Daniel 4:12

The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit abundant, and in it was food for all. The beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the birds of heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of 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 was large and strong, and its height reached to heaven, and it might be seen to the end of the whole earth.

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

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Cross References

Job 12:24He taketh away the understanding of the great men of the land, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness, where is no path;

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

Lamentations 4:20The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Jehovah, was taken in their pits, Under whose shadow we said that we should live among the nations.

Ezekiel 31:6In his boughs all the birds of heaven made their nests, And under his branches all the beasts of the field brought forth their young; And under his shadow dwelt all the great nations.

Mark 13:32But that day or hour knoweth no one, not even the angels in heaven, nor 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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