Daniel 4:11
What does Daniel 4:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Daniel 4:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the tree became tall and strong, stretching up to heaven, and to be seen from the ends of the earth:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862become great hath the tree, yea, strong, and its height doth reach to the heavens, and its vision to the end of the whole land;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He cried aloud, and said thus: Cut down the tree, and chop off the branches thereof: shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruits: let the beasts fly away that are under it, and the birds from its branches.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The tree grew, and was strong, and its height reached unto the heavens, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.
Context
v.10Thus were the visions of my head upon my bed: I saw, and, behold, a tree in the midst of the earth; and the height thereof was great.
v.11This passage
v.12The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was food for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the birds of the heavens dwelt in the branches thereof, and all flesh was fed from it.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Daniel 4:21
whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was food for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the birds of the heavens had their habitation:
- Deuteronomy 9:1
Hear, O Israel: thou art to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fortified up to heaven,
- Matthew 11:23
And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt go down unto Hades: for if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in thee, it would have remained until this day.
- Genesis 11:4
And they said, Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
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