Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

As to the visions of my head on my bed, I was looking, and lo, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height is great:

New American Standard Bible

‘Now these were the visions in my mind as I lay on my bed: I was looking, and behold, there was a tree in the midst of the earth and its height was great.

King James Version

Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.

Holman Bible

In the visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this:

There was a tree in the middle of the earth,
and its height was great.

International Standard Version

This is what I saw in the visions of my head while I was in bed: I was looking and listen carefully! I saw a tree in the middle of the earth, the height of which was very great.

A Conservative Version

Thus were the visions of my head upon my bed: I saw, and, behold, a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height of it was great.

American Standard Version

Thus were the visions of my head upon my bed: I saw, and, behold, a tree in the midst of the earth; and the height thereof was great.

Amplified

‘The visions that passed through my mind as I lay on my bed were these: I was looking, and behold, there was a tree in the middle of the earth, and its height was great.

Bible in Basic English

On my bed I saw a vision: there was a tree in the middle of the earth, and it was very high.

Darby Translation

Thus were the visions of my head upon my bed: I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.

Julia Smith Translation

And the visions of my head upon my bed; I was seeing, and lo, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height great

King James 2000

Thus were the visions of my head in my bed; I saw, and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Now [these were] the visions of my head [as I was lying] on my bed: I was {gazing} and, look, a tree [was] in the midst of the earth, and its height [was] exalted.

Modern King James verseion

As to the visions of my head on my bed: I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I saw a vision in my head upon my bed: and behold, there stood a tree upon the ground,

NET Bible

Here are the visions of my mind while I was on my bed. While I was watching, there was a tree in the middle of the land. It was enormously tall.

New Heart English Bible

Thus were the visions of my head on my bed: I saw, and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth; and its height was great.

The Emphasized Bible

The visions then of my head upon my bed were these , - I was looking, when lo! a tree in the midst of the land, and, the height thereof, was great.

Webster

Thus were the visions of my head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and its hight was great.

World English Bible

Thus were the visions of my head on my bed: I saw, and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth; and its height was great.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חזו 
Chezev (Aramaic) 
Usage: 12

of mine head
ראשׁ 
Re'sh (Aramaic) 
Usage: 14

in
על 
`al (Aramaic) 
Usage: 102

my bed
משׁכּב 
Mishkab (Aramaic) 
bed
Usage: 6

I saw
הוה הוא 
Hava' (Aramaic) 
be, was,
Usage: 70

and behold
אלוּ 
'aluw (Aramaic) 
Usage: 5

a tree
אילן 
'iylan (Aramaic) 
Usage: 6

in the midst
גּו 
Gav (Aramaic) 
Usage: 13

of the earth
ארע 
'ara` (Aramaic) 
Usage: 21

and the height
רוּם 
Ruwm (Aramaic) 
Usage: 5

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Smith

Context Readings

The Dream And The King's Search For An Interpreter

9 O Belteshazzar, master of the scribes, as I have known that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret doth press thee, the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation, tell. 10 As to the visions of my head on my bed, I was looking, and lo, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height is great: 11 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;

Cross References

Daniel 4:5

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.

Psalm 37:35-36

I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant,

Isaiah 10:33-34

Lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is lopping a branch with violence, And the high of stature are cut down, And the lofty are become low,

Jeremiah 12:2

Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root, They go on, yea, they have made fruit, Near art Thou in their mouth, And far off from their reins.

Ezekiel 31:3-18

Lo, Asshur, a cedar in Lebanon, Fair in branch, and shading bough, and high in stature, And between thickets hath its foliage been.

Daniel 4:20-26

The tree that thou hast seen, that hath become great and strong, and its height doth reach to the heavens, and its vision to all the land,

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