translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: DAN

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “stands over the sons of your people.”


text: Heb “will stand up.”


text: Or “from the beginning of a nation.”


text: The words “whose names are” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.


text: Or “will run back and forth”; KJV “shall run to and fro”; NIV “will go here and there”; CEV “will go everywhere.” sn Many will dash about is probably an allusion to Amos 8:12 .


text: Heb “one to this edge of the river and one to that edge of the river.”


text: Or “to the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם ( shamayim ) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.


label: NET textual note

text: The present translation reads יַד־נֹפֵץ ( yad-nofets , “hand of one who shatters”) rather than the MT נַפֵּץ־יַד ( nappets-yad , “to shatter the hand”).


text: Heb “my lord,” a title of polite address.


text: Heb “to give.”


text: The words “your way” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.


text: The LXX lacks “until the end.”


text: The word “receive” is added in the translation for clarification.