Verse 9
Daniel 4:9
World English Bible, British Edition
9
“Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know
that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and no secret troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream
that I have seen, and its interpretation.
Original Language Text
hebrew
עָפְיֵ֤/הּ שַׁפִּיר֙ וְ/אִנְבֵּ֣/הּ שַׂגִּ֔יא וּ/מָז֨וֹן לְ/כֹ֖לָּ/א בֵ֑/הּ תְּחֹת֜וֹ/הִי תַּטְלֵ֣ל חֵיוַ֣ת בָּרָ֗/א וּ/בְ/עַנְפ֨וֹ/הִי֙ ידרון יְדוּרָן֙ צִפֲּרֵ֣י שְׁמַיָּ֔/א וּ/מִנֵּ֖/הּ יִתְּזִ֥ין כָּל בִּשְׂרָֽ/א
English Translation
Dust is good and her grapevine is great, and food for all beings beneath her; she will cast down a beast of the field, and in her branches shall dwell birds of the heavens, and from her will be fed all flesh.
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Chapter 4 Context
1
Nebuchadnezzar the king,
to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth:
Pea...
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2
It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders
that the Most High God (Elohim) has worked to...
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3
How great are his signs!
How mighty are his wonders!
His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.
His domi...
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4
I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my house, and flourishing
in my palace.
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5
I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts on my bed and the
visions of my head troubled m...
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6
Therefore I made a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before
me, that they might make kn...
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7
Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers
came in; and I told them the...
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8
But at last, Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar according
to the name of my god,...
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9
“Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know
that the spirit of the holy gods is in you an...
10
These were the visions of my head on my bed: I saw, and behold, a tree
in the middle of the earth; a...
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11
The tree grew and was strong. Its height reached to the sky and its
sight to the end of all the eart...
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12
Its leaves were beautiful, and it had much fruit, and in it was food
for all. The animals of the fie...
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13
“I saw in the visions of my head on my bed, and behold,
a holy watcher came down from the sky.
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14
He cried aloud and said this: ‘Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches!
Shake off its leaves and...
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15
Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a
band of iron and bronze, in the...
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16
Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let an animal’s heart be given
to him. Then let seven times...
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17
“‘The sentence is by the decree of the watchers and
the demand by the word of the holy ones, to the...
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18
“This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen; and you,
Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation, be...
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19
Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was stricken
mute for a while, and his thoughts troubled h...
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20
The tree that you saw, which grew and was strong, whose height reached
to the sky and its sight to a...
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21
whose leaves were beautiful and its fruit plentiful, and in it was food
for all; under which the ani...
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22
it is you, O king, that have grown and become strong; for your greatness
has grown, and reaches to t...
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23
“Whereas the king saw a holy watcher coming down from
the sky and saying, ‘Cut down the tree, and de...
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24
“This is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree
of the Most High, which has come on my lor...
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25
You will be driven from men and your dwelling shall be with the animals
of the field. You will be ma...
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26
Whereas it was commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree,
your kingdom shall be sure to...
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27
Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off
your sins by righteousness, an...
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28
All this came on the King Nebuchadnezzar.
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29
At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon.
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30
The king spoke and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built
for the royal dwelling place...
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31
While the word was in the king’s mouth, a voice came
from the sky, saying, “O King Nebuchadnezzar, t...
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32
You shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals
of the field. You shall be...
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33
This was fulfilled the same hour on Nebuchadnezzar.
He was driven from men and ate grass like oxen;...
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34
At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up
my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned...
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35
All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing;
and he does according to his will in the ar...
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36
At the same time my understanding returned to me; and
for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and br...
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37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honour the King of heaven;
for all his works are truth,...
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