King James Version
Daniel 4:20 in the King James Version says “The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to al...” — study this verse from Daniel chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;”
Daniel 4:20 · King James Version
This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.
Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.
The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;
Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:
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.
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that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of
that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of
“and was strong”
H8631to become (causatively, make) mighty or (figuratively) obstinate
“unto the heaven”
H8065the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
“thereof to all”
H3606properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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