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New American Standard Bible 2020

Daniel 4:5-18

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. 6So I gave orders to 4bring into my presence all the wise men of Babylon, so that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream. 7Then the 5soothsayer priests, the sorcerers, the 6Chaldeans, and the diviners came in and I related the dream 7to them, but they could not make its 8interpretation known to me. 8But finally Daniel came in before me, whose name is 9Belteshazzar according to the name of my god, and in whom is 1011a spirit of the holy gods; and I related the dream 12to him, saying, 9‘Belteshazzar, 13chief of the soothsayer priests, since I know that 14a spirit of the holy gods is in you and 15no secret baffles you, 16tell me the visions of my dream which I have seen, along with its interpretation.

10‘Now these were the 17visions 18in my mind as I lay on my bed: I was looking, and behold, there was a 19tree in the middle of the 20earth and its height was great.11The tree grew large and became strong And its height 21reached to the sky, And it was visible to the end of the whole earth.12Its foliage was 22beautiful and its fruit abundant, And in it was food for all. The 23animals of the field 24found 25shade under it, And the 26birds of the sky lived in its branches, And all 27living creatures fed from it.

13‘I was looking in the 28visions 29in my mind as I lay on my bed, and behold, 30an angelic watcher, a 31holy one, descended from heaven.14He shouted out and spoke as follows: “32Chop down the tree and cut off its branches, Shake off its foliage and scatter its fruit; Let the 33animals flee from under it And the birds from its branches.15Yet 34leave the stump 35with 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 36him share with the animals in the grass of the earth.16Let his 37mind change from that of a human And let an animal’s 38mind be given to him, And let 39seven 40periods 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 41know That the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind, And 42He grants it to whomever He wishes And sets over it the 43lowliest of people.” 18This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Now you, Belteshazzar, tell me its interpretation, since none of the 44wise men of my kingdom is able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, because a 45spirit of the holy gods is in you.’

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Notes

  1. 1. Daniel 4:5 Dan 2:3 ↩
  2. 2. Daniel 4:5 Dan 2:1, 28; 4:10, 13 ↩
  3. 3. Daniel 4:5 Lit of my head ↩
  4. 4. Daniel 4:6 Gen 41:8; Dan 2:2 ↩
  5. 5. Daniel 4:7 Gen 41:8; Dan 2:10, 27; 5:7 ↩
  6. 6. Daniel 4:7 Probably master astrologers, diviners, etc. ↩
  7. 7. Daniel 4:7 Lit before ↩
  8. 8. Daniel 4:7 Is 44:25; Jer 27:9, 10; Dan 2:7 ↩
  9. 9. Daniel 4:8 Dan 1:7; 2:26; 5:12 ↩
  10. 10. Daniel 4:8 Or possibly the Spirit of the holy God, and so throughout the ch ↩
  11. 11. Daniel 4:8 Dan 4:9, 18; 5:11, 14 ↩
  12. 12. Daniel 4:8 Lit before ↩
  13. 13. Daniel 4:9 Dan 1:20; 2:48; 5:11 ↩
  14. 14. Daniel 4:9 Gen 41:38; Dan 4:8 ↩
  15. 15. Daniel 4:9 Ezek 28:3; Dan 2:47 ↩
  16. 16. Daniel 4:9 Gen 41:15; Dan 2:4, 5 ↩
  17. 17. Daniel 4:10 Dan 4:5 ↩
  18. 18. Daniel 4:10 Lit of my head ↩
  19. 19. Daniel 4:10 Ezek 31:3, 6 ↩
  20. 20. Daniel 4:10 Or land, and so throughout the ch ↩
  21. 21. Daniel 4:11 Deut 9:1; Dan 4:21, 22 ↩
  22. 22. Daniel 4:12 Ezek 31:7 ↩
  23. 23. Daniel 4:12 Jer 27:6; Ezek 31:6 ↩
  24. 24. Daniel 4:12 Or dwelt under it ↩
  25. 25. Daniel 4:12 Lam 4:20 ↩
  26. 26. Daniel 4:12 Ezek 17:23; Matt 13:32; Luke 13:19 ↩
  27. 27. Daniel 4:12 Lit flesh ↩
  28. 28. Daniel 4:13 Dan 7:1 ↩
  29. 29. Daniel 4:13 Lit of my head ↩
  30. 30. Daniel 4:13 Dan 4:17, 23 ↩
  31. 31. Daniel 4:13 Deut 33:2; Ps 89:7; Dan 8:13 ↩
  32. 32. Daniel 4:14 Ezek 31:10-14; Dan 4:23; Matt 3:10; 7:19; Luke 13:7-9 ↩
  33. 33. Daniel 4:14 Ezek 31:12, 13; Dan 4:12 ↩
  34. 34. Daniel 4:15 Job 14:7-9 ↩
  35. 35. Daniel 4:15 Lit of ↩
  36. 36. Daniel 4:15 Lit his share be with ↩
  37. 37. Daniel 4:16 Lit heart ↩
  38. 38. Daniel 4:16 Lit heart ↩
  39. 39. Daniel 4:16 Dan 4:23, 25, 32 ↩
  40. 40. Daniel 4:16 I.e., years ↩
  41. 41. Daniel 4:17 Ps 9:16; 83:18; Dan 2:21; 5:21 ↩
  42. 42. Daniel 4:17 Jer 27:5-7; Dan 4:25; 5:18, 19 ↩
  43. 43. Daniel 4:17 1 Sam 2:8; Dan 11:21 ↩
  44. 44. Daniel 4:18 Gen 41:8, 15; Dan 4:7; 5:8, 15 ↩
  45. 45. Daniel 4:18 Dan 4:8, 9 ↩

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