Daniel 4:5

Good News Translation

But I had a frightening dream and saw terrifying visions while I was asleep.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.

Hebrew Names Version
I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

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

English Standard Version
I saw a dream that made me afraid. As I lay in bed the fancies and the visions of my head alarmed me.

New American Standard Bible
"I saw a dream and it startled me; and these appearances as I lay on my bed and the visions in my mind kept alarming me.

New Century Version
but I had a dream that made me afraid. As I was lying on my bed, I saw pictures and visions in my mind that alarmed me.

Amplified Bible
"I saw a dream and it made me afraid; and the fantasies and thoughts and the visions [that appeared] in my mind as I lay on my bed kept alarming me.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Saw a dreame, which made me afraide, and the thoughtes vpon my bed, and the visions of mine head troubled me.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I saw a dream and it made me fearful; and these fantasies as I lay on my bed and the visions in my mind kept alarming me.

Berean Standard Bible
I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.

Contemporary English Version
when suddenly I had some horrifying dreams and visions.

Complete Jewish Bible
Finally, however, Dani'el (renamed Belt'shatzar, after the name of my god), in whom is the spirit of the holy gods, came before me; and I told him the dream:

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

Easy-to-Read Version
I had a dream that made me afraid. I was lying on my bed, and I saw pictures and visions in my mind. These things made me very afraid.

George Lamsa Translation
I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the visions of my head troubled me.

Lexham English Bible
And I saw a dream and a revelation on my bed and it frightened me, and the visions of my head terrified me.

Literal Translation
I saw a dream, and it terrified me, and the thoughts on my bed and visions of my head troubled me.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
sawe a dreame, which made me afrayed: ad thoughtes that I had vpo my bed, with the visions of myne heade, troubled me.

American Standard Version
I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

Bible in Basic English
I saw a dream which was a cause of great fear to me; I was troubled by the images of my mind on my bed, and by the visions of my head.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and I told the dream before him:

King James Version (1611)
I saw a dreame which made me afraid, and the thoughts vpon my bed, and the visions of my head troubled me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Sawe a dreame, whiche made me afrayde, and the thoughtes vpon my bed, with the visios of my head, troubled me.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
until Daniel came, whose name is Baltasar, according to the name of my God, who has within him the Holy Spirit of God; to whom I said,

English Revised Version
I saw a dream which made me afraid; the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

World English Bible
I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y siy a dreem, that made me aferd; and my thouytis in my bed, and the siytis of myn heed disturbliden me.

Update Bible Version
I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

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

New English Translation
I saw a dream that frightened me badly. The things I imagined while lying on my bed—these visions of my mind—were terrifying me.

New King James Version
I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

New Living Translation
But one night I had a dream that frightened me; I saw visions that terrified me as I lay in my bed.

New Life Bible
But I had a dream that made me afraid. As I lay on my bed the pictures that passed through my mind filled me with fear.

New Revised Standard
I saw a dream that frightened me; my fantasies in bed and the visions of my head terrified me.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A dream, I saw, and it made me afraid, - and, fancies upon my bed, and visions of my head, terrified me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
5 [2] [fn] I saw a dream that affrighted me: and my thoughts in my bed, and the visions of my head troubled me.

Revised Standard Version
I had a dream which made me afraid; as I lay in bed the fancies and the visions of my head alarmed me.

Young's Literal Translation
a dream I have seen, and it maketh me afraid, and the conceptions on my bed, and the visions of my head, do trouble me.

