Translation commentary on The Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Young Men 1:38

If integrated into the book of Daniel: 3.60

All waters above the heaven: See Gen 1.7; 7.11; Psa 148.4. Since the heaven, or “the sky” (Good News Translation, Contemporary English Version), is thought of as something firm (see verse 34), it held back the water that falls as rain.

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on The Shorter Books of the Deuterocanon. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2006. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.

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