Devine Scripture

Daniel 4:12

Daniel chapter 4 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The 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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The 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.

Context

v.11The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.

v.12This passage

v.13I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from heaven.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 17:23

    in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shade of the branches thereof shall they dwell.

  • Matthew 13:32

    which indeed is less than all seeds; but when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and lodge in the branches thereof.

  • Luke 13:19

    It is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his own garden; and it grew, and became a tree; and the birds of the heaven lodged in the branches thereof.

  • Mark 13:32

    But of that day or that hour knoweth no one, not even the angels in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

  • Jeremiah 27:6

    And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field also have I given him to serve him.

  • Lamentations 4:20

    The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Jehovah, was taken in their pits; Of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.