Daniel 4:14 “He called out in a loud voice: ‘Cut down the tree and chop off its bra…”

Daniel 4:14

He called out in a loud voice: ‘Cut down the tree and chop off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:

World English Bible

He cried aloud and said this: ‘Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches! Shake off its leaves and scatter its fruit! Let the animals get away from under it and the birds from its branches.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

The sentence is according to the decree of the watchmen, and according to the word of the holy ones: the demaunde was answered, to the intent that liuing men may knowe, that the most High hath power ouer the kingdome of men, and giueth it to whomsoeuer he will, and appointeth ouer it the most abiect among men.

Darby Translation

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 birds from its branches.

Young's Literal Translation

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;

Bible in Basic English

Crying out with a loud voice; and this is what he said: Let the tree be cut down and its branches broken off; let its leaves be taken off and its fruit sent in every direction: let the beasts get away from under it and the birds from its branches:

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Cross references

“aloud”

Daniel 3:4 Revelation 10:3 Revelation 18:2

Daniel 3:4 · BSB

Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “O people of every nation and language, this is what you are commanded:

Revelation 10:3 · BSB

Then he cried out in a loud voice like the roar of a lion. And when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their voices.

Revelation 18:2 · BSB

And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.

“Hew”

Matthew 3:10 Daniel 4:23 Matthew 7:19 Luke 3:9 Luke 13:7–9 Daniel 5:20

Matthew 3:10 · BSB

The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Daniel 4:23 · BSB

And you, O king, saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying: ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender…

Matthew 7:19 · BSB

Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

Luke 3:9 · BSB

The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

Luke 13:7–9 · BSB

So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’

Daniel 5:20 · BSB

But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.

“let”

Daniel 4:12 Jeremiah 51:6 Jeremiah 51:9 Ezekiel 31:12 Ezekiel 31:13

Daniel 4:12 · BSB

Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and upon it was food for all. Under it the beasts of the field found shelter, in its branches the birds of the air nested, and from it every creature was fed.

Jeremiah 51:6 · BSB

Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.

Jeremiah 51:9 · BSB

“We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches to the clouds.”

Ezekiel 31:12 · BSB

Foreigners, 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 lef…

Ezekiel 31:13 · BSB

All the birds of the air nested on its fallen trunk, and all the beasts of the field lived among its boughs.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13As I lay on my bed, I also saw in the visions of my mind a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven.

15But leave the stump with its roots in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven and graze with the beasts on the grass of the earth.

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