Daniel 4:13
13 “While I was watching in my mind’s visions ▼
▼tn Aram “the visions of my head.”
on my bed, a holy sentinel ▼
▼tn Aram “a watcher and a holy one.” The expression is a hendiadys, as also in v. 23. This “watcher” is apparently an angel. The Greek OT (LXX) in fact has ἄγγελος (angelos, “angel”) here. Theodotion simply transliterates the Aramaic word (ʿir). The term is sometimes rendered “sentinel” (NAB) or “messenger” (NIV, NLT).
came down from heaven.
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