Daniel 4:12

The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was food for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the birds of the heavens dwelt in the branches thereof, and all flesh was fed from it.

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In The King James Version

The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.

In Context

11The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.

13I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from heaven.

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Cross References

Job 12:24He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

Job 14:9Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant.

Lamentations 4:20The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Jehovah, was taken in their pits; Of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.

Ezekiel 31:6All the birds of the heavens made their nests in its boughs; and under its branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young; and under its shadow dwelt all great nations.

Mark 13:32But of that day or hour knoweth no one, not even the angels that are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 4:5-19

Nebuchadnezzar's Second Dream; Nebuchadnezzar Relates His Dream. ( b. c. 570.) 4 I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace: 5 I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. 6 Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream. 7 Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before… Read the whole commentary →

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