Daniel 4:22 “you, O king, are that tree! For you have become great and strong; your…”

Daniel 4:22

you, O king, are that tree! For you have become great and strong; your greatness has grown to reach the sky, and your dominion extends to the ends of the earth.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.

World English Bible

it is you, O king, that have grown and become strong; for your greatness has grown, and reaches to the sky, and your dominion to the end of the earth.

American Standard Version

it is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong; for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.

Geneva Bible 1599

That they shall driue thee from men, and thy dwelling shalbe with the beasts of the fielde: they shall make thee to eate grasse as the oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dewe of heauen: and seuen times shall passe ouer thee, till thou knowe, that the most High beareth rule ouer the kingdome of men, and giueth it to whom so euer he will.

Darby Translation

it is thou, O king, who art grown and become strong; for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto the heavens, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.

Young's Literal Translation

'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;

Bible in Basic English

It is you, O King, who have become great and strong: for your power is increased and stretching up to heaven, and your rule to the end of the earth.

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Cross references

“thou”

2 Samuel 12:7 Matthew 14:4 Daniel 2:37 Daniel 2:38

2 Samuel 12:7 · BSB

Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.

Matthew 14:4 · BSB

because John had been telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

Daniel 2:37 · BSB

You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.

Daniel 2:38 · BSB

Wherever the sons of men or beasts of the field or birds of the air dwell, He has given them into your hand and has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.

“thy greatness”

Jeremiah 27:6–8 Daniel 5:18–23 Genesis 11:4 Genesis 28:12 Psalm 36:5 Psalm 108:4

Jeremiah 27:6–8 · BSB

So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.

Daniel 5:18–23 · BSB

As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.

Genesis 11:4 · BSB

“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.”

Genesis 28:12 · BSB

And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.

Psalm 36:5 · BSB

Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.

Psalm 108:4 · BSB

For Your loving devotion extends beyond the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

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

In context

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—

23And 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 grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and graze with the beasts of the field till seven times pass him by.’

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