Daniel 4:11
He called out loudly and said: ‘Cut down the tree and chop off its branches, strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it and the birds from its branches.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
KJV1611 – Modern English
The tree grew and was strong, and its height reached unto heaven, and its sight to the end of all the earth.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
The tree{H363} grew,{H7236} and was strong,{H8631} and the height{H7314} thereof reached{H4291} unto heaven,{H8065} and the sight{H2379} thereof to the end{H5491} of all{H3606} the earth.{H772}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
The tree{H363} grew{H7236}{(H8754)}, and was strong{H8631}{(H8754)}, and the height{H7314} thereof reached{H4291}{(H8748)} unto heaven{H8065}, and the sight{H2379} thereof to the end{H5491} of all{H3606} the earth{H772}:
Coverdale Bible (1535)
which was very hye, greate and mightie: ye heyth reached vnto the heaue, and the bredth extended to all the endes of the earth:
Geneva Bible (1560)
(4:8) A great tree and strong, and the height thereof reached vnto heauen, and the sight thereof to the endes of all the earth.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
A great tree and strong, and the heyght therof reached vnto the heauen, and the sight thereof to the endes of all the earth.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
Webster's Bible (1833)
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height of it reached to the sky, and the sight of it to the end of all the earth.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
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;
American Standard Version (1901)
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.
American Standard Version (1901)
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And the tree became tall and strong, stretching up to heaven, and to be seen from the ends of the earth:
World English Bible (2000)
The tree grew, and was strong, and its height reached to the sky, and its sight to the end of all the earth.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
The tree grew large and strong. Its top reached far into the sky; it could be seen from the borders of all the land.
Referenced Verses
- Deut 9:1 : 1 Listen, Israel: Today you are crossing over the Jordan to enter and take possession of nations greater and stronger than you, with cities that are great and fortified up to the heavens.
- Dan 4:21-22 : 21 This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the Most High that has come upon my lord the king: 22 You will be driven away from people, and you will live with the wild animals. You will eat grass like cattle and be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven times will pass over you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to whomever He chooses.
- Matt 11:23 : 23 And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will be brought down to Hades. For if the miracles that were performed in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
- Gen 11:4 : 4 Then they said, "Come, let us build a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth."
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- Dan 4:20-234 verses93%
20 And you saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying: ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots bound with iron and bronze in the tender grass of the field. Let it be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let it live with the animals of the field until seven periods of time pass over it.’
21 This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the Most High that has come upon my lord the king:
22 You will be driven away from people, and you will live with the wild animals. You will eat grass like cattle and be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven times will pass over you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to whomever He chooses.
23 The command to leave the stump with its roots means that your kingdom will be restored to you when you acknowledge that Heaven rules.
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10 In the visions I saw while lying on my bed, I looked, and there was a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven.
- Dan 4:12-154 verses86%
12 But leave the stump with its roots in the ground, bound with iron and bronze, surrounded by the tender grass of the field. Let it be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let it live with the animals among the plants of the earth.
13 Let his mind be changed from that of a human, and let the mind of a beast be given to him, and let seven periods of time pass over him.
14 This decision is by the decree of the watchers and the sentence by the command of the holy ones, in order that the living may know that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men, and He gives them to whomever He will and sets the lowliest of men over them.
15 This is the dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Now you, Belteshazzar, explain its meaning, because none of the wise men in my kingdom can interpret it for me. But you are able because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.
- Ezek 31:3-108 verses83%
3 Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches, dense shade, and towering height, its top reaching among the thick clouds.
4 The waters nourished it; the deep made it grow tall, sending its rivers around its planting place, and they watered all the trees of the field.
5 So it grew taller than all the trees of the field; its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long because of the abundance of water as it sent them out.
6 All the birds of the sky nested in its branches, every beast of the field gave birth under its boughs, and all the great nations lived in its shade.
7 It was majestic in its size, with long branches, because its roots reached abundant waters.
8 The cedars in God's garden could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare to its branches, and the plane trees were not like its boughs. No tree in the garden of God was equal to it in beauty.
9 I made it beautiful with its many branches, and all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God, envied it.
10 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Because it grew tall, lifting its top among the clouds, and its heart became arrogant because of its height,
- Ezek 17:4-85 verses77%
4 It plucked the highest branch and carried it to the land of merchants, where it planted it in a city of traders.
5 Then it took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil, placing it by abundant waters like a willow.
6 The plant sprouted and became a low, spreading vine, with its branches facing the eagle and its roots growing beneath it. So it became a vine, produced branches, and sent out leaves.
7 But there was another great eagle with powerful wings and abundant feathers. And behold, the vine bent its roots toward it and stretched its branches toward the eagle to be watered from the surrounding garden.
8 It was planted in fertile soil by abundant waters to produce branches, bear fruit, and become a splendid vine.
- Ps 80:9-113 verses77%
9 You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.
10 You cleared the ground for it; it took root and filled the land.
11 The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches.
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11 Its branches were strong, fit for rulers' scepters. It towered high; its height was noticeable among the branches, in the lushness of its abundance.
- Ezek 17:22-243 verses75%
22 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I Myself will take a branch from the top of a lofty cedar and plant it. I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
23 I will plant it on the high mountain of Israel. It will bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar. Every bird of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.
24 Then all the trees of the field will know that I, the LORD, bring down the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it.’
- Ezek 31:13-142 verses75%
13 All the birds of the sky rested on its fallen trunk, and all the wild animals were among its branches.
14 This happened so that no trees beside the abundant waters may grow tall enough to reach the clouds, nor lift their tops among the thick branches, and no trees that drink water will stand before them in their height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the lower earth, among the sons of men, with those who go down to the pit.
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32 But when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants, and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the sky can nest in its shade.
- Job 14:7-93 verses75%
7 At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its shoots will not fail.
8 Even if its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
9 at the scent of water it will bud and produce branches like a young plant.
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9 The LORD God caused every tree that is beautiful in appearance and good for food to grow out of the ground, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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26 At the end of twelve months, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,
- Judg 9:10-112 verses72%
10 Then the trees said to the fig tree, 'You come and reign over us.'
11 But the fig tree replied, 'Should I stop producing my sweetness and my good fruit, to go sway over the trees?'
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35 I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a luxuriant native tree.
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19 My roots spread out to the waters, and the dew stayed overnight on my branches.
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16 The trees of the LORD are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted.
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32 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.
- Job 8:16-172 verses71%
16 They are green before the sun, and their shoots spread out over the garden.
17 Their roots are entwined around a heap of rocks; they look for a home among the stones.
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14 He cuts down cedars or chooses a cypress or an oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a pine, and the rain makes it grow.
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8 They will be like a tree planted by water, stretching out its roots by a stream. It will not fear when heat comes, and its leaves remain green. It will not worry in a year of drought or cease to produce fruit.
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9 you mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,
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29 Then he told them a parable: 'Look at the fig tree and all the trees.'
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6 I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.