Daniel 4:13

Let his lev (heart) be changed from manʼs, and let a beastʼs lev be given unto him; and let seven times (seasons, years) pass over him.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let him partake with the beasts in the grass of ha'aretz;

14This matter is by the decree of the irin (watchers), and the demand by the word of the Kedoshim (holy ones), to the intent that the living may have da'as that Elyon (Most High) ruleth in the malchut haAdam, and giveth it to whomsoever He will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:2And he said, 1 Hashem came from Sinai, 1 and rose up from Se'ir unto them; 1 He shined forth from Mt Paran, 1 and He came with ten thousands of kodesh; 1 from His right hand went a fiery law for them. 1

Psalms 89:7For who in the heavens can be compared unto Hashem? 1 Who among the bnei elim can be likened unto Hashem? 1

Daniel 4:5But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Beltshatzar, according to hashem of my G-d, and in whom is the Ruach Elohin Kadishin (Ruach Elohim HaKadosh); and before him I told the chalom (dream), saying,

Daniel 4:23And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the etz with its roots, thy malchut shall be assured unto thee, after that thou shalt have da'as that Shomayim (G-d) does rule.

Daniel 7:17These chayyot hagedolot (great beasts), which are arbah (four), are four melachim, which shall arise out of ha'aretz.

Daniel 8:13Then I heard one kadosh (angel) speaking, and another kadosh said unto that certain kadosh which spoke, How long shall be the chazon concerning the daily sacrifice, and the desolating peysha (transgression), to give both the Kodesh (Sanctuary) and the tzva (host) to be trodden under foot?

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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