Daniel 4:5
New International Version
I had a dream that made me afraid. As I was lying in bed, the images and visions that passed through my mind terrified me.

New Living Translation
But one night I had a dream that frightened me; I saw visions that terrified me as I lay in my bed.

English Standard Version
I saw a dream that made me afraid. As I lay in bed the fancies and the visions of my head alarmed me.

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

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

New King James Version
I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

New American Standard Bible
I saw a dream and it startled me; and these appearances as I lay on my bed and the visions in my mind kept alarming me.

NASB 1995
“I saw a dream and it made me fearful; and these fantasies as I lay on my bed and the visions in my mind kept alarming me.

NASB 1977
“I saw a dream and it made me fearful; and these fantasies as I lay on my bed and the visions in my mind kept alarming me.

Legacy Standard Bible
I saw a dream, and it made me fearful; and these fantasies as I lay on my bed and the visions in my head kept alarming me.

Amplified Bible
I saw a dream and it made me afraid; and the fantasies and thoughts and the visions [that appeared] in my mind as I lay on my bed kept alarming me.

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

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And I had seen a dream, and I was troubled, and a vision of my head troubled me

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I saw a vision, and it terrified me, and I was troubled on my bed, and the visions of my head troubled me.

Contemporary English Version
when suddenly I had some horrifying dreams and visions.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I saw a dream that affrighted me: and my thoughts in my bed, and the visions of my head troubled me.

English Revised Version
I saw a dream which made me afraid; the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I had a dream that terrified me. The visions I had while I was asleep frightened me.

Good News Translation
But I had a frightening dream and saw terrifying visions while I was asleep.

International Standard Version
I had a dream that made me afraid. The thoughts that went through my mind while in bed and the visions in my head terrified me.

JPS Tanakh 1917
I saw a dream which made me afraid; and imaginings upon my bed and the visions of my head affrighted me.

Literal Standard Version
a dream I have seen, and it makes me afraid, and the conceptions on my bed, and the visions of my head, trouble me.

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

New American Bible
Finally there came before me Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is a spirit of the holy gods. I repeated the dream to him:

NET Bible
I saw a dream that frightened me badly. The things I imagined while lying on my bed--these visions of my mind--were terrifying me.

New Revised Standard Version
I saw a dream that frightened me; my fantasies in bed and the visions of my head terrified me.

New Heart English Bible
I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

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.

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Context
Nebuchadnezzar's Dream of a Great Tree
4I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace. 5I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me. 6So I issued a decree that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me.…

Cross References
Daniel 2:1
In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.

Daniel 2:3
he said to them, "I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to understand it."

Daniel 2:28
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 4:10
In these visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this come to pass: There was a tree in the midst of the land, and its height was great.

Daniel 4:13
As I lay on my bed, I also saw in the visions of my mind a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven.

Daniel 4:19
For a time, Daniel, who was also known as Belteshazzar, was perplexed, and his thoughts alarmed him. So the king said, "Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation alarm you." "My lord," replied Belteshazzar, "may the dream apply to those who hate you, and its interpretation to your enemies!

Daniel 7:1
In the first year of the reign of Belshazzar over Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he lay on his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is the summary of his account.


Treasury of Scripture

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

a dream.

Daniel 2:1
And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.

Daniel 5:5,6,10
In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote…

Daniel 7:28
Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.

and the thoughts.

Daniel 2:28,29
But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; …

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Daniel 4
1. Nebuchadnezzar confesses God's kingdom,
4. makes relation of his dreams, which the magicians could not interpret.
8. Daniel hears the dream.
19. He interprets it.
28. The dream fulfilled.
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
I had
חֲזֵ֖ית (ḥă·zêṯ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 2370: To gaze upon, mentally to dream, be usual

a dream,
חֵ֥לֶם (ḥê·lem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2493: A dream

and it frightened me;
וִֽידַחֲלִנַּ֑נִי (wî·ḏa·ḥă·lin·na·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 1763: To slink, to fear, be formidable

while in
עַֽל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5922: Above, over, upon, against

my bed,
מִשְׁכְּבִ֔י (miš·kə·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 4903: Couch, bed

the images
וְהַרְהֹרִין֙ (wə·har·hō·rîn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2031: A mental conception

and visions
וְחֶזְוֵ֥י (wə·ḥez·wê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2376: Vision, appearance

in my mind
רֵאשִׁ֖י (rê·šî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7217: The head, the sum

alarmed me.
יְבַהֲלֻנַּֽנִי׃ (yə·ḇa·hă·lun·na·nî)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | first person common singular
Strong's 927: To terrify, hasten


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