Daniel 4:5

Bible in Basic English

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.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.

Hebrew Names Version
I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

King James Version
I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

English Standard Version
I saw a dream that made me afraid. As I lay in bed the fancies and the visions of my head alarmed me.

New American Standard Bible
"I saw a dream and it startled me; and these appearances as I lay on my bed and the visions in my mind kept alarming me.

New Century Version
but I had a dream that made me afraid. As I was lying on my bed, I saw pictures and visions in my mind that alarmed me.

Amplified Bible
"I saw a dream and it made me afraid; and the fantasies and thoughts and the visions [that appeared] in my mind as I lay on my bed kept alarming me.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Saw a dreame, which made me afraide, and the thoughtes vpon my bed, and the visions of mine head troubled me.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I saw a dream and it made me fearful; and these fantasies as I lay on my bed and the visions in my mind kept alarming me.

Berean Standard Bible
I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.

Contemporary English Version
when suddenly I had some horrifying dreams and visions.

Complete Jewish Bible
Finally, however, Dani'el (renamed Belt'shatzar, after the name of my god), in whom is the spirit of the holy gods, came before me; and I told him the dream:

Darby Translation
I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

Easy-to-Read Version
I had a dream that made me afraid. I was lying on my bed, and I saw pictures and visions in my mind. These things made me very afraid.

George Lamsa Translation
I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the visions of my head troubled me.

Good News Translation
But I had a frightening dream and saw terrifying visions while I was asleep.

Lexham English Bible
And I saw a dream and a revelation on my bed and it frightened me, and the visions of my head terrified me.

Literal Translation
I saw a dream, and it terrified me, and the thoughts on my bed and visions of my head troubled me.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
sawe a dreame, which made me afrayed: ad thoughtes that I had vpo my bed, with the visions of myne heade, troubled me.

American Standard Version
I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and I told the dream before him:

King James Version (1611)
I saw a dreame which made me afraid, and the thoughts vpon my bed, and the visions of my head troubled me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Sawe a dreame, whiche made me afrayde, and the thoughtes vpon my bed, with the visios of my head, troubled me.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
until Daniel came, whose name is Baltasar, according to the name of my God, who has within him the Holy Spirit of God; to whom I said,

English Revised Version
I saw a dream which made me afraid; the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

World English Bible
I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y siy a dreem, that made me aferd; and my thouytis in my bed, and the siytis of myn heed disturbliden me.

Update Bible Version
I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

Webster's Bible Translation
I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

New English Translation
I saw a dream that frightened me badly. The things I imagined while lying on my bed—these visions of my mind—were terrifying me.

New King James Version
I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

New Living Translation
But one night I had a dream that frightened me; I saw visions that terrified me as I lay in my bed.

New Life Bible
But I had a dream that made me afraid. As I lay on my bed the pictures that passed through my mind filled me with fear.

New Revised Standard
I saw a dream that frightened me; my fantasies in bed and the visions of my head terrified me.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A dream, I saw, and it made me afraid, - and, fancies upon my bed, and visions of my head, terrified me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
5 [2] [fn] I saw a dream that affrighted me: and my thoughts in my bed, and the visions of my head troubled me.

Revised Standard Version
I had a dream which made me afraid; as I lay in bed the fancies and the visions of my head alarmed me.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

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

a dream: Daniel 2:1, Daniel 5:5, Daniel 5:6, Daniel 5:10, Daniel 7:28, Genesis 41:1, Job 7:13, Job 7:14

and the thoughts: Daniel 2:28, Daniel 2:29

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:5 - dreamed Genesis 40:5 - General Genesis 40:6 - behold Genesis 41:8 - his spirit Job 4:13 - thoughts Job 33:15 - a dream Daniel 4:9 - no secret Daniel 4:13 - in the Daniel 4:19 - let Daniel 7:1 - Daniel Daniel 7:15 - the visions Luke 24:38 - and why

Cross-References

Genesis 4:10
And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the earth.

Genesis 4:11
And now you are cursed from the earth, whose mouth is open to take your brother's blood from your hand;

Genesis 31:2
And Jacob saw that Laban's feeling for him was no longer what it had been before.

Genesis 31:5
And he said to them, It is clear to me that your father's feeling is no longer what it was to me; but the God of my father has been with me

Numbers 16:15
Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, Give no attention to their offering: not one of their asses have I taken, or done wrong to any of them.

Job 5:2
For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.

Psalms 20:3
May he keep all your offerings in mind, and be pleased with the fat of your burned offerings; (Selah.)

Matthew 20:15
Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?

Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw such a great number of people, they were full of envy and said evil words against Paul's preaching.

Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I saw a dream which made me afraid,.... Things were represented to his fancy in a dream, as if he saw them with his eyes, as the tree, its leaves and fruit; the shaking and cutting it down to the stump, c. and though he did not understand the meaning of it, yet he thought it portended some evil, which threw him into a panic; he was afraid that something bad would befall him, though he knew not what: thus God can make the minds of the greatest men uneasy amidst all their glory, pride, and pleasure:

and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me; the thoughts that came into his mind while he was upon his bed dreaming, and the things which were represented to his fancy in his brain, he remembered when awake, gave him a great deal of trouble and uneasiness, what should be the meaning of them, and what would be the issue and event of these things.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I saw a dream - That is, he saw a representation made to him in a dream. There is something incongruous in our language in saying of one that he saw a dream.

Which made me afraid - The fear evidently arose from the apprehension that it was designed to disclose some important and solemn event. This was in accordance with a prevalent belief then (comp. Daniel 2:1), and it may be added that it is in accordance with a prevalent belief now. There are few persons, whatever may be their abstract belief, who are not more or less disturbed by fearful and solemn representations passing before the mind in the visions of the night. Compare Job 4:12-17; Job 33:14-15. So Virgil (Aen. iv. 9):

“Anna soror, quae me suspensam insomnia terrent!”

And the thoughts upon my bed - The thoughts which I had upon my bed; to wit, in my dream.

And the visions of my head - What I seemed to see. The vision seemed to be floating around his head.

Troubled me - Disturbed me; produced apprehension of what was to come; of some great and important event.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Daniel 4:5. I saw a dream — See this dream circumstantially explained in the following verses.