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Daniel 4 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:1 - 'Nebuchadnezzar the king to all peoples, nations, and languages, who are dwelling in all the earth: Your peace be great!
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:2 - The signs and wonders that God Most High hath done with me, it is good before me to shew.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:3 - His signs how great! and His wonders how mighty! His kingdom is a kingdom age-during, and His rule is with generation and generation.

The Vision of a Great Tree

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:4 - 'I, Nebuchadnezzar, have been at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace:
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:5 - a dream I have seen, and it maketh me afraid, and the conceptions on my bed, and the visions of my head, do trouble me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:6 - And by me a decree is made, to cause all the wise men of Babylon to come up before me, that the interpretation of the dream they may cause me to know.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:7 - Then coming up are the scribes, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers, and the dream I have told before them, and its interpretation they are not making known to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:8 - And at last come up before me hath Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar -- according to the name of my god -- and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods, and the dream before him I have told:
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:9 - 'O Belteshazzar, master of the scribes, as I have known that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret doth press thee, the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation, tell.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:10 - As to the visions of my head on my bed, I was looking, and lo, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height is great:
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:11 - become great hath the tree, yea, strong, and its height doth reach to the heavens, and its vision to the end of the whole land;
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:12 - its leaves are fair, and its budding great, and food for all is in it: under it take shade doth the beast of the field, and in its boughs dwell do the birds of the heavens, and of it fed are all flesh.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:13 - 'I was looking, in the visions of my head on my bed, and lo, a sifter, even a holy one, from the heavens is coming down.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:14 - He is calling mightily, and thus hath said, Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its budding, move away let the beast from under it, and the birds from off its branches;
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:15 - but the stump of its roots leave in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and with the dew of the heavens is it wet, and with the beasts is his portion in the herb of the earth;
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:16 - his heart from man's is changed, and the heart of a beast is given to him, and seven times pass over him;
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:17 - by the decree of the sifters is the sentence, and by the saying of the holy ones the requirement, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and to whom He willeth He giveth it, and the lowest of men He doth raise up over it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:18 - 'This dream I have seen, I king Nebuchadnezzar; and thou, O Belteshazzar, the interpretation tell, because that all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to cause me to know the interpretation, and thou art able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.

Daniel Interprets the Vision

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:19 - 'Then Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, hath been astonished about one hour, and his thoughts do trouble him; the king hath answered and said, O Belteshazzar, let not the dream and its interpretation trouble thee. Belteshazzar hath answered and said, My lord, the dream -- to those hating thee, and its interpretation -- to thine enemies!
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:20 - The tree that thou hast seen, that hath become great and strong, and its height doth reach to the heavens, and its vision to all the land,
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:21 - and its leaves are fair, and its budding great, and food for all is in it, under it dwell doth the beast of the field, and on its boughs sit do the birds of the heavens.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:22 - 'Thou it is, O king, for thou hast become great and mighty, and thy greatness hath become great, and hath reached to the heavens, and thy dominion to the end of the earth;
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:23 - and that which the king hath seen -- a sifter, even a holy one, coming down from the heavens, and he hath said, Cut down the tree, and destroy it; but the stump of its roots leave in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and with the dew of the heavens it is wet, and with the beast of the field is his portion, till that seven times pass over him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:24 - 'This is the interpretation, O king, and the decree of the Most High it is that hath come against my lord the king:
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:25 - and they are driving thee away from men, and with the beast of the field is thy dwelling, and the herb as oxen they do cause thee to eat, and by the dew of the heavens they are wetting thee, and seven times do pass over thee, till that thou knowest that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and to whom He willeth He giveth it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:26 - And that which they said -- to leave the stump of the roots of the tree; thy kingdom for thee abideth, after that thou knowest that the heavens are ruling.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:27 - 'Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and thy sins by righteousness break off, and thy perversity by pitying the poor, lo, it is a lengthening of thine ease.

The Vision Fulfilled

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:28 - 'All -- hath come on Nebuchadnezzar the king.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:29 - 'At the end of twelve months, on the palace of the kingdom of Babylon he hath been walking;
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:30 - the king hath answered and said, Is not this that great Babylon that I have built, for the house of the kingdom, in the might of my strength, and for the glory of mine honour?
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:31 - 'While the word is in the king's mouth a voice from the heavens hath fallen: To thee they are saying: O Nebuchadnezzar the king, the kingdom hath passed from thee,
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:32 - and from men they are driving thee away, and with the beast of the field is thy dwelling, the herb as oxen they do cause thee to eat, and seven times do pass over thee, till that thou knowest that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and to whom He willeth He giveth it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:33 - 'In that hour the thing hath been fulfilled on Nebuchadnezzar, and from men he is driven, and the herb as oxen he eateth, and by the dew of the heavens his body is wet, till that his hair as eagles' hath become great, and his nails as birds.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:34 - 'And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, mine eyes to the heavens have lifted up, and mine understanding unto me returneth, and the Most High I have blessed, and the Age-during Living One I have praised and honoured, whose dominion is a dominion age-during, and His kingdom with generation and generation;
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:35 - and all who are dwelling on the earth as nothing are reckoned, and according to his will He is doing among the forces of the heavens and those dwelling on the earth, and there is none that doth clap with his hand, and saith to Him, What hast Thou done?
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:36 - 'At that time my understanding doth return unto me, and for the glory of my kingdom, my honour and my brightness doth return unto me, and to me my counsellors and my great men do seek, and over my kingdom I have been made right, and abundant greatness hath been added to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:37 - 'Now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, am praising and exalting and honouring the King of the heavens, for all His works are truth, and His paths judgment, and those walking in pride He is able to humble.'
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The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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