Daniel 4:13

While I was still lying on my bed, I saw another vision. In the vision I saw a holy angel coming down from heaven.

Translation for Translators

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

12It had beautiful leaves, and it had produced a lot of fruit for people to eat. Wild animals rested in the shade of that tree, and birds built nests in its branches. All the living creatures everywhere in the world got food from that tree.

14The angel shouted, “Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches! Strip/Shake off all of its leaves, and scatter its fruit. Chase away the animals that are lying in the shade of the tree, and the birds that are in its branches.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:2This is what he said: “Yahweh came and spoke to us at Sinai Mountain; he came like [MET] the sun rises in the Edom region and like his light shone on us when we were in the desert near Paran Mountain after we left Sinai Mountain. He came with 10,000 angels, and there was a flaming fire at his right side.

Psalms 89:7When your holy angels gather together, they declare that you must be revered; they say that you are more awesome than all the angels that surround your throne!

Daniel 4:5But one night I had a dream that caused me to be very afraid. I saw visions that terrified me as I lay on my bed.

Daniel 4:23Then you saw a holy angel coming down from heaven. That angel said, ‘Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches! Strip/Shake off all of its leaves, and scatter its fruit. But leave the stump of the tree and its roots in the ground. Fasten a band of iron and bronze around the stump and allow it to stay there with grass around it. Each morning cause the dew from the sky to make this man, who was represented by the tree, damp. Cause him to live in the fields with the animals for seven years.’

Daniel 7:17He said, “The four huge beasts represent four kingdoms/empires that will exist on the earth.

Daniel 8:13Then I heard two angels who were talking to each other. One of them asked, “How long will the things/events that were in this vision continue? How long will the man who rebels against God and causes the temple to be defiled be able to prevent priests from offering sacrifices? How long will he trample on the temple and on the armies of heaven?”

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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