They said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city with a tower whose top reaches to the heavens. And let us make a name for ourselves, otherwise we be scattered across the surface of the whole earth.”
Daniel 4:11 - Y'all Version Bible The tree grew and was strong. Its height reached to the sky and its sight to the end of all the earth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
They said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city with a tower whose top reaches to the heavens. And let us make a name for ourselves, otherwise we be scattered across the surface of the whole earth.”
Foreigners, the tyrants of the nations, have cut him off and have left him. His branches have fallen on the mountains and in all the valleys, and his boughs are broken by all the watercourses of the land. All the peoples of the earth have gone down from his shadow and have left him.
Therefore its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field; and its boughs were multiplied. Its branches became long by reason of many waters, when it spread them out.
You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until today.
Listen, Israel! You are to pass over the Jordan today to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than yourself, great cities fortified up to the sky,