Daniel 4:10 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 4:10

In these visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this come to pass: There was a tree in the midst of the land, and its height was great.

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ASV

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

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER FOUR (420)

Verse 10. "'I saw, and behold there was a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was very great...'" It was not only of Nebuchadnezzar, King of the Chaldeans, but also of all impious men that the prophet says: "I beheld the impious man highly exalted and lifted up like the cedars of Lebanon" (Psalm 37:35). Such men are lifted up, not by the greatness of their virtues, but by their own pride; and for that reason they are cut down and fall into ruin.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I saw - a tree - This vision Nebuchadnezzar says made him afraid. What a mercy it is that God has hidden futurity from us! Were he to show every man the lot that is before him, the misery of the human race would be complete. Great men and princes are often represented, in the language of the prophets, under the similitude of trees; see Eze 17:5, Eze 17:6; Eze 31:3, etc.; Jer 22:15; Psa 1:3; Psa 37:35.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְחֶזְוֵ֥י	ve.chez.Vei	and [the] visions of	H2376 →
רֵאשִׁ֖י	re.Shi	head my	H7217 →
עַֽל־	'al-	on	H5922 →
מִשְׁכְּבִ֑י	mish.ke.Vi	bed my	H4903 →
חָזֵ֣ה	cha.Zeh	seeing	H2370 →
הֲוֵ֔ית	ha.Veit	I was	H1934 →
וַאֲל֥וּ	va.'a.Lu	and lo!	H431 →
אִילָ֛ן	'i.Lan	a tree	H363 →
בְּג֥וֹא	be.Go'	in [the] midst of	H1459 →
אַרְעָ֖א	'ar.'A'	land the	H772 →
וְרוּמֵ֥הּ	ve.ru.Meh	and height its	H7314 →
שַׂגִּֽיא׃	sa.Gi'	[was] great	H7690 →

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Jeremiah 12:2
You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
leads to
- Isaiah 29:13
  Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught…
- Titus 1:16
  They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
- Matthew 15:8
  ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
- Jeremiah 11:17
  The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to…
- Ezekiel 33:31
  So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest…
Through
Daniel 4:5
I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.
leads to
- Daniel 2:1
  In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.
- Daniel 5:5–6
  At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,
- Genesis 41:1
  After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

Related verses

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About Daniel