Daniel 4:16-18

Tree of Life Version

Interpretation: A King Eats Grass

¹⁶ Then Daniel, whose name is also Belteshazzar, was perplexed for a brief time; his thoughts alarmed him. The king answered, and said, “Belteshazzar, don’t let the dream or the interpretation disturb you.”

But Belteshazzar replied, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you and its interpretation for your enemies! ¹⁷ The tree that you saw grow large and strong, whose top reached to heaven and that was visible to all the earth, ¹⁸ whose leaves were beautiful and whose fruit was so abundant that there was food for all in it and beneath which the beasts of the fields lived and in its branches birds of the sky dwelt—