Daniel 4:12 - The Scriptures 2009

¹² “Its leaves were lovely, and its fruit plenty, and in it was food for all. The beasts of the field found shade under it, and the birds of the heavens dwelt in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² the leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Its leaves were fair and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all. The living creatures of the field found shade under it, and the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches; and all flesh was fed from it.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was food for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the birds of the heavens dwelt in the branches thereof, and all flesh was fed from it.

Common English Bible

¹² Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit abundant; it had enough food for everyone. Wild animals took shade under it; birds nested in its branches. All living things lived off that tree.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Nevertheless, leave the stump of its roots in the earth, and let it be bound with a band of iron and brass among the plants, which are close by, and let it be touched by the dew of heaven, and let its place be with the wild animals among the plants of the earth.

English Standard Version 2016

¹² Its leaves were beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all. The beasts of the field found shade under it, and the birds of the heavens lived in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.

Daniel 4:12 Cross References

Job 12:24

turning aside the heart of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and He makes them wander in a pathless waste.

Job 14:7

For there is expectancy for a tree, if it is cut down, that it does sprout again, and that its tender branch does not cease.

Job 14:9

at the scent of water it buds and brings forth foliage like a plant.

Lamentations 4:20

The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of יהוה, Was caught in their pits, In whose shadow we had thought To live among the nations.

Ezekiel 17:23

“On the mountain height of Yisra’ĕl I plant it. And it shall bring forth branches, and bear fruit, and become a big cedar. And under it shall dwell birds of every sort, in the shadow of its branches they shall dwell.

Ezekiel 31:17

They too shall go down to She’ol with it, with those slain by the sword. And those who were its strength shall dwell in its shadows among the nations.

Daniel 4:14

“He cried aloud and said this, ‘Hew down the tree and cut off its branches, strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.

Matthew 13:32

which indeed is less than all the seeds, but when it is grown it is greater than the plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and dwell in its branches.”

Mark 13:32

“But concerning that day and the hour no one knows, not even the messengers in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

Mark 4:32

“and when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all plants, and forms large branches, so that the birds of the heaven are able to nest under its shade.

Luke 13:19

It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his garden. And it grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the heavens nested in its branches.