Daniel 4:5

Daniel 4:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
• New International Version (NIV)I had a dream that made me afraid. As I was lying in bed, the images and visions that passed through my mind terrified me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But one night I had a dream that frightened me; I saw visions that terrified me as I lay in my bed.

Context of Daniel 4:5

3How great are his signs, how mighty his wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion endures from generation to generation. 4I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and prospering in my palace. I saw a dream that made me afraid. As I lay in bed the fancies and the visions of my head alarmed me. 6So I made a decree that all the wise men of Babylon should be brought before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream. 7Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers came in, and I told them the dream, but they could not make known to me its interpretation.

Daniel 4:5 word by word

חֵ֥לֶם חֲזֵ֖ית וִֽידַחֲלִנַּ֑נִי וְהַרְהֹרִין֙ עַֽל־מִשְׁכְּבִ֔י וְחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י יְבַהֲלֻנַּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I sawחֲזָהchăzâ' chăzâh · to seeH2370
• a dreamחֵ֫לֶםchêlem · dreamH2493
• which made me afraidדְּחַלdechal · to fearH1763
• and the thoughtsהַרְהֹרharhôr · fantasiesH2031
• uponעַל‛al · uponH5922
• my bedמִשְׁכַּבmishkab · bedH4903
• and the visionsחֱזוּchêzev · visionH2376
• of my headרֵאשׁrê'sh · headH7217
• troubledבְּהַלbehal · to dismayH927

Cross-references for Daniel 4:5

• Daniel 2:1In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his spirit was troubled, and his sleep left him.
• Daniel 5:5Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, opposite the lampstand. And the king saw the hand as it wrote.
• Daniel 7:28"Here is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts greatly alarmed me, and my color changed, but I kept the matter in my heart."
• Genesis 41:1After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile,
• Job 7:13When I say, 'My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,'
• Daniel 2:28but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream and the visions of your head as you lay in bed are these:

Commentaries on Daniel 4:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5I saw a dream - See this dream circumstantially explained in the following verses.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5I saw a dream - That is, he saw a representation made to him in a dream. There is something incongruous in our language in saying of one that he saw a dream. Which made me afraid - The fear evidently arose from the apprehension that it was designed to disclose some important and solemn event. This was in accordance with a prevalent belief then (comp. Daniel 2:1), and it may be added that it is in accordance with a prevalent belief now. There are few…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Nebuchadnezzar's dream disrupted the false peace and calm in the king's misguided life.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-37Punished with insanity for his haughtiness, he sinks to the level of the beasts (illustrating Psa 49:6, 12). The opposition between bestial and human life, set forth here, is a key to interpret the symbolism in the seventh chapter concerning the beasts and the Son of man. After his conquests, and his building in fifteen days a new palace, according to the heathen historian, Abydenus (268 B.C.), whose account confirms Daniel, he ascended upon his palace…Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 4:5

• Converts
• Heathen
• Testimony
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Commentaries on Daniel 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings