Daniel 4:13
What does Daniel 4:13 mean?
A plain-English look at Daniel 4:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from heaven.
KJV
King James Version · 1611I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from heaven.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949In the visions of my head on my bed I saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`I was looking, in the visions of my head on my bed, and lo, a sifter, even a holy one, from the heavens is coming down.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given him: and let seven times pass over him.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from the heavens;
Context
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.
v.13This passage
v.14He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Daniel 7:1
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.
- Psalms 103:20
Bless Jehovah, ye his angels, That are mighty in strength, that fulfil his word, Hearkening unto the voice of his word.
- Daniel 4:23
And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew down the tree, and destroy it; nevertheless leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of heaven: and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;
- Daniel 8:13
Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said unto that certain one who spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the continual burnt-offering, and the transgression that maketh desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
- Psalms 89:7
A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, And to be feared above all them that are round about him?
- Jude 1:14
And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,
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