Daniel 4:11

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

What this verse means

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Daniel 4:11 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 11:4“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
  2. Deuteronomy 9:1Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.
  3. Ezekiel 31:5Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long as it spread them out because of the abundant waters.
  4. Ezekiel 31:12Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.
  5. Daniel 4:21whose foliage was beautiful and whose fruit was abundant, providing food for all, under which the beasts of the field lived, and in whose branches the birds of the air nested—
  6. Matthew 11:23And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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