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

11 The tree grew and it became strong,
    and its height reached to heaven,[b]
    and it was visible to the end of the whole earth.[c]
12 Its foliage was beautiful,
    and its fruit abundant,
    and in it was provision for all.
Under it the animals[d] of the field sought shade,
    and in its branches the birds of heaven[e] nested,
    and from it all the living beings were fed.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 4:10 Literally “seeing”
  2. Daniel 4:11 Or “the sky”
  3. Daniel 4:11 Literally “and its appearance was to the end of the whole earth”
  4. Daniel 4:12 Aramaic “animal”
  5. Daniel 4:12 Or “the sky”