Daniel 4:10-16
New American Standard Bible
10 ‘Now these were the (A)visions [a]in my mind as I lay on my bed: I was looking, and behold, there was a (B)tree in the middle of the [b]earth and its height was great.
11 The tree grew large and became strong
And its height (C)reached to the sky,
And it was visible to the end of the whole earth.
12 Its foliage was (D)beautiful and its fruit abundant,
And in it was food for all.
The (E)animals of the field [c]found (F)shade under it,
And the (G)birds of the sky lived in its branches,
And all [d]living creatures fed from it.
13 ‘I was looking in the (H)visions [e]in my mind as I lay on my bed, and behold, (I)an angelic watcher, a (J)holy one, descended from heaven.
14 He shouted out and spoke as follows:
“(K)Chop down the tree and cut off its branches,
Shake off its foliage and scatter its fruit;
Let the (L)animals flee from under it
And the birds from its branches.
15 Yet (M)leave the stump [f]with its roots in the ground,
But with a band of iron and bronze around it
In the new grass of the field;
And let him be drenched with the dew of heaven,
And let [g]him share with the animals in the grass of the earth.
16 Let his [h]mind change from that of a human
And let an animal’s [i]mind be given to him,
And let (N)seven [j]periods of time pass over him.
Footnotes
- Daniel 4:10 Lit of my head
- Daniel 4:10 Or land, and so throughout the ch
- Daniel 4:12 Or dwelt under it
- Daniel 4:12 Lit flesh
- Daniel 4:13 Lit of my head
- Daniel 4:15 Lit of
- Daniel 4:15 Lit his share be with
- Daniel 4:16 Lit heart
- Daniel 4:16 Lit heart
- Daniel 4:16 I.e., years
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