While I was watching,
there was a tree in the middle of the land. 2
It was enormously tall. 3
4:11 The tree grew large and strong.
Its top reached far into the sky;
it could be seen 4 from the borders of all the land. 5
4:12 Its foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful;
on it there was food enough for all.
Under it the wild animals 6 used to seek shade,
and in its branches the birds of the sky used to nest.
All creatures 7 used to feed themselves from it.
4:19 Then Daniel (whose name is also Belteshazzar) was upset for a brief time; 8 his thoughts were alarming him. The king said, “Belteshazzar, don’t let the dream and its interpretation alarm you.” But Belteshazzar replied, “Sir, 9 if only the dream were for your enemies and its interpretation applied to your adversaries! 4:20 The tree that you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached to the sky, and which could be seen 10 in all the land, 4:21 whose foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful, and from which there was food available for all, under whose branches wild animals 11 used to live, and in whose branches birds of the sky used to nest – 4:22 it is you, 12 O king! For you have become great and strong. Your greatness is such that it reaches to heaven, and your authority to the ends of the earth.