Daniel 4:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers, and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known to me its interpretation.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י עַֽל־מִשְׁכְּבִ֑י חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֔ית וַאֲל֥וּ אִילָ֛ן בְּג֥וֹא אַרְעָ֖א וְרוּמֵ֥הּ שַׂגִּֽיא׃

Transliteration

And ḥezəwê rēʾšî ʿal-miškəḇî ḥāzēh hăwêṯ waʾălû ʾîlān bəḡôʾ ʾarəʿāʾ wərûmēh śaggîʾ

Grammar Details

• *ḥezəwê*: noun, masculine plural construct - visions of
• *rēʾšî*: noun with 1st person singular suffix - my head
• *ʿal-miškəḇî*: preposition + noun with 1st person singular suffix - upon my bed
• *ḥāzēh*: participle, masculine singular - seeing
• *hăwêṯ*: perfect 1st person singular - I was
• *waʾălû*: conjunction + interjection - and behold
• *ʾîlān*: noun, masculine singular - tree
• *bəḡôʾ*: preposition + noun - in the midst of
• *ʾarəʿāʾ*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the earth
• *wərûmēh*: conjunction + noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and its height
• *śaggîʾ*: adjective, masculine singular - great/large

Word Meanings

• *ḥezəwê rēʾšî*: visions of my head/what I saw in my mind
• *bəḡôʾ*: in the midst of/in the center of

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  These were the visions I saw while lying on my bed: I looked, and there stood a tree in the middle of the earth, and its height was enormous.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  So there came the soythsayers, charmers, Caldees and coniurers of deuels: to whom I tolde the dreame, but what it betokened, they coude not shewe me:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  (4:4) So came the inchanters, the astrologians, the Caldeans and the sothsayers, to whom I tolde the dreame, but they could not shew me the interpretation thereof,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  So came the wyse men, the soothsayers, the Chaldeans, and wisardes: to whom I tolde the dreame, but they coulde not shewe me the interpretation therof.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known to me the interpretation of it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Then coming up are the scribes, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers, and the dream I have told before them, and its interpretation they are not making known to me.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then the wonder-workers, the users of secret arts, the Chaldaeans, and the readers of signs came in to me: and I put the dream before them but they did not make clear the sense of it to me.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known to me its interpretation.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When the magicians, astrologers, wise men, and diviners entered, I recounted the dream for them. But they were unable to make known its interpretation to me.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 44:25 : 25 Who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;
• Jer 27:9-9 : 9 Therefore do not listen to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon: 10 For they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and you should perish.
• Dan 2:7 : 7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will provide the interpretation.
• Dan 2:10 : 10 The Chaldeans answered the king and said, There is not a man on earth who can show the king's matter: therefore no king, lord, or ruler has ever asked such things of any magician, astrologer, or Chaldean.
• Dan 2:27 : 27 Daniel answered before the king and said, The secret which the king has demanded cannot be shown to the king by the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, or the soothsayers.
• 2 Tim 3:8-9 : 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, disqualified concerning the faith. 9 But they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifested to all, as theirs also was.
• Dan 2:1-2 : 1 In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and his sleep left him. 2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, astrologers, sorcerers, and Chaldeans to show the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.
• Gen 41:8 : 8 In the morning, his spirit was troubled, so he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for Pharaoh.