Daniel 4:20
New International Version
The tree you saw, which grew large and strong, with its top touching the sky, visible to the whole earth,

New Living Translation
The tree you saw was growing very tall and strong, reaching high into the heavens for all the world to see.

English Standard Version
The tree you saw, which grew and became strong, so that its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth,

Berean Standard Bible
The tree you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached the sky and was visible to all the earth,

King James Bible
The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;

New King James Version
“The tree that you saw, which grew and became strong, whose height reached to the heavens and which could be seen by all the earth,

New American Standard Bible
The tree that you saw, which became large and grew strong, whose height reached to the sky and was visible to all the earth,

NASB 1995
‘The tree that you saw, which became large and grew strong, whose height reached to the sky and was visible to all the earth

NASB 1977
‘The tree that you saw, which became large and grew strong, whose height reached to the sky and was visible to all the earth,

Legacy Standard Bible
The tree that you saw, which became large and grew strong, whose height reached to the sky and was visible to all the earth,

Amplified Bible
The tree that you saw, which became great and grew strong, whose height reached to heaven and which was visible to all the earth,

Christian Standard Bible
The tree you saw, which grew large and strong, whose top reached to the sky and was visible to the whole earth,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The tree you saw, which grew large and strong, whose top reached to the sky and was visible to all the earth,

American Standard Version
The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I have seen a great and flourishing tree, and its height reached unto Heaven, and its appearance to all the ends of the Earth

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The tree which thou sawest, that grew large and strong, whose height reached to the sky and its extent to all the earth;

Contemporary English Version
You saw a tree that grew so big and strong that it reached up to heaven and could be seen from anywhere on earth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The tree which thou sawest which was high and strong, whose height reached to the skies, and the sight thereof into all tire earth:

English Revised Version
The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You saw an oak tree grow and become strong enough and tall enough to reach the sky. It could be seen everywhere on earth.

Good News Translation
The tree, so tall that it reached the sky, could be seen by everyone in the world.

International Standard Version
The tree that you saw, which grew large and strong until its top reached the sky and became visible to the whole earth

JPS Tanakh 1917
The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;

Literal Standard Version
The tree that you have seen, that has become great and strong, and its height reaches to the heavens, and its vision to all the land,

Majority Standard Bible
The tree you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached the sky and was visible to all the earth,

New American Bible
As for the king’s vision of a holy watcher, who came down from heaven and proclaimed: ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave its stump in the earth. Bound with iron and bronze, let him be fed with the grass of the field, and bathed with the dew of heaven; let his lot be with wild beasts till seven years pass over him’—

NET Bible
The tree that you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached to the sky, and which could be seen in all the land,

New Revised Standard Version
The tree that you saw, which grew great and strong, so that its top reached to heaven and was visible to the end of the whole earth,

New Heart English Bible
The tree that you saw, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached to the sky, and its sight to all the earth;

Webster's Bible Translation
The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose hight reached to the heaven, and the sight of it to all the earth;

World English Bible
The tree that you saw, which grew and was strong, whose height reached to the sky and its sight to all the earth;

Young's Literal Translation
The tree that thou hast seen, that hath become great and strong, and its height doth reach to the heavens, and its vision to all the land,

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Context
Daniel Interprets the Second Dream
19For a time, Daniel, who was also known as Belteshazzar, was perplexed, and his thoughts alarmed him. So the king said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation alarm you.” “My lord,” replied Belteshazzar, “may the dream apply to those who hate you, and its interpretation to your enemies! 20The tree you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached the sky and was visible to all the earth, 21whose foliage was beautiful and whose fruit was abundant, providing food for all, under which the beasts of the field lived, and in whose branches the birds of the air nested—…

Cross References
Ezekiel 31:3
Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.

Daniel 4:10
In these visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this come to pass: There was a tree in the midst of the land, and its height was great.

