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20 The tree that you saw, which grew great and strong so that its top reached to heaven and was visible to the whole earth,(A)

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10 [a]Upon my bed this is what I saw:
    there was a tree at the center of the earth,
    and its height was great.(A)
11 The tree grew great and strong,
    its top reached to heaven,
    and it was visible to the ends of the whole earth.
12 Its foliage was beautiful,
    its fruit abundant,
    and it provided food for all.
The animals of the field found shade under it,
    the birds of the air nested in its branches,
    and from it all living beings were fed.(B)

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  1. 4.10 Theodotion Syr Compare Gk: Aram adds The visions of my head

16 I made the nations quake at the sound of its fall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who go down to the Pit, and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that were well watered, were consoled in the world below.(A)

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    Consider Assyria, a cedar of Lebanon,
with fair branches and forest shade,
    and of great height,
    its top among the clouds.(A)

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