And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Daniel 4:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The tree grew and was strong and its height reached to the heavens, and the sight of it reached to the end of the whole earth. American Standard Version (1901) The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth. Common English Bible The tree grew in size and strength; it was as high as the sky; it could be seen from every corner of the earth. Catholic Public Domain Version He cried out loudly, and he said this: "Cut down the tree and prune its branches; shake off its leaves and scatter its fruits; let flee the beasts, which are under it, and the birds from its branches. English Standard Version 2016 The tree grew and became strong, and its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth. |
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the watercourses of the land; and all the peoples of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
Therefore his stature was exalted above all the trees of the field: and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long by reason of many waters, when he shot them forth.
And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt go down unto Hades: for if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in thee, it would have remained until this day.
Hear, O Israel: thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,