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Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream of a Great Tree

Daniel 4:11

In 11 translations

BSB
The tree grew large and strong; its top reached the sky, and it was visible to the ends of the earth.
KJV
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
WEB
The tree grew and was strong. Its height reached to the sky and its sight to the end of all the earth. The tree grew, and was strong, and its height reached to the sky, and its sight to the end of all the earth.
ASV
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.
LSV
the tree has become great, indeed, strong, and its height reaches to the heavens, and its vision to the end of the whole land;
YLT
become great hath the tree, yea, strong, and its height doth reach to the heavens, and its vision to the end of the whole land;
DBY
The tree grew, and was strong, and its height reached unto the heavens, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.
DRC4:8
The tree was great, and strong: and the height thereof reached unto heaven: the sight thereof was even to the ends of all the earth.
GNV4:8
A great tree and strong, and the height thereof reached vnto heauen, and the sight thereof to the endes of all the earth.
JPS4:8
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.
LXXE
The tree grew large and strong, and its height reached to the sky, and its extent to the extremity of the whole earth:

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Original-language editions

WLC4:8
רְבָ֥ה אִֽילָנָ֖א וּתְקִ֑ף וְרוּמֵהּ֙ יִמְטֵ֣א לִשְׁמַיָּ֔א וַחֲזוֹתֵ֖הּ לְס֥וֹף כָּל־אַרְעָֽא׃KJV:Dan.4.11
LXX-Br
Ἐμεγαλύνθη τὸ δένδρον καὶ ἴσχυσε, καὶ τὸ ὕψος αὐτοῦ ἔφθασεν ἕως τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ τὸ κῦτος αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ πέρας ἁπάσης τῆς γῆς,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Deuteronomy 9:1Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.
  • Daniel 4:21–22whose foliage was beautiful and whose fruit was abundant, providing food for all, under which the beasts of the field lived, and in whose branches the birds of the air nested— you, O king, are that tree! For you have…
  • Matthew 11:23And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
  • Genesis 11:4“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”

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  • 4:8 in some Bibles
  • 4:11 in most Bibles

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