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Daniel 4:11-13
New English Translation
Daniel 4:11-13
New English Translation
11 The tree grew large and strong.
Its top reached far into the sky;
it could be seen[a] from the borders of all the land.[b]
12 Its foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful;
on it there was food enough for all.
Under it the wild animals[c] used to seek shade,
and in its branches the birds of the sky used to nest.
All creatures[d] used to feed themselves from it.
13 While I was watching in my mind’s visions[e] on my bed,
a holy sentinel[f] came down from heaven.
Footnotes
- Daniel 4:11 tn Aram “its sight,” as also v. 17.
- Daniel 4:11 tn Or “to the end of all the earth” (so KJV, ASV); NCV, CEV “from anywhere on earth.”
- Daniel 4:12 tn Aram “the beasts of the field.”
- Daniel 4:12 tn Aram “all flesh.”
- Daniel 4:13 tn Aram “the visions of my head.”
- Daniel 4:13 tn Aram “a watcher and a holy one.” The expression is a hendiadys, as also in v. 23. This “watcher” is apparently an angel. The Greek OT (LXX) in fact has ἄγγελος (angelos, “angel”) here. Theodotion simply transliterates the Aramaic word (ʿir). The term is sometimes rendered “sentinel” (NAB) or “messenger” (NIV, NLT).
Daniel 4:11-13
New International Version
Daniel 4:11-13
New International Version
11 The tree grew large and strong and its top touched the sky; it was visible to the ends of the earth.(A) 12 Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit abundant, and on it was food for all. Under it the wild animals found shelter, and the birds lived in its branches;(B) from it every creature was fed.
13 “In the visions I saw while lying in bed,(C) I looked, and there before me was a holy one,(D) a messenger,[a] coming down from heaven.
Footnotes
- Daniel 4:13 Or watchman; also in verses 17 and 23
Daniel 4:11-13
King James Version
Daniel 4:11-13
King James Version
11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
12 The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.
13 I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven;
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Daniel 4:11-13
New King James Version
Daniel 4:11-13
New King James Version
11 The tree grew and became strong;
Its height reached to the heavens,
And it could be seen to the ends of all the earth.
12 Its leaves were lovely,
Its fruit abundant,
And in it was food for all.
(A)The beasts of the field found shade under it,
The birds of the heavens dwelt in its branches,
And all flesh was fed from it.
13 “I saw in the visions of my head while on my bed, and there was (B)a watcher, (C)a holy one, coming down from heaven.
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