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28 Now all this happened[a] to King Nebuchadnezzar. 29 After twelve months, he happened to be walking around on the battlements[b] of the royal palace of Babylon. 30 The king uttered these words: “Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence[c] by my own mighty strength[d] and for my majestic honor?”

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 4:28 tn Aram “reached.”
  2. Daniel 4:29 tn The word “battlements” is not in the text but is supplied from context. Many English versions supply “roof” here (e.g., NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); cf. NLT “on the flat roof.”
  3. Daniel 4:30 tn Aram “house.”
  4. Daniel 4:30 tn Aram “by the might of my strength.”