Daniel 4:11

Bible in Basic English

And the tree became tall and strong, stretching up to heaven, and to be seen from the ends of the earth:

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The tree grew large and strong;its top reached to the sky,and it was visible to the ends of the earth.

Hebrew Names Version
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height of it reached to the sky, and the sight of it to the end of all the eretz.

King James Version
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:

English Standard Version
The tree grew and became strong, and its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth.

New American Standard Bible
'The tree grew large and became strong And its height reached to the sky, And it was visible to the end of the whole earth.

New Century Version
The tree grew large and strong. The top of the tree touched the sky and could be seen from anywhere on earth.

Amplified Bible
'The tree grew large and became strong And its height reached to heaven, And it was visible to the end of the earth.

Geneva Bible (1587)
A great tree and strong, and the height thereof reached vnto heauen, and the sight thereof to the endes of all the earth.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'The tree grew large and became strong And its height reached to the sky, And it was visible to the end of the whole earth.

Berean Standard Bible
The tree grew large and strong; its top reached the sky, and it was visible to the ends of the earth.

Contemporary English Version
It grew stronger and higher, until it reached to heaven and could be seen from anywhere on earth.

Complete Jewish Bible
He cried out: "‘"Cut down the tree, cut off its branches, strip off its leaves, scatter its fruit! Let the wild animals flee from its shelter! Let the birds abandon its branches!

Darby Translation
The tree grew, and was strong, and its height reached unto the heavens, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.

Easy-to-Read Version
The tree grew large and strong. The top of the tree touched the sky. It could be seen from anywhere on earth.

George Lamsa Translation
The tree grew high, and was strong, and its height reached to heaven and the view thereof to the end of all the earth.

Good News Translation
It grew bigger and bigger until it reached the sky and could be seen by everyone in the world.

Lexham English Bible
The tree grew and it became strong, and its height reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth.

Literal Translation
The tree became great and strong, and its height reached to the heaven, and its appearance to the end of all the earth.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
which was very hye, greate and mightie: ye heyth reached vnto the heaue, and the bredth extended to all the endes of the earth:

American Standard Version
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
He cried aloud, and said thus: Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit; let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches.

King James Version (1611)
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached vnto heauen, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
A great tree and strong, and the heyght therof reached vnto the heauen, and the sight thereof to the endes of all the earth.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Cut down the tree, and pluck off its branches, and shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let the wild beasts be removed from under it, and the birds from its branches.

English Revised Version
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.

World English Bible
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height of it reached to the sky, and the sight of it to the end of all the earth.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the tree was greet and strong, and the heiythe therof touchide heuene, and the biholdynge therof was `til to the endis of al erthe.

Update Bible Version
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached to heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.

Webster's Bible Translation
The tree grew, and was strong, and its hight reached to heaven, and the sight of it to the end of all the earth:

New English Translation
The tree grew large and strong. Its top reached far into the sky; it could be seen from the borders of all the land.

New King James Version
The tree grew and became strong; Its height reached to the heavens, And it could be seen to the ends of all the earth.

New Living Translation
The tree grew very tall and strong, reaching high into the heavens for all the world to see.

New Life Bible
The tree grew and became strong. Its top went up to the sky, and it could be seen to the end of the whole earth.

New Revised Standard
The tree grew great and strong, its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the ends of the whole earth.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The tree, grew, and became strong, - and, the height thereof, reached unto the heavens, and, the view thereof, unto the end of all the land:

Douay-Rheims Bible
11 [8] [fn] The tree was great, and strong: and the height thereof reached unto heaven: the sight thereof was even to the ends of all the earth.

Revised Standard Version
The tree grew and became strong, and its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth.

