Psalms 10:16

10:16 The Lord rules forever! ¹ 

The nations are driven out of his land. ² 

Psalms 93:2

93:2 Your throne has been secure from ancient times;

you have always been king. ³ 

Psalms 145:13

145:13 Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom, ⁴ 

and your dominion endures through all generations.

Isaiah 57:15

57:15 For this is what the high and exalted one says,

the one who rules ⁵  forever, whose name is holy:

“I dwell in an exalted and holy place,

but also with the discouraged and humiliated, ⁶ 

in order to cheer up the humiliated

and to encourage the discouraged. ⁷ 

Daniel 4:3

4:3 “How great are his signs!

How mighty are his wonders!

His kingdom will last forever, ⁸ 

and his authority continues from one generation to the next.”

Daniel 4:34

4:34 But at the end of the appointed time ⁹  I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up ¹⁰  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.

Daniel 7:14

7:14 To him was given ruling authority, honor, and sovereignty.

All peoples, nations, and language groups were serving ¹¹  him.

His authority is eternal and will not pass away. ¹² 

His kingdom will not be destroyed. ¹³ 

Daniel 7:1

Daniel has a Vision of Four Animals Coming up from the Sea

7:1 In the first ¹⁴  year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had ¹⁵  a dream filled with visions ¹⁶  while he was lying on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream in summary fashion. ¹⁷ 

Daniel 1:17

1:17 Now as for these four young men, God endowed them with knowledge and skill in all sorts of literature and wisdom – and Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.

[10:16]  ¹ tn Heb “the Lord is king forever and ever.”

[10:16]  ² tn Or “the nations perish from his land.” The perfect verb form may express what is typical or it may express rhetorically the psalmist’s certitude that God’s deliverance is “as good as done.”

[93:2]  ³ tn Heb “from antiquity [are] you.” As the context suggests, this refers specifically to God’s royal position, not his personal existence.

[145:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “a kingdom of all ages.”

[57:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “the one who dwells forever.” שֹׁכֵן עַד (shokhen ’ad) is sometimes translated “the one who lives forever,” and understood as a reference to God’s eternal existence. However, the immediately preceding and following descriptions (“high and exalted” and “holy”) emphasize his sovereign rule. In the next line, he declares, “I dwell in an exalted and holy [place],” which refers to the place from which he rules. Therefore it is more likely that שֹׁכֵן עַד (shokhen ’ad) means “I dwell [in my lofty palace] forever” and refers to God’s eternal kingship.

[57:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “and also with the crushed and lowly of spirit.” This may refer to the repentant who have humbled themselves (see 66:2) or more generally to the exiles who have experienced discouragement and humiliation.

[57:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “to restore the lowly of spirit and to restore the heart of the crushed.”

[4:3]  ⁸ tn Aram “his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.”

[4:34]  ⁹ tn Aram “days.”

[4:34]  ¹⁰ tn Aram “lifted up my eyes.”

[7:14]  ¹¹ tn Some take “serving” here in the sense of “worshiping.”

[7:14]  ¹² tn Aram “is an eternal authority which will not pass away.”

[7:14]  ¹³ tn Aram “is one which will not be destroyed.”

[7:1]  ¹⁴ sn The first year of Belshazzar’s reign would have been ca. 553 B.C. Daniel would have been approximately 67 years old at the time of this vision.

[7:1]  ¹⁵ tn Aram “saw.”

[7:1]  ¹⁶ tn Aram “and visions of his head.” The Aramaic is difficult here. Some scholars add a verb thought to be missing (e.g., “the visions of his head [were alarming him]”), but there is no external evidence to support such a decision and the awkwardness of the text at this point may be original.

[7:1]  ¹⁷ tn Aram “head of words.” The phrase is absent in Theodotion. Cf. NIV “the substance of his dream.”