Daniel 4:22

Translations

Modern

…you, O king, are that tree! For you have become great and strong; your greatness has grown to reach the sky, and your dominion extends to the ends of the earth.

Traditional

It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.

Literal

…it is you, O king, who have grown great and become strong; for your greatness has grown great, and it reaches to the heavens, and your dominion to the end of the earth.

Latin

…tu es rex, qui magnificatus es, et invaluisti: et magnitudo tua crevit, et pervenit usque ad cælum, et potestas tua in terminos universæ terræ.

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Hebrew

English

…you, O king, are that tree! For you have become great and strong; your greatness has grown to reach the sky, and your dominion extends to the ends of the earth.

Notes

Daniel 4:22

The tree provides food, rest, and safety for the world (compare Genesis 2:15–17; Revelation 22:14).
your greatness has grown to reach the sky: Compare Genesis 11:1–9.

Daniel 4:1–37

King Nebuchadnezzar was full of pride and believed he had built Babylon by himself (Daniel 4:30; see Genesis 11:1–9). He ignored the warning from the Most High God (Daniel 4:24–27). He had not learned the lesson that God was teaching him, that the God of Daniel exists beyond time and space, and no human is his equal. So, God's judgment came upon Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 4:17, 25–26; see Proverbs 16:18).

Daniel 2:1–6:28

This section contains stories and dreams from the experiences of Daniel and his friends in Babylon. Daniel used his special gift to understand dreams and showed great skill in the study of literature and science (Daniel 1:17). Chapter 2 provides a broad overview of history until God's kingdom appears (Daniel 2:44–49). Daniel 3–6 describes the fall of Babylon and the rise of Persia. History is moving toward a clear goal. That goal is the everlasting kingdom of God (Daniel 2:44; 4:2–3, 34; 6:26).

Theme notes and profiles

Babylon Daniel Nebuchadnezzar II

Events

Prophecies of Danielc. 606 BC

Related verses

Daniel 2:37–38
You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.
2 Samuel 12:7
Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
Jeremiah 27:6–8
So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.
Matthew 14:4
…because John had been telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”
Daniel 5:18–23
As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.
Genesis 11:4
“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
Psalm 36:5
Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
Genesis 28:12
And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.
Psalm 108:4
For Your loving devotion extends beyond the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
Revelation 18:5
For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
2 Chronicles 28:9
But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army that returned to Samaria. “Look,” he said to them, “because of His wrath against Judah, the LORD, the God of your fathers, has delivered them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.

Glossary

Aramaic Book of Daniel Book of Jeremiah Daniel (Person) Dreams Interpreter Minerals and Metals Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadrezzar Prophecy

Topics

Babylon: City of Prophecies Concerning Beasts: People of Different Nations Converts: Zealous: Nebuchadnezzar Testimony: Religious, Exemplified Wicked (People): Warned

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