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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I saw a dream that made me afraid. As I lay in bed the fancies and the visions of my head alarmed 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.

Context of Daniel 4:5

3His miraculous signs are impressive. He uses his power to do amazing things. His kingdom is an eternal kingdom. His power lasts from one generation to the next. 4I, Nebuchadnezzar, was living comfortably at home. I was prosperous while living in my palace. I had a dream that terrified me. The visions I had while I was asleep frightened me. 6So I ordered all the wise advisers in Babylon to be brought to me to tell me the dream’s meaning. 7The magicians, psychics, astrologers, and fortunetellers came to me. I told them the dream, but they couldn’t tell me its meaning.

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 2:1During the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, he had some dreams. He was troubled, but he stayed asleep.
• Daniel 5:5Suddenly, the fingers of a person’s hand appeared and wrote on the plaster wall opposite the lamp stand of the royal palace. The king watched as the hand wrote.
• Daniel 7:28Here is the end of the matter. I, Daniel, was terrified by my thoughts, and I turned pale. I kept this to myself.
• Genesis 41:1After two full years Pharaoh had a dream. He dreamed he was standing by the Nile River.
• Job 7:13When I say, ‘My couch may give me comfort. My bed may help me bear my pain,’
• Daniel 2:28But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets. He will tell King Nebuchadnezzar what is going to happen in the days to come. This is your dream, the vision you had while you were asleep:

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
• Wicked (People)

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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