Daniel 4:5 “I had a dream, and it frightened me; while I was in my bed, the images…”

Daniel 4:5

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Till at the last Daniel came before mee, (whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, which hath the spirite of the holy gods in him) and before him I tolde the dreame, saying,

Darby Translation

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

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.

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Cross references

“a dream”

Daniel 2:1 Daniel 5:10 Daniel 7:28 Genesis 41:1 Daniel 5:5 Daniel 5:6

Daniel 2:1 · BSB

In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.

Daniel 5:10 · BSB

Hearing the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen entered the banquet hall. “O king, may you live forever!” she said. “Do not let your thoughts terrify you, or your face grow pale.

Daniel 7:28 · BSB

Thus ends the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts troubled me greatly, and my face turned pale. But I kept the matter to myself.”

Genesis 41:1 · BSB

After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,

Daniel 5:5 · BSB

At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,

Daniel 5:6 · BSB

his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.

“and the thoughts”

Daniel 2:28 Daniel 2:29

Daniel 2:28 · BSB

But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay on your bed were these:

Daniel 2:29 · BSB

As you lay on your bed, O king, your thoughts turned to the future, and the Revealer of Mysteries made known to you what will happen.

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

In context

4I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace.

6So I issued a decree that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me.

Read Daniel 4