Finally, Daniel came into my presence and I told him the dream. (He is called Belteshazzar,(A) after the name of my god, and the spirit of the holy gods(B) is in him.)

I said, “Belteshazzar, chief(C) of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods(D) is in you, and no mystery is too difficult for you. Here is my dream; interpret it for me. 10 These are the visions I saw while lying in bed:(E) I looked, and there before me stood a tree in the middle of the land. Its height was enormous.(F)

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At last Daniel came in before me—he who was named (A)Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is (B)the spirit of the holy gods[a]—and I told him the dream, saying, “O Belteshazzar, (C)chief of the magicians, because I know that (D)the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no (E)mystery is too difficult for you, tell me (F)the visions of my dream that I saw and their interpretation. 10 (G)The visions of my head as I lay in bed were these: I saw, and (H)behold, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.

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  1. Daniel 4:8 Or Spirit of the holy God; also verses 9, 18

But finally Daniel came in before me, whose name is (A)Belteshazzar according to the name of my god, and in whom is [a](B)a spirit of the holy gods; and I related the dream [b]to him, saying, ‘Belteshazzar, (C)chief of the soothsayer priests, since I know that (D)a spirit of the holy gods is in you and (E)no secret baffles you, (F)tell me the visions of my dream which I have seen, along with its interpretation.

10 ‘Now these were the (G)visions [c]in my mind as I lay on my bed: I was looking, and behold, there was a (H)tree in the middle of the [d]earth and its height was great.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 4:8 Or possibly the Spirit of the holy God, and so throughout the ch
  2. Daniel 4:8 Lit before
  3. Daniel 4:10 Lit of my head
  4. Daniel 4:10 Or land, and so throughout the ch