in their throat, and a two-edged sword in their hand.”

[149:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “to do.”

[149:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to bind.”

[149:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the enemies of the people of God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[149:9]  ¹² tn Heb “to do against them judgment [that] is written.”

[149:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “it is honor for all his godly ones.” The judgment of the oppressive kings will bring vindication and honor to God’s people (see vv. 4-5).

[60:12]  ¹⁴ tn Or “For” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); TEV “But.”

[60:12]  ¹⁵ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

[60:13]  ¹⁶ tn Or “holy place, sanctuary.”

[60:13]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the place of my feet.” See Ezek 43:7, where the Lord’s throne is called the “place of the soles of my feet.”

[60:14]  ¹⁸ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[60:2]  ¹⁹ tn The verb “covers” is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

[60:2]  ²⁰ tn Or “glory” (so most English versions); TEV “the brightness of his presence.”

[2:11]  ²¹ tn Heb “and the eyes of the pride of men will be brought low, and the arrogance of men will be brought down.” The repetition of the verbs שָׁפַל (shafal) and שָׁחָח (shakhakh) from v. 9 draws attention to the appropriate nature of the judgment. Those proud men who “bow low” before idols will be forced to “bow low” before God when he judges their sin.

[2:11]  ²² tn Or “elevated”; CEV “honored.”

[2:12]  ²³ tn Heb “indeed [or “for”] the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts] has a day.”

[2:12]  ²⁴ tn Or “against” (NAB, NASB, NRSV).

[2:26]  ²⁵ tn Or “who is victorious”; traditionally, “who overcomes.”

[2:26]  ²⁶ tn Grk “keeps.” In a context that speaks of “holding on to what you have,” the idea here is one of continued faithful behavior (BDAG 1002 s.v. τηρέω 3 has “ὁ τηρῶν τὰ ἔργα μου the one who takes my deeds to heart Rv 2:26”).

[2:26]  ²⁷ tn Or “over the Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “Gentiles” or “nations”).

[2:27]  ²⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[2:27]  ²⁹ tn Grk “will shepherd.”

[2:27]  ³⁰ tn Or “scepter.” The Greek term ῥάβδος (rJabdo") can mean either “rod” or “scepter.”

[2:27]  ³¹ sn A quotation from Ps 2:9 (with the line introducing the quotation containing a partial allusion to Ps 2:8). See also Rev 12:5, 19:15.

[3:21]  ³² tn Grk “The one who conquers, to him I will grant.”

[3:21]  ³³ tn Or “who is victorious”; traditionally, “who overcomes.”

[3:21]  ³⁴ tn Grk “I will give [grant] to him.”

[3:21]  ³⁵ tn Or “have been victorious”; traditionally, “have overcome.”

[5:10]  ³⁶ tn The verb ἐποίησας (epoihsas) is understood to mean “appointed” here. For an example of this use, see Mark 3:14.

[5:10]  ³⁷ tc The vast majority of witnesses have αὐτούς (autous, “them”) here, while the Textus Receptus reads ἡμᾶς (Jhmas, “us”) with insignificant support (pc gig vg^cl sa Prim Bea). There is no question that the original text read αὐτούς here.

[5:10]  ³⁸ tn The reference to “kingdom and priests” may be a hendiadys: “priestly kingdom.”

[5:10]  ³⁹ tn The words “to serve” are not in the Greek text, but are implied by the word “priests.”

[5:10]  ⁴⁰ tc The textual problem here between the present tense βασιλεύουσιν (basileuousin, “they are reigning”; so A 1006 1611 Ï^K pc) and the future βασιλεύσουσιν (basileusousin, “they will reign”; so א 1854 2053 Ï^A pc lat co) is a difficult one. Both readings have excellent support. On the one hand, the present tense seems to be the harder reading in this context. On the other hand, codex A elsewhere mistakes the future for the present (20:6). Further, the lunar sigma in uncial script could have been overlooked by some scribes, resulting in the present tense. All things considered, there is a slight preference for the future.

[20:4]  ⁴¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[20:4]  ⁴² tn Grk “I saw thrones, and those seated on them, and judgment was given to them.” BDAG 567 s.v. κρίμα 3 says, “judging, judgment, the κρίμα ἐδόθη αὐτοῖς authority to judge was given to them Rv 20:4.”

[20:4]  ⁴³ tn Grk “God, and who.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronoun “these” as subject.

[20:4]  ⁴⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[20:4]  ⁴⁵ tn On the use of the aorist ἔζησαν (ezhsan) BDAG 425 s.v. ζάω 1.a.β says, “of dead persons who return to life become alive again: of humans in general (3 Km 17:23) Mt 9:18; Ac 9:41; 20:12; Rv 20:4, 5.”