Daniel 4:12-14

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹²Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, and let it be tied with a band of iron, and of brass, among the grass, that is without, and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let its portion be with the wild beasts in the grass of the earth.

¹³Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given him; and let seven times pass over him.

¹⁴This is the decree by the sentence of the watchers, and the word and demand of the holy ones; till the living know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men; and he will give it to whomsoever it shall please him, and he will appoint the basest man over it.

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Daniel 4:12-14

New International Version

¹²Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit abundant, and on it was food for all. Under it the wild animals found shelter, and the birds lived in its branches;^(A) from it every creature was fed.

¹³“In the visions I saw while lying in bed,^(B) I looked, and there before me was a holy one,^(C) a messenger,^[a] coming down from heaven. ¹⁴He called in a loud voice: ‘Cut down the tree^(D) and trim off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the animals flee from under it and the birds from its branches.^(E)

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Footnotes

Daniel 4:13 Or watchman; also in verses 17 and 23

Daniel 4:12-14

King James Version

¹²The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.

¹³I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven;

¹⁴He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:

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