Berean Standard Bible

Daniel 4:5-18

5I hadH2370 a dreamH2493, and it frightened meH1763; while I was inH5922 my bedH4903, the imagesH2031 and visionsH2376 in my mindH7217 alarmed meH927. 6SoH4481 I issuedH7761 a decreeH2942 that allH3606 the wise menH2445 of BabylonH895 be broughtH5954 before meH6925 toH1768 interpretH6591 the dreamH2493 for meH3046. 7WhenH116 the magiciansH2749, enchantersH826, astrologersH3779,1 and divinersH1505 came inH5954, IH576 H6925 told themH560 the dreamH2493, but they could notH3809 interpret itH6591 for me.

8But atH5705 lastH318, into my presenceH6925 cameH5954 DanielH1841 (whoseH1768 name isH8036 BelteshazzarH1096 after the nameH8036 of my godH426, and in whomH1768 is the spiritH7308 of the holyH6922 godsH426). And I told himH560 the dreamH2493 H6925: 9“O BelteshazzarH1096, chiefH7229 of the magiciansH2749 , IH576 knowH3046 thatH1768 the spiritH7308 of the holyH6922 godsH426 is in you and thatH3606 noH3809 mysteryH7328 bafflesH598 you. So explain to meH560 the visionsH2376 I sawH2370 in my dreamH2493, and their interpretationH6591. 10In these visionsH2376 of my mindH7217 as I was lyingH5922 in bedH4903, I saw thisH2370 come to passH1934:

There wasH431 a treeH363 in the midstH1459 of the landH772,and its heightH7314 was greatH7690.11The treeH363 grew largeH7236 and strongH8631;its topH7314 reachedH4291 the skyH8065,and it was visibleH2379to the endsH5491 H3606 of the earthH772.12Its leavesH6074 were beautifulH8209,its fruitH4 was abundantH7690,and upon it was foodH4203 for allH3606.Under itH8460 the beastsH2423 of the fieldH1251 found shelterH2927,in its branchesH6056 the birdsH6853 of the airH8065 nestedH1753,and from itH4481 everyH3606 creatureH1321 was fedH2110.

13As I layH5922 on my bedH4903 H431, I also sawH2370 H1934 in the visionsH2376 of my mindH7217 a watcherH5894,2 a holy oneH6922, coming downH5182 fromH4481 heavenH8065. 14He called outH7123 in a loud voiceH2429 H3652 H560:

‘Cut downH1414 the treeH363 and chop offH7113 its branchesH6056;strip offH5426 its leavesH6074 and scatterH921 its fruitH4.Let the beastsH2423 fleeH5111 fromH4481 under itH8460,and the birdsH6853 fromH4481 its branchesH6056.15ButH1297 leaveH7662 the stumpH6136 with its rootsH8330 in the groundH772,with a bandH613 ofH1768 ironH6523 and bronze around itH5174,in the tender grassH1883 ofH1768 the fieldH1251.

Let him be drenchedH6647 with the dewH2920 of heavenH8065and grazeH2508 withH5974 the beastsH2423 on the grassH6211 of the earthH772.16Let his mindH3825 be changedH8133 fromH4481 that of a manH606,and let him be givenH3052 the mindH3825 of a beastH2423till sevenH7655 timesH5732 pass himH2499 byH5922.17This decisionH6600 is the decreeH1510 of the watchersH5894,the verdictH7595 declaredH3983 by the holy onesH6922,so thatH5705 H1701 H1768 the livingH2417 will knowH3046thatH1768 the Most HighH5943 rulesH7990 over the kingdomH4437 of mankindH606and gives itH5415 to whomH4479 H1768 He wishesH6634,settingH6966 over itH5922 the lowliestH8215 of menH606.’

18ThisH1836 is the dreamH2493 that IH576, KingH4430 NebuchadnezzarH5020, sawH2370. NowH607, BelteshazzarH1096, tell meH560 the interpretationH6591, becauseH6903 H1768 noneH3809 of the wise menH2445 of my kingdomH4437 canH3202 interpret itH6591 for meH3046. But youH607 are ableH3546, becauseH1768 the spiritH7308 of the holyH6922 godsH426 is in you.”

Notes

1. Daniel 4:7 Or Chaldeans ↩
2. Daniel 4:13 Or an angelic watcher or a messenger; also in verses 17 and 23 ↩