Young's Literal Translation
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;

Contextual Overview

⁴ I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my place, and all things were going well for me in my great house: ⁵ I saw a dream which was a cause of great fear to me; I was troubled by the images of my mind on my bed, and by the visions of my head. ⁶ And I gave orders for all the wise men of Babylon to come in before me so that they might make clear to me the sense of my dream. ⁷ Then the wonder-workers, the users of secret arts, the Chaldaeans, and the readers of signs came in to me: and I put the dream before them but they did not make clear the sense of it to me. ⁸ But at last Daniel came in before me, he whose name was Belteshazzar, after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and I put the dream before him, saying, ⁹ O Belteshazzar, master of the wonder-workers, because I am certain that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and you are troubled by no secret; this is the dream which I saw: make clear to me its sense. ¹⁰ On my bed I saw a vision: there was a tree in the middle of the earth, and it was very high. ¹¹ And the tree became tall and strong, stretching up to heaven, and to be seen from the ends of the earth: ¹² Its leaves were fair and it had much fruit, and in it was food enough for all: the beasts of the field had shade under it, and the birds of heaven were resting in its branches, and it gave food to all living things. ¹³ In the visions of my head on my bed I saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

reached: Daniel 4:21, Daniel 4:22, Genesis 11:4, Deuteronomy 9:1, Matthew 11:23

Reciprocal: Job 20:6 - his excellency Ezekiel 19:11 - her stature Ezekiel 31:5 - his height Ezekiel 31:17 - dwelt John 21:25 - that even Romans 8:39 - height

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
And the Lord God said to the snake, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle and every beast of the field; you will go flat on the earth, and dust will be your food all the days of your life:

Genesis 4:14
You have sent me out this day from the face of the earth and from before your face; I will be a wanderer in flight over the earth, and whoever sees me will put me to death.

Genesis 4:15
And the Lord said, Truly, if Cain is put to death, seven lives will be taken for his. And the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one might put him to death.

Genesis 4:16
And Cain went away from before the face of the Lord, and made his living-place in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.

Genesis 4:19
And Lamech had two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

Genesis 4:20
And Adah gave birth to Jabal: he was the father of such as are living in tents and keep cattle.

Genesis 4:21
And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all players on instruments of music.

Genesis 4:26
And Seth had a son, and he gave him the name of Enosh: at this time men first made use of the name of the Lord in worship.

Job 16:18
O earth, let not my blood be covered, and let my cry have no resting-place!

Isaiah 26:21
For the Lord is coming out of his place to send punishment on the people of the earth for their evil-doing: the earth will let the blood drained out on her be seen, and will keep her dead covered no longer.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The tree grew, and was strong,.... Grew higher and broader, taller and thicker, increased in boughs and branches, and became strong and stable, that no winds nor storms could move it: this shows the increasing power of Nebuchadnezzar, the enlargement of his dominions, and the stability of his empire:

and the height thereof reached unto heaven; higher than any on earth; expressive of his dominion over all nations and people of the earth; or of his ambition of deity itself; and so Saadiah illustrates it by

Isaiah 14:14. "I will ascend above the heights of the clouds c.":

and the sight thereof to the end of the earth: being so high, it was seen afar off the fame of this great monarch reached to the ends of the earth; the eyes of all were turned to him; some looking upon him with wonder, others with envy.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The tree grew - Or the tree was “great” - רבה r^ebâh. It does not mean that the tree grew while he was looking at it so as to reach to the heaven, but that it stood before him in all its glory, its top reaching to the sky, and its branches extending afar.

And was strong - It was well-proportioned, with a trunk adapted to its height, and to the mass of boughs and foliage which it bore. The strength here refers to its trunk, and to the fact that it seemed fixed firmly in the earth.

And the height thereof reached unto heaven - To the sky; to the region of the clouds. The comparison of trees reaching to heaven is common in Greek and Latin authors. - Grotius. Compare Virgil’s description of Fame.

“Mox sese attollit in auras,

Ingrediturque solo, et caput inter nubila condit.” -

“AEn. iv. 176

And the sight thereof to the end of all the earth - It could be seen, or was visible in all parts of the earth. The Greek here for “sight” is κῦτος kutos, “breadth, capaciousness.” Herodotus (“Polymnia”) describes a vision remarkably similar to this, as indicative of a wide and universal monarchy, respecting Xerxes:

“After these things there was a third vision in his sleep, which the magicians (μάγοι magoi) hearing of, said that it pertained to all the earth, and denoted that all men would be subject to him. The vision was this: Xerxes seemed to be crowned with a branch of laurel, and the branches of laurel seemed to extend through all the earth.” The vision which Nebuchadnezzar had here, of a tree so conspicuous as to be seen from any part of the world, was one that would be naturally applied to a sovereign having a universal sway.