Daniel 4:11

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

The tree, grew, and became strong, - and, the height thereof, reached unto the heavens, and, the view thereof, unto the end of all the land:

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The tree grew large and strong;its top reached to the sky,and it was visible to the ends of the earth.

Hebrew Names Version
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height of it reached to the sky, and the sight of it to the end of all the eretz.

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

English Standard Version
The tree grew and became strong, and its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth.

New American Standard Bible
'The tree grew large and became strong And its height reached to the sky, And it was visible to the end of the whole earth.

New Century Version
The tree grew large and strong. The top of the tree touched the sky and could be seen from anywhere on earth.

Amplified Bible
'The tree grew large and became strong And its height reached to heaven, And it was visible to the end of the earth.

Geneva Bible (1587)
A great tree and strong, and the height thereof reached vnto heauen, and the sight thereof to the endes of all the earth.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'The tree grew large and became strong And its height reached to the sky, And it was visible to the end of the whole earth.

Berean Standard Bible
The tree grew large and strong; its top reached the sky, and it was visible to the ends of the earth.

Contemporary English Version
It grew stronger and higher, until it reached to heaven and could be seen from anywhere on earth.

Complete Jewish Bible
He cried out: "‘"Cut down the tree, cut off its branches, strip off its leaves, scatter its fruit! Let the wild animals flee from its shelter! Let the birds abandon its branches!

Darby Translation
The tree grew, and was strong, and its height reached unto the heavens, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.

Easy-to-Read Version
The tree grew large and strong. The top of the tree touched the sky. It could be seen from anywhere on earth.

George Lamsa Translation
The tree grew high, and was strong, and its height reached to heaven and the view thereof to the end of all the earth.

Good News Translation
It grew bigger and bigger until it reached the sky and could be seen by everyone in the world.

Lexham English Bible
The tree grew and it became strong, and its height reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth.

Literal Translation
The tree became great and strong, and its height reached to the heaven, and its appearance to the end of all the earth.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
which was very hye, greate and mightie: ye heyth reached vnto the heaue, and the bredth extended to all the endes of the earth:

American Standard Version
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.

Bible in Basic English
And the tree became tall and strong, stretching up to heaven, and to be seen from the ends of the earth:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
He cried aloud, and said thus: Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit; let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches.

King James Version (1611)
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached vnto heauen, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
A great tree and strong, and the heyght therof reached vnto the heauen, and the sight thereof to the endes of all the earth.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Cut down the tree, and pluck off its branches, and shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let the wild beasts be removed from under it, and the birds from its branches.

English Revised Version
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.

World English Bible
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height of it reached to the sky, and the sight of it to the end of all the earth.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the tree was greet and strong, and the heiythe therof touchide heuene, and the biholdynge therof was `til to the endis of al erthe.

Update Bible Version
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached to heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.

Webster's Bible Translation
The tree grew, and was strong, and its hight reached to heaven, and the sight of it to the end of all the earth:

New English Translation
The tree grew large and strong. Its top reached far into the sky; it could be seen from the borders of all the land.

New King James Version
The tree grew and became strong; Its height reached to the heavens, And it could be seen to the ends of all the earth.

New Living Translation
The tree grew very tall and strong, reaching high into the heavens for all the world to see.

New Life Bible
The tree grew and became strong. Its top went up to the sky, and it could be seen to the end of the whole earth.

New Revised Standard
The tree grew great and strong, its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the ends of the whole earth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
11 [8] [fn] The tree was great, and strong: and the height thereof reached unto heaven: the sight thereof was even to the ends of all the earth.

Revised Standard Version
The tree grew and became strong, and its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth.

Young's Literal Translation
become great hath the tree, yea, strong, and its height doth reach to the heavens, and its vision to the end of the whole land;

Contextual Overview

⁴ I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at peace in mine own house, and was prosperous in my palace. ⁵ A dream, I saw, and it made me afraid, - and, fancies upon my bed, and visions of my head, terrified me. ⁶ Therefore made I a decree, to bring in before me, all the wise men of Babylon, - who, the interpretation of the dream, should make known to me. ⁷ Then came in the sacred scribes, the magicians, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers, - and, the dream, told I before them, but, the interpretation, could they not make known to me. ⁸ Howbeit, at last, came before me - Daniel, whose, name, was Belteshazzar, after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and, the dream - before him, I told saying : ⁹ O Belteshazzar, chief of the sacred scribes, because I know that, the spirit of the holy gods, is in thee, - and no secret giveth thee trouble, therefore , the visions of my dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof, do thou tell. ¹⁰ The visions then of my head upon my bed were these , - I was looking, when lo! a tree in the midst of the land, and, the height thereof, was great. ¹¹ The tree, grew, and became strong, - and, the height thereof, reached unto the heavens, and, the view thereof, unto the end of all the land: ¹² The foliage thereof, was beautiful, and, the fruit thereof, abundant, and there was food for all therein, - under it, the wild beast of the field found shade, and, among its branches, dwelt the birds of the heavens, and, therefrom, was well fed, all flesh. ¹³ I was looking, in the visions of my head, upon my bed, when lo! a watcher and holy one, outer the heavens, coming down.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

