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New American Standard Bible 1995

Daniel 4:1-18

11Nebuchadnezzar the king to all the peoples, nations, and men of every 2language that live in all the earth: “May your 34peace abound! 2It has seemed good to me to declare the signs and wonders which the 5Most High God has done for me.3How great are His 6signs And how mighty are His wonders! His 7kingdom is an everlasting kingdom And His dominion is from generation to generation.

4“8I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and 9flourishing in my palace. 5I saw a 10dream and it made me fearful; and these fantasies as I lay on my bed and the 11visions 12in my mind kept alarming me. 6So I gave orders to 13bring into my presence all the wise men of Babylon, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream. 7Then the 1415magicians, the conjurers, the 16Chaldeans and the diviners came in and I related the dream 17to them, but they could not make its 18interpretation known to me. 8But finally Daniel came in before me, whose name is 19Belteshazzar according to the name of my god, and in whom is 2021a spirit of the holy gods; and I related the dream 22to him, saying, 9‘O Belteshazzar, 23chief of the magicians, since I know that 24a spirit of the holy gods is in you and 25no mystery baffles you, 26tell me the visions of my dream which I have seen, along with its interpretation.

10‘Now these were the 27visions 28in my mind as I lay on my bed: I was looking, and behold, there was a 29tree in the midst of the 30earth and its height was great.11The tree grew large and became strong And its height 31reached to the sky, And it was visible to the end of the whole earth.12Its foliage was 32beautiful and its fruit abundant, And in it was food for all. The 33beasts of the field found 34shade under it, And the 35birds of the sky dwelt in its branches, And all 36living creatures fed themselves from it.

13‘I was looking in the 37visions 38in my mind as I lay on my bed, and behold, 39an angelic watcher, a 40holy one, descended from heaven.14He shouted out and spoke as follows: “41Chop down the tree and cut off its branches, Strip off its foliage and scatter its fruit; Let the 42beasts flee from under it And the birds from its branches.15Yet 43leave the stump 44with its roots in the ground, But with a band of iron and bronze around it In the new grass of the field; And let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, And let 45him share with the beasts in the grass of the earth.16Let his 46mind be changed from that of a man And let a beast’s 47mind be given to him, And let 48seven 49periods of time pass over him.17This sentence is by the decree of the angelic watchers And the decision is a command of the holy ones, In order that the living may 50know That the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind, And 51bestows it on whom He wishes And sets over it the 52lowliest of men.” 18This is the dream which I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Now you, Belteshazzar, tell me its interpretation, inasmuch as none of the 53wise men of my kingdom is able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, for a 54spirit of the holy gods is in you.’

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Notes

  1. 1. Daniel 4:1 Ch 3:31 in Aram ↩
  2. 2. Daniel 4:1 Lit tongue ↩
  3. 3. Daniel 4:1 Or welfare or prosperity ↩
  4. 4. Daniel 4:1 Ezra 4:17; Dan 6:25 ↩
  5. 5. Daniel 4:2 Dan 3:26; 4:17, 24, 25, 32, 34 ↩
  6. 6. Daniel 4:3 Ps 77:19; 105:27; Is 25:1; Dan 6:27 ↩
  7. 7. Daniel 4:3 Dan 2:44; 4:34; 6:26 ↩
  8. 8. Daniel 4:4 Ch 4:1 in Aram ↩
  9. 9. Daniel 4:4 Ps 30:6; Is 47:7, 8 ↩
  10. 10. Daniel 4:5 Dan 2:3 ↩
  11. 11. Daniel 4:5 Dan 2:1, 28; 4:10, 13 ↩
  12. 12. Daniel 4:5 Lit of my head ↩
  13. 13. Daniel 4:6 Gen 41:8; Dan 2:2 ↩
  14. 14. Daniel 4:7 Or soothsayer priests, and so throughout the ch ↩
  15. 15. Daniel 4:7 Gen 41:8; Dan 2:10, 27; 5:7 ↩
  16. 16. Daniel 4:7 Or master astrologers ↩
  17. 17. Daniel 4:7 Lit before ↩
  18. 18. Daniel 4:7 Is 44:25; Jer 27:9, 10; Dan 2:7 ↩
  19. 19. Daniel 4:8 Dan 1:7; 2:26; 5:12 ↩
  20. 20. Daniel 4:8 Or possibly the Spirit of the holy God, and so throughout the ch ↩
  21. 21. Daniel 4:8 Dan 4:9, 18; 5:11, 14 ↩
  22. 22. Daniel 4:8 Lit before ↩
  23. 23. Daniel 4:9 Dan 1:20; 2:48; 5:11 ↩
  24. 24. Daniel 4:9 Gen 41:38; Dan 4:8 ↩
  25. 25. Daniel 4:9 Ezek 28:3; Dan 2:47 ↩
  26. 26. Daniel 4:9 Gen 41:15; Dan 2:4, 5 ↩
  27. 27. Daniel 4:10 Dan 4:5 ↩
  28. 28. Daniel 4:10 Lit of my head ↩
  29. 29. Daniel 4:10 Ezek 31:3, 6 ↩
  30. 30. Daniel 4:10 Or land, and so throughout the ch ↩
  31. 31. Daniel 4:11 Deut 9:1; Dan 4:21, 22 ↩
  32. 32. Daniel 4:12 Ezek 31:7 ↩
  33. 33. Daniel 4:12 Jer 27:6; Ezek 31:6 ↩
  34. 34. Daniel 4:12 Lam 4:20 ↩
  35. 35. Daniel 4:12 Ezek 17:23; Matt 13:32; Luke 13:19 ↩
  36. 36. Daniel 4:12 Lit flesh ↩
  37. 37. Daniel 4:13 Dan 7:1 ↩
  38. 38. Daniel 4:13 Lit of my head ↩
  39. 39. Daniel 4:13 Dan 4:17, 23 ↩
  40. 40. Daniel 4:13 Deut 33:2; Ps 89:7; Dan 8:13 ↩
  41. 41. Daniel 4:14 Ezek 31:10-14; Dan 4:23; Matt 3:10; 7:19; Luke 13:7-9 ↩
  42. 42. Daniel 4:14 Ezek 31:12, 13; Dan 4:12 ↩
  43. 43. Daniel 4:15 Job 14:7-9 ↩
  44. 44. Daniel 4:15 Lit of ↩
  45. 45. Daniel 4:15 Lit his portion be with ↩
  46. 46. Daniel 4:16 Lit heart ↩
  47. 47. Daniel 4:16 Lit heart ↩
  48. 48. Daniel 4:16 Dan 4:23, 25, 32 ↩
  49. 49. Daniel 4:16 I.e. years ↩
  50. 50. Daniel 4:17 Ps 9:16; 83:18; Dan 2:21; 5:21 ↩
  51. 51. Daniel 4:17 Jer 27:5-7; Dan 4:25; 5:18, 19 ↩
  52. 52. Daniel 4:17 1 Sam 2:8; Dan 11:21 ↩
  53. 53. Daniel 4:18 Gen 41:8, 15; Dan 4:7; 5:8, 15 ↩
  54. 54. Daniel 4:18 Dan 4:8, 9 ↩

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