Daniel 4:12

Conservative English Version

It was covered with leaves and heavy with fruit-- enough for all nations. Wild animals enjoyed its shade, birds nested in its branches, and all creatures on earth lived on its fruit.

Cross References

Job 12:24

God strikes their rulers senseless, then leaves them to roam through barren deserts,

Job 14:7

When a tree is chopped down, there is always the hope that it will sprout again.

Job 14:9

but at the touch of water, fresh twigs shoot up.

Lamentations 4:20

The LORD's chosen leader was our hope for survival! We thought he would keep us safe somewhere among the nations, but even he was caught in one of their traps.

Ezekiel 17:23

All kinds of birds will find shelter under the tree, and they will rest in the shade of its branches.

Ezekiel 31:17

Those people who found protection in its shade will also be sent to the world below, where they will join the dead.

Daniel 4:14

and shouted: 'Chop down the tree and cut off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Make the animals leave its shade and send the birds flying from its branches.

Matthew 13:32

Although it is the smallest of all seeds, it grows larger than any garden plant and becomes a tree. Birds even come and nest on its branches.

Mark 13:32

No one knows the day or the time. The angels in heaven don't know, and the Son himself doesn't know. Only the Father knows.

Mark 4:32

But once it is planted, it grows larger than any garden plant. It even puts out branches that are big enough for birds to nest in its shade.

Luke 13:19

It is like what happens when someone plants a mustard seed in a garden. The seed grows as big as a tree, and birds nest in its branches."