Daniel 4:12

The foliage thereof, was beautiful, and, the fruit thereof, abundant, and there was food for all therein,—under it, the wild beast of the field found shade, and, among its branches, dwelt the birds of the heavens, and, therefrom, was well fed, all flesh.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 became strong,—and, the height thereof, reached unto the heavens, and, the view thereof, unto the end of all the land:

13I was looking, in the visions of my head, upon my bed, when lo! a watcher and holy one, outer the heavens, coming down.

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Cross References

Job 12:24Who taketh away the sense of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and hath caused them to wander in a pathless waste:

Job 14:9Through the scent of water, it may break forth, and produce branches like a sapling,

Lamentations 4:20The fragrance of our nostrils, The Anointed of Yahweh, hath been captured in their pits,—of whom we had said—In his shade, shall we live among the nations.

Ezekiel 31:6Among his branches, all the birds of the heavens, made their nests, And under his boughs, all the wild beasts of the field, brought forth,— And, in his shade, dwelt all the mighty nations.

Mark 13:32But, concerning that day or hour, no one, knoweth, neither the messengers in heaven, nor the Son,—save 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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