Daniel 4:1-11 ▼

1 King Nebuchadnezzar, To those of every people, nation, and language, who live on the whole earth: May your prosperity increase.

2 I am pleased to tell you about the miracles and wonders the Most High God has done for me.

3 How great are his miracles, and how mighty his wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.

4 I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace.

5 I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.

6 So I issued a decree to bring all the wise men of Babylon to me in order that they might make the dream’s interpretation known to me.

7 When the magicians, mediums, Chaldeans, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, but they could not make its interpretation known to me.

8 Finally Daniel, named Belteshazzar after the name of my god—and a spirit of the holy gods is in him —came before me. I told him the dream:

9 “Belteshazzar, head of the magicians, because I know that you have the spirit of the holy gods and that no mystery puzzles you, explain to me the visions of my dream that I saw, and its interpretation.

10 In the visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this: There was a tree in the middle of the earth, and it was very tall.

11 The tree grew large and strong; its top reached to the sky, and it was visible to the ends of the earth.