New American Standard Bible 2020
Daniel 4:5
5I saw a 1dream and it startled me; and these appearances as I lay on my bed and the 2visions 3in my mind kept alarming me.
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
3How great are His signs And how mighty are His miracles! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And His dominion is from generation to generation. 4“I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and happy in my palace. I saw a dream and it startled me; and these appearances as I lay on my bed and the visions in my mind kept alarming me. 6So I gave orders to bring into my presence all the wise men of Babylon, so that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream. 7Then the soothsayer priests, the sorcerers, the Chaldeans, and the diviners came in and I related the dream to them, but they could not make its interpretation known to me.
Read all of Daniel 4Daniel 4:5 word by word
חֵ֥לֶם חֲזֵ֖ית וִֽידַחֲלִנַּ֑נִי וְהַרְהֹרִין֙ עַֽל־מִשְׁכְּבִ֔י וְחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י יְבַהֲלֻנַּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Daniel 4:5
- Daniel 2:1Now in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him.
- Daniel 5:5Suddenly the fingers of a human hand emerged and began writing opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, and the king saw the back of the hand that did the writing.
- Daniel 7:28“At this point the revelation ended. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts were greatly alarming me and my face became pale, but I kept the matter to myself.”
- Genesis 41:1Now it happened at the end of two full years that Pharaoh had a dream, and behold, he was standing by the Nile.
- Job 7:13If I say, ‘My couch will comfort me, My bed will ease my complaint,’
- Daniel 2:28However, there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days. This was your dream and the visions in your mind while on your bed.
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
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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
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