The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Daniel 4:2 (NIV)

It is my pleasure to tell you about the miraculous signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Daniel 4:3 (NIV)

How great are his signs,
how mighty his wonders!
His kingdom is an eternal kingdom;
his dominion endures from generation to generation.

 

[KohenMatt]

Daniel 4:4

"I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and happy in my palace."

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Daniel 4:5 (NIV)

I had a dream that made me afraid. As I was lying in bed, the images and visions that passed through my mind terrified me.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Daniel 4:6 (NIV)

So I commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Daniel 4:7 (NIV)

When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers and diviners came, I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it for me.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Daniel 4:8 (NIV)

Finally, Daniel came into my presence and I told him the dream. (He is called Belteshazzar, after the name of my god,
and the spirit of the holy gods is in him.)

 

[MessengerofTruth]

Daniel 4:9 (KJV)

O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.

ref. 2:48; 5:11

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Daniel 4:10 (NIV)

These are the visions I saw while lying in bed: I looked, and there before me stood a tree in the middle of the land.
Its height was enormous.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Daniel 4:11 (NIV)

The tree grew large and strong and its top touched the sky; it was visible to the ends of the earth.

 

[Mel85]

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; from it every creature was fed.

Daniel 4:12

 

[MessengerofTruth]

Dan. 4:13 (KJV)

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

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Daniel 4:14 (NIV)

He called in a loud voice: “Cut down the tree 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.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Daniel 4:15 (NIV)

But let the stump and its roots, bound with iron and bronze, remain in the ground, in the grass of the field.

‘“Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let him live with the animals among the plants of the earth.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Daniel 4:16 (CSB)

Let his mind be changed from that of a human, and let him be given the mind of an animal for seven periods of time.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Daniel 4:17 (CSB)

This word is by decree of the watchers, and the decision is by command from the holy ones. This is so that the living will know
that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms. He gives them to anyone he wants and sets the lowliest of people over them.

 

[Angela53510]

"This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, had. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me what it means, for none of the wise men in my kingdom can interpret it for me. But you can, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.” Daniel 4:18

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Daniel 4:19 (NIV)

Then Daniel (also called Belteshazzar) was greatly perplexed for a time, and his thoughts terrified him. So the king said, ‘Belteshazzar,
do not let the dream or its meaning alarm you.’ Belteshazzar answered, ‘My lord, if only the dream applied to your enemies and its meaning to your adversaries!

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Daniel 4:20 (NIV)

The tree you saw, which grew large and strong, with its top touching the sky, visible to the whole earth,

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Daniel 4:21 (NIV)

with beautiful leaves and abundant fruit, providing food for all, giving shelter to the wild animals, and having nesting places
in its branches for the birds –