Daniel 4:5
What does Daniel 4:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Daniel 4:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
KJV
King James Version · 1611I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949I saw a dream which was a cause of great fear to me; I was troubled by the images of my mind on my bed, and by the visions of my head.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862a dream I have seen, and it maketh me afraid, and the conceptions on my bed, and the visions of my head, do trouble me.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Till their colleague, Daniel, came in before me, whose name is Baltassar, according to the name of my god, who hath in him the spirit of the holy gods: and I told the dream before him.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Daniel 2:1
And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.
- Daniel 5:5
In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
- Job 7:13
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;
- Genesis 41:1
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
- Daniel 2:28
but there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and he hath made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these:
- Daniel 5:10
Nowthe queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever; let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed.
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