Daniel 4:21
whose foliage was beautiful and whose fruit was abundant, providing food for all, under which the beasts of the field lived, and in whose branches the birds of the air nested--


Treasury of Scripture

The tree that you saw, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached to the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;

Daniel 4:10-12
Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great…

Ezekiel 31:3,16
Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs…

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Daniel 4
1. Nebuchadnezzar confesses God's kingdom,
4. makes relation of his dreams, which the magicians could not interpret.
8. Daniel hears the dream.
19. He interprets it.
28. The dream fulfilled.














(20) It should be noticed that both in this and in the following verse the description of the tree given in Daniel 4:11-12 is curtailed. It was observed that, on the contrary, there was an expansion of details in the interpretation of the former dream. (See Note on Daniel 4:23.)

Verses 20-22. - The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, an the sight thereof to all the earth; whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation: it is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth. The Septuagint Version here differs very considerably in wording from the above, but not in sense, "Thou, O king, art this tree planted in the earth, the appearance of which was great, and all the birds of the heaven made their nests in it: the strength of the earth and of the nations, and of all tongues to the ends of the earth, and all the provinces (χῶραι) serve thee. And that tree was exalted and neared the heaven, and its breadth (κῦτος) touched the clouds. Thou, O king, wast exalted above all men that are upon the face of the whole earth, and thine heart has been [literally, 'was'] lifted up with pride and strength over those things which pertain to the Holy One and his angels, and thy works are manifest, because thou hast laid waste the house of the living God on account of the sins of the consecrated people." The latter portion of this contains plain evidence of interpolation. Had there been anything of that sort in the original Daniel, it would not have disappeared from the Massoretic text. This addition reveals the mental attitude of the Jews of the Maccabean period to foreign oppressors. The fact that the whole atmosphere of the primitive Daniel differs so much from this is an indirect evidence of its genuineness. If one looks at the Septuagint rendering of these three verses, there seem evidences of an early origin. The first verse is clearly an instance in which the text behind the Septuagint is superior to that of the Massoretic; the latter is obviously filled out from ver. 11. The statement of Nebuchadnezzar's greatness in ver. 22 (14 Septuagint, 18 Massoretic) may be somewhat the result of paraphrase. The fifteenth verse, according to the LXX., which is paralleled by Tischeudorf with ver. 19 of the Massoretic, is really another version of the preceding verses, probably slightly modified to give the resulting text the appearance of being continuous. Theodotion bears a very close resemblance to the Massoretic text, only he has κύτος, "breadth," instead of ὅρασις. The Peshitta differs but little, though still a little, from the Massoretic text. Instead of rendering, "meat for all," it has, "for all flesh." According to both recensions of the text, Daniel repeats, either in substance or with verbal exactness, the description Nebuchadnezzar had himself given of the tree of his vision, but applies it to the monarch. To us the terms of the description of Nebuchadnezzar's power are exaggerated; but we must bear in mind that the manners of an Oriental court are different from those of Western nations. It is not unlike the boastful language of Nebuchadnezzar in the Standard Inscription. The monarch's dominion was vast, but it had been given him, and that he did not recognize, and hence the judgment that came upon him.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The tree
אִֽילָנָא֙ (’î·lā·nā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's 363: A tree

you saw,
חֲזַ֔יְתָ (ḥă·zay·ṯā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 2370: To gaze upon, mentally to dream, be usual

which
דִּ֣י (dî)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 1768: Who, which, that, because

grew large
רְבָ֖ה (rə·ḇāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7236: To grow great

and strong,
וּתְקִ֑ף (ū·ṯə·qip̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8631: To become, mighty, obstinate

whose top
וְרוּמֵהּ֙ (wə·rū·mêh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7314: Altitude

reached
יִמְטֵ֣א (yim·ṭê)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4291: To arrive, extend, happen

the sky
לִשְׁמַיָּ֔א (liš·may·yā)
Preposition-l | Noun - mdd
Strong's 8065: The sky

and was visible
וַחֲזוֹתֵ֖הּ (wa·ḥă·zō·w·ṯêh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2379: Sight, visibility

to all
לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3606: The whole, all, any, every

the earth,
אַרְעָֽא׃ (’ar·‘ā)
Noun - feminine singular determinate
Strong's 772: The earth, low


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