Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream of a Great Tree
Daniel 4:10
In 11 translations
- BSB
- In these visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this come to pass: There was a tree in the midst of the land, and its height was great.
- KJV
- Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.I saw: Chaldee, I was seeing
- WEB
- These were the visions of my head on my bed: I saw, and behold, a tree in the middle of the earth; and its height was great. These were the visions of my head on my bed: I saw, and behold, a tree in the middle of the earth; and its height was great.
- ASV
- Thus were the visions of my head upon my bed: I saw, and, behold, a tree in the midst of the earth; and the height thereof was great.
- LSV
- As for the visions of my head on my bed, I was looking, and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height [is] great:
- YLT
- As to the visions of my head on my bed, I was looking, and lo, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height [is] great:
- DBY
- Thus were the visions of my head upon my bed: I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.
- DRC4:7
- This was the vision of my head in my bed: I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was exceeding great.
- GNV4:7
- Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed. And beholde, I sawe a tree in the middes of the earth and the height thereof was great:
- JPS4:7
- Thus were the visions of my head upon my bed: I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.
- LXXE
- I had a vision upon my bed; and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.
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Original-language editions
- WLC4:7
- וְחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י עַֽל־מִשְׁכְּבִ֑י חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֔ית וַאֲל֥וּ אִילָ֛ן בְּג֥וֹא אַרְעָ֖א וְרוּמֵ֥הּ שַׂגִּֽיא׃KJV:Dan.4.10
- LXX-Br
- Ἐπὶ τῆς κοίτης μου ἐθεώρουν, καὶ ἰδοὺ δένδρον ἐν μέσῳ τῆς γῆς, καὶ τὸ ὕψος αὐτοῦ πολύ.
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DreamAramaic; Aramaic LanguageTreeDream; DreamerNebuchadnezzarDaniel, Book ofLanguages of the Old TestamentHeathenConvertsTestimony
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Cross-references most cited first
- Daniel 4:5I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.
- Jeremiah 12:2You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
- Isaiah 10:33–34Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled. He will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before…
- Psalms 37:35–36I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree, yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.
- Ezekiel 31:3–18Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds. The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all…
- Daniel 4:20–26The tree you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached the sky and was visible to all the earth, whose foliage was beautiful and whose fruit was abundant, providing food for all, under which the beasts of the…
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 4:7 in some Bibles
- 4:10 in most Bibles