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19 Due to the greatness that he bestowed on him, all peoples, nations, and language groups were trembling with fear[a] before him. He killed whom he wished, he spared[b] whom he wished, he exalted whom he wished, and he brought low whom he wished.

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  1. Daniel 5:19 tn Aram “were trembling and fearing.” This can be treated as a hendiadys, “were trembling with fear.”
  2. Daniel 5:19 tn Aram “let live.” This Aramaic form is the aphel participle of חַיָה (khayah, “to live”). Theodotion and the Vulgate mistakenly take the form to be from מְחָא (mekhaʾ, “to smite”).