Contextual Overview

⁴ "I was living comfortably in my palace, enjoying great prosperity. ⁵ But I had a frightening dream and saw terrifying visions while I was asleep. ⁶ I ordered all the royal advisers in Babylon to be brought to me so that they could tell me what the dream meant. ⁷ Then all the fortunetellers, magicians, wizards, and astrologers were brought in, and I told them my dream, but they could not explain it to me. ⁸ Then Daniel came in. (He is also called Belteshazzar, after the name of my god.) The spirit of the holy gods is in him, so I told him what I had dreamed. I said to him: ⁹ Belteshazzar, chief of the fortunetellers, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that you understand all mysteries. This is my dream. Tell me what it means. ¹⁰ "While I was asleep, I had a vision of a huge tree in the middle of the earth. ¹¹ It grew bigger and bigger until it reached the sky and could be seen by everyone in the world. ¹² Its leaves were beautiful, and it was loaded down with fruit—enough for the whole world to eat. Wild animals rested in its shade, birds built nests in its branches, and every kind of living being ate its fruit. ¹³ "While I was thinking about the vision, I saw coming down from heaven an angel, alert and watchful.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a dream: Daniel 2:1, Daniel 5:5, Daniel 5:6, Daniel 5:10, Daniel 7:28, Genesis 41:1, Job 7:13, Job 7:14

and the thoughts: Daniel 2:28, Daniel 2:29

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:5 - dreamed Genesis 40:5 - General Genesis 40:6 - behold Genesis 41:8 - his spirit Job 4:13 - thoughts Job 33:15 - a dream Daniel 4:9 - no secret Daniel 4:13 - in the Daniel 4:19 - let Daniel 7:1 - Daniel Daniel 7:15 - the visions Luke 24:38 - and why

Cross-References

Genesis 4:10
Then the Lord said, "Why have you done this terrible thing? Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground, like a voice calling for revenge.

Genesis 4:11
You are placed under a curse and can no longer farm the soil. It has soaked up your brother's blood as if it had opened its mouth to receive it when you killed him.

Genesis 31:2
He also saw that Laban was no longer as friendly as he had been earlier.

Genesis 31:5
He said to them, "I have noticed that your father is not as friendly toward me as he used to be; but my father's God has been with me.

Numbers 16:15
Moses became angry and said to the Lord , "Do not accept any offerings these men bring. I have not wronged any of them; I have not even taken one of their donkeys."

Job 5:2
To worry yourself to death with resentment would be a foolish, senseless thing to do.

Psalms 20:3
May he accept all your offerings and be pleased with all your sacrifices.

Matthew 20:15
Don't I have the right to do as I wish with my own money? Or are you jealous because I am generous?'"

Acts 13:45
When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy; they disputed what Paul was saying and insulted him.

Hebrews 11:4
It was faith that made Abel offer to God a better sacrifice than Cain's. Through his faith he won God's approval as a righteous man, because God himself approved of his gifts. By means of his faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I saw a dream which made me afraid,.... Things were represented to his fancy in a dream, as if he saw them with his eyes, as the tree, its leaves and fruit; the shaking and cutting it down to the stump, c. and though he did not understand the meaning of it, yet he thought it portended some evil, which threw him into a panic; he was afraid that something bad would befall him, though he knew not what: thus God can make the minds of the greatest men uneasy amidst all their glory, pride, and pleasure:

and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me; the thoughts that came into his mind while he was upon his bed dreaming, and the things which were represented to his fancy in his brain, he remembered when awake, gave him a great deal of trouble and uneasiness, what should be the meaning of them, and what would be the issue and event of these things.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I saw a dream - That is, he saw a representation made to him in a dream. There is something incongruous in our language in saying of one that he saw a dream.

Which made me afraid - The fear evidently arose from the apprehension that it was designed to disclose some important and solemn event. This was in accordance with a prevalent belief then (comp. Daniel 2:1), and it may be added that it is in accordance with a prevalent belief now. There are few persons, whatever may be their abstract belief, who are not more or less disturbed by fearful and solemn representations passing before the mind in the visions of the night. Compare Job 4:12-17; Job 33:14-15. So Virgil (Aen. iv. 9):

“Anna soror, quae me suspensam insomnia terrent!”

And the thoughts upon my bed - The thoughts which I had upon my bed; to wit, in my dream.

And the visions of my head - What I seemed to see. The vision seemed to be floating around his head.

Troubled me - Disturbed me; produced apprehension of what was to come; of some great and important event.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Daniel 4:5. I saw a dream — See this dream circumstantially explained in the following verses.