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Daniel 4:12-14
New Living Translation
Daniel 4:12-14
New Living Translation
12 It had fresh green leaves, and it was loaded with fruit for all to eat. Wild animals lived in its shade, and birds nested in its branches. All the world was fed from this tree.
13 “‘Then as I lay there dreaming, I saw a messenger,[a] a holy one, coming down from heaven. 14 The messenger shouted,
“Cut down the tree and lop off its branches!
Shake off its leaves and scatter its fruit!
Chase the wild animals from its shade
and the birds from its branches.
Daniel 4:12-14
New International Version
Daniel 4:12-14
New International Version
12 Its 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. 14 He 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)
Footnotes
- Daniel 4:13 Or watchman; also in verses 17 and 23
Daniel 4:12-14
King James Version
Daniel 4:12-14
King James Version
12 The 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.
13 I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven;
14 He 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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Daniel 4:12-14
New King James Version
Daniel 4:12-14
New King James Version
12 Its leaves were lovely,
Its fruit abundant,
And in it was food for all.
(A)The beasts of the field found shade under it,
The birds of the heavens dwelt in its branches,
And all flesh was fed from it.
13 “I saw in the visions of my head while on my bed, and there was (B)a watcher, (C)a holy one, coming down from heaven. 14 He cried [a]aloud and said thus:
(D)‘Chop down the tree and cut off its branches,
Strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit.
(E)Let the beasts get out from under it,
And the birds from its branches.
Footnotes
- Daniel 4:14 Lit. with strength
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