Daniel 4:12

New American Standard Bible 2020

‘Its foliage was beautiful and its fruit abundant, And in it was food for all. The animals of the field found shade under it, And the birds of the sky lived in its branches, And all living creatures fed from it.

Cross References

Job 12:24

“He deprives the leaders of the earth’s people of intelligence And makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.

Job 14:7

¶“For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And its shoots will not fail.

Job 14:9

At the scent of water it will flourish And produce sprigs like a plant.

Lamentations 4:20

The breath of our nostrils, the Lord’s anointed, Was captured in their pits, Of whom we had said, “In his shadow We shall live among the nations.”

Ezekiel 17:23

On the high mountain of Israel I will plant it, so that it may bring forth branches and bear fruit, and become a stately cedar. And birds of every kind will nest under it; they will nest in the shade of its branches.

Ezekiel 31:17

They also went down with it to Sheol to those who were slain by the sword; and those who were its strength lived in its shade among the nations.

Daniel 4:14

‘He shouted out and spoke as follows: “Chop down the tree and cut off its branches, Shake off its foliage and scatter its fruit; Let the animals flee from under it And the birds from its branches.

Matthew 13:32

and this is smaller than all the other seeds, but when it is fully grown, it is larger than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.”

Mark 13:32

But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

Mark 4:32

yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants, and forms large branches, with the result that the birds of the sky can nest under its shade.”

Luke 13:19

It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches.”