Daniel 4:5

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.

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.

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

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.

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 4 [1] [fn] I Nabuchodonosor was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace: ⁵ 5 [2] [fn] I saw a dream that affrighted me: and my thoughts in my bed, and the visions of my head troubled me. ⁶ 6 [3] [fn] Then I set forth a decree, that all the wise men of Babylon should be brought in before me, and that they should shew me the interpretation of the dream. ⁷ 7 [4] [fn] Then came in the diviners, the wise men, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers, and I told the dream before them: but they did not shew me the interpretation thereof: ⁸ 8 [5] [fn] Till their colleague Daniel came in before me, whose name is Baltassar, according to the name of my god, who hath in him the spirit of the holy gods: and I told the dream before him. ⁹ 9 [6] [fn] Baltassar, prince of the diviners, because I know that thou hast in thee the spirit of the holy gods, and that no secret is impossible to thee: tell me the visions of my dreams that I have seen, and the interpretation of them. ¹⁰ 10 [7] [fn] This was the vision of my head in my bed: I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was exceeding great. ¹¹ 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. ¹² 12 [9] [fn] Its leaves were most beautiful, and its fruit exceeding much: and in it was food for all: under it dwelt cattle, and beasts, and in the branches thereof the fowls of the air had their abode: and all flesh did eat of it. ¹³ 13 [10] [fn] I saw in the vision of my head upon my bed, and behold a watcher, and a holy one came down from heaven.

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
And he said to him: What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth to me from the earth.

Genesis 4:11
Now therefore cursed shalt thou be upon the earth, which hath opened her mouth and received the blood of thy brother at thy hand.

Genesis 31:2
And perceiving also, that Laban’s countenance was not towards him as yesterday and the other day.

Genesis 31:5
And said to them: I see your father’s countenance is not towards me as yesterday and the other day: but the God of my father hath been with me.

Numbers 16:15
Moses therefore being very angry, said to the Lord: Respect not their sacrifices: thou knowest that I have not taken of them so much as a young ass at any time, nor have injured any of them.

Job 5:2
Anger indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the little one.

Psalms 20:3
(19-4) May he be mindful of all thy sacrifices: and may thy whole burnt offering be made fat.

Matthew 20:15
Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? Is thy eye evil, because I am good?

Acts 13:45
And the Jews, seeing the multitudes, were filled with envy and contradicted those things which were said by Paul, blaspheming.

Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice exceeding that of Cain, by which he obtained a testimony that he was just, God giving testimony to his gifts. And by it he being dead yet speaketh.

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.