reached: Daniel 4:21, Daniel 4:22, Genesis 11:4, Deuteronomy 9:1, Matthew 11:23

Reciprocal: Job 20:6 - his excellency Ezekiel 19:11 - her stature Ezekiel 31:5 - his height Ezekiel 31:17 - dwelt John 21:25 - that even Romans 8:39 - height

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
Then said Yahweh God unto the serpent - Because thou hast done this, Accursed, art thou above every tame-beast, and above every wild-beast of the field, - on thy belly, shall thou go, and dust, shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.

Genesis 4:14
Lo! thou has driven me out, this day, from off the face of the ground And from thy face, shall I be hid, So shall I become a wanderer and a fugitive in the earth. And it shall come to pass, whosoever findeth me, will slay me.

Genesis 4:15
And Yahweh said to him - Not so, whosoever slayeth Cain seven - fold, shall it be avenged. So Yahweh set, for Cain, a sign, that none finding him should smite him.

Genesis 4:16
So Cain went forth from the presence of Yahweh, - and dwelt in the land of Nod, eastward of Eden.

Genesis 4:19
And Lamech took to himself two wives, - the name of the one, was Adah, and, the name of the second Zillah.

Genesis 4:20
And Adah bare Jabal, - he, was father of such as dwell in tents, and have cattle;

Genesis 4:21
and, the name of his brother, was Jubal, - he, was father of everyone handling lyre and flute,

Genesis 4:26
And to Seth - to him also, was born a son, and he called his name Enosh, - then, was a beginning made, to call on the name of Yahweh.

Job 16:18
O earth! do not cover my blood, and let there be no place for mine outcry.

Isaiah 26:21
For lo! Yahweh, is coming forth out of his place, To visit the iniquity of earths inhabitant upon him, - Therefore shall the earth unveil her shed-blood, And throw a covering, no longer over her slain.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The tree grew, and was strong,.... Grew higher and broader, taller and thicker, increased in boughs and branches, and became strong and stable, that no winds nor storms could move it: this shows the increasing power of Nebuchadnezzar, the enlargement of his dominions, and the stability of his empire:

and the height thereof reached unto heaven; higher than any on earth; expressive of his dominion over all nations and people of the earth; or of his ambition of deity itself; and so Saadiah illustrates it by

Isaiah 14:14. "I will ascend above the heights of the clouds c.":

and the sight thereof to the end of the earth: being so high, it was seen afar off the fame of this great monarch reached to the ends of the earth; the eyes of all were turned to him; some looking upon him with wonder, others with envy.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The tree grew - Or the tree was “great” - רבה r^ebâh. It does not mean that the tree grew while he was looking at it so as to reach to the heaven, but that it stood before him in all its glory, its top reaching to the sky, and its branches extending afar.

And was strong - It was well-proportioned, with a trunk adapted to its height, and to the mass of boughs and foliage which it bore. The strength here refers to its trunk, and to the fact that it seemed fixed firmly in the earth.

And the height thereof reached unto heaven - To the sky; to the region of the clouds. The comparison of trees reaching to heaven is common in Greek and Latin authors. - Grotius. Compare Virgil’s description of Fame.

“Mox sese attollit in auras,

Ingrediturque solo, et caput inter nubila condit.” -

“AEn. iv. 176

And the sight thereof to the end of all the earth - It could be seen, or was visible in all parts of the earth. The Greek here for “sight” is κῦτος kutos, “breadth, capaciousness.” Herodotus (“Polymnia”) describes a vision remarkably similar to this, as indicative of a wide and universal monarchy, respecting Xerxes:

“After these things there was a third vision in his sleep, which the magicians (μάγοι magoi) hearing of, said that it pertained to all the earth, and denoted that all men would be subject to him. The vision was this: Xerxes seemed to be crowned with a branch of laurel, and the branches of laurel seemed to extend through all the earth.” The vision which Nebuchadnezzar had here, of a tree so conspicuous as to be seen from any part of the world, was one that would be naturally applied to a sovereign having a universal sway.