Tree of Life Version
Daniel 4:5
5Finally Daniel—whose name was Belteshazzar after the name of my god and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods—came in before me and I told him the dream.
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
3So I issued a decree to bring all the wise men of Babylon before me so that they could make known to me the meaning of the dream. 4When the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans and diviners came in, I recounted the dream to them, but they were unable to make known its interpretation to me. Finally Daniel—whose name was Belteshazzar after the name of my god and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods—came in before me and I told him the dream. 6I said, “Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery baffles you. Consider my dream that I have seen and tell me its interpretation. 7“These are the visions in my head while I was on my bed: I looked, and behold, there was a tree in the midst of the earth. Its height was enormous.
Read all of Daniel 4Daniel 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 2:1In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams. His spirit was troubled and sleep escaped him.
- Daniel 5:5At that very moment, the fingers of a human hand emerged and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace opposite the lampstand, so that the king could see the back of the hand that was writing.
- Daniel 7:28This is the conclusion of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts greatly troubled me and the color drained from my face. But I kept the matter in my heart.”
- Genesis 41:1Now at the end of two whole years, Pharaoh was dreaming. Behold, there he was standing by the Nile.
- Job 7:13When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,’
- Daniel 2:28But, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries. He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar the things that will happen in the latter days. The dream and the visions that went through your head as you lay on your bed are these.
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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