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New American Standard Bible 2020

Daniel 4:1-18

11Nebuchadnezzar the king to all the peoples, nations, and populations of all 2languages who live in all the earth: “May your 34peace be great! 2I am pleased to declare the signs and miracles that the 5Most High God has done for me.3How great are His 6signs And how mighty are His miracles! His 7kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And His dominion is from generation to generation.

4“8I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and 9happy in my palace. 5I saw a 10dream and it startled me; and these appearances 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, so that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream. 7Then the 14soothsayer priests, the sorcerers, the 15Chaldeans, and the diviners came in and I related the dream 16to them, but they could not make its 17interpretation known to me. 8But finally Daniel came in before me, whose name is 18Belteshazzar according to the name of my god, and in whom is 1920a spirit of the holy gods; and I related the dream 21to him, saying, 9‘Belteshazzar, 22chief of the soothsayer priests, since I know that 23a spirit of the holy gods is in you and 24no secret baffles you, 25tell me the visions of my dream which I have seen, along with its interpretation.

10‘Now these were the 26visions 27in my mind as I lay on my bed: I was looking, and behold, there was a 28tree in the middle of the 29earth and its height was great.11The tree grew large and became strong And its height 30reached to the sky, And it was visible to the end of the whole earth.12Its foliage was 31beautiful and its fruit abundant, And in it was food for all. The 32animals of the field 33found 34shade under it, And the 35birds of the sky lived in its branches, And all 36living creatures fed 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, Shake off its foliage and scatter its fruit; Let the 42animals 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 animals in the grass of the earth.16Let his 46mind change from that of a human And let an animal’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 51He grants it to whomever He wishes And sets over it the 52lowliest of people.” 18This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Now you, Belteshazzar, tell me its interpretation, since none of the 53wise men of my kingdom is able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, because 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 tongues ↩
  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 Gen 41:8; Dan 2:10, 27; 5:7 ↩
  15. 15. Daniel 4:7 Probably master astrologers, diviners, etc. ↩
  16. 16. Daniel 4:7 Lit before ↩
  17. 17. Daniel 4:7 Is 44:25; Jer 27:9, 10; Dan 2:7 ↩
  18. 18. Daniel 4:8 Dan 1:7; 2:26; 5:12 ↩
  19. 19. Daniel 4:8 Or possibly the Spirit of the holy God, and so throughout the ch ↩
  20. 20. Daniel 4:8 Dan 4:9, 18; 5:11, 14 ↩
  21. 21. Daniel 4:8 Lit before ↩
  22. 22. Daniel 4:9 Dan 1:20; 2:48; 5:11 ↩
  23. 23. Daniel 4:9 Gen 41:38; Dan 4:8 ↩
  24. 24. Daniel 4:9 Ezek 28:3; Dan 2:47 ↩
  25. 25. Daniel 4:9 Gen 41:15; Dan 2:4, 5 ↩
  26. 26. Daniel 4:10 Dan 4:5 ↩
  27. 27. Daniel 4:10 Lit of my head ↩
  28. 28. Daniel 4:10 Ezek 31:3, 6 ↩
  29. 29. Daniel 4:10 Or land, and so throughout the ch ↩
  30. 30. Daniel 4:11 Deut 9:1; Dan 4:21, 22 ↩
  31. 31. Daniel 4:12 Ezek 31:7 ↩
  32. 32. Daniel 4:12 Jer 27:6; Ezek 31:6 ↩
  33. 33. Daniel 4:12 Or dwelt under it ↩
  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 share 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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