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20 The tree that you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached to the sky, and that could be seen[a] in all the land, 21 whose foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful, and from which there was food available for all, under whose branches wild animals[b] used to live, and in whose branches birds of the sky used to nest— 22 it is you,[c] O king! For you have become great and strong. Your greatness is such that it reaches to heaven, and your authority to the ends of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 4:20 tn Aram “its sight.”
  2. Daniel 4:21 tn Aram “the beasts of the field” (also in vv. 23, 25, 32).
  3. Daniel 4:22 sn Much of modern scholarship views this chapter as a distortion of traditions that were originally associated with Nabonidus rather than with Nebuchadnezzar. A Qumran text, the Prayer of Nabonidus, is often cited for parallels to these events.

20 The tree you saw, which grew large and strong, with its top touching the sky, visible to the whole earth, 21 with beautiful leaves and abundant fruit, providing food for all, giving shelter to the wild animals, and having nesting places in its branches for the birds(A) 22 Your Majesty, you are that tree!(B) You have become great and strong; your greatness has grown until it reaches the sky, and your dominion extends to distant parts of the earth.(C)

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