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Daniel 4:10

4:9 O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.
Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great. I saw: Cald. I was seeing

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Thus were the visions of my head on my bed: I saw, and behold, a tree in the middle of the earth; and its height was great.

Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.

Thus were the visions of my head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the middle of the earth, and the height thereof was great.

4:11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:

What does Daniel 4:10 mean?

Daniel 4:10 is a verse in the book of Daniel, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include חֵזֵו (chêzêv), רֵאשׁ (rêʼsh), עַל (ʻal). It connects to 25 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Thus
were
the
visionsחֵזֵוchêzêv/khay'-zev/H2376a sight
of
mine
headרֵאשׁrêʼsh/raysh/H7217the head; figuratively, the sum
inעַלʻal/al/H5922{above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications}
my
bed;מִשְׁכַּבmishkab/mish-kab'/H4903a bed
I
saw,הָוָאhâvâʼ/hav-aw'/H1934to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words)
and
beholdאֲלוּʼălûw/al-oo'/H431lo!
a
treeאִילָןʼîylân/ee-lawn'/H363a tree
in
the
midstגַּוgav/gav/H1459the middle
of
the
earth,אֲרַעʼăraʻ/ar-ah'/H772the earth; by implication (figuratively) low
and
the
heightרוּםrûwm/room/H7314(literally) altitude
thereof
was
great.שַׂגִּיאsaggîyʼ/sag-ghee'/H7690large (in size, quantity or number, also adverbial)
I
saw:
Cald.
I
was
seeing

Commentary on Daniel 4:10

HENRY_FULL · Daniel 4:10
s foretold that the forces of the northern crowns should come upon them, to their great terror, ver. 1-5 . II. That the war should continue long, and their endeavours to put an end to it should be in vain, ver. 6-7 . The Judgment of the Philistines. ( b. c. 588.) 1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. 2 Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, waters rise up out of the nor

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 24:1

A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

Psalms 50:12

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

Isaiah 8:7

Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:

Isaiah 8:8

And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. stretching: Heb. fulness of the breadth of thy land shall be the stretchings out of his wings

Isaiah 15:2

He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.

Isaiah 15:8

For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.

Isaiah 22:1

The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?

Isaiah 22:4

Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people. weep: Heb. be bitter in weeping

Isaiah 22:5

For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.

Isaiah 28:17

Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

Daniel 1:14

So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.

Daniel 8:16

And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.

Daniel 11:22

And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.

Amos 9:5

And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

Amos 9:6

It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name. stories: or, spheres: Heb. ascensions troop: or, bundle

Nahum 1:8

But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

Zephaniah 1:10

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.

Zephaniah 1:11

Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.

1 Corinthians 10:26

For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.

1 Corinthians 10:28

But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:

James 5:1

Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

Revelation 12:15

And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

Revelation 12:16

And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

Revelation 17:1

And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

Revelation 17:15

And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Daniel 4:10.

Daniel 4:13

I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven;

Daniel 2:28

But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; maketh: Cald. hath made known

Daniel 2:29

As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. came: Cald. came up

Daniel 4:5

I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

Daniel 7:1

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. had: Cald. saw matters: or, words

Daniel 7:15

I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. body: Cald. sheath

Daniel 7:20

And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.

Daniel 2:31

Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. sawest: Cald. wast seeing

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What does Daniel 4:10 say?

Daniel 4:10 (King James Version) reads: "Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great. I saw: Cald. I was seeing"

Is Daniel 4:10 in the Old or New Testament?

Daniel 4:10 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Daniel.

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