11 The tree grew large and strong and its top touched the sky; it was visible to the ends of the earth.(A) 12 Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit abundant, and on it was food for all. Under it the wild animals found shelter, and the birds lived in its branches;(B) from it every creature was fed.

13 “In the visions I saw while lying in bed,(C) I looked, and there before me was a holy one,(D) a messenger,[a] coming down from heaven.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 4:13 Or watchman; also in verses 17 and 23

11 The tree grew large and became strong
And its height (A)reached to the sky,
And it was visible to the end of the whole earth.
12 Its foliage was (B)beautiful and its fruit abundant,
And in it was food for all.
The (C)animals of the field [a]found (D)shade under it,
And the (E)birds of the sky lived in its branches,
And all [b]living creatures fed from it.

13 ‘I was looking in the (F)visions [c]in my mind as I lay on my bed, and behold, (G)an angelic watcher, a (H)holy one, descended from heaven.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 4:12 Or dwelt under it
  2. Daniel 4:12 Lit flesh
  3. Daniel 4:13 Lit of my head