¹⁹ Because of the grandeur which He bestowed on him, all the peoples, nations and men of every ^[a]language feared and trembled before him; ^(A)whomever he wished he killed and whomever he wished he spared alive; and whomever he wished he elevated and whomever he wished he humbled.

⁴ I saw the ram ^(A)butting westward, northward, and southward, and no other beasts could stand before him nor was there anyone to rescue from his ^[a]power, but ^(B)he did as he pleased and magnified himself.

¹⁶ But he who comes against him will ^(A)do as he pleases, and ^(B)no one will be able to withstand him; he will also stay for a time in the ^[a](C)Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand.

³⁶ “Then the king will ^(A)do as he pleases, and he will exalt and ^(B)magnify himself above every god and will ^(C)speak ^[a]monstrous things against the ^(D)God of gods; and he will prosper until the ^(E)indignation is finished, for that which is ^(F)decreed will be done.