Daniel 4:11

4:11 The tree grew large and strong.

Its top reached far into the sky;

it could be seen ¹  from the borders of all the land. ² 

Daniel 4:20

4:20 The tree that you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached to the sky, and which could be seen ³  in all the land,

Daniel 4:22

4:22 it is you, ⁴  O king! For you have become great and strong. Your greatness is such that it reaches to heaven, and your authority to the ends of the earth.

Daniel 5:20

5:20 And when his mind ⁵  became arrogant ⁶  and his spirit filled with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and his honor was removed from him.

Daniel 6:7

6:7 To all the supervisors of the kingdom, the prefects, satraps, counselors, and governors it seemed like a good idea for a royal edict to be issued and an interdict to be enforced. For the next thirty days anyone who prays ⁷  to any god or human other than you, O king, should be thrown into a den of lions.

[4:11]  ¹ tn Aram “its sight.” So also v. 17.

[4:11]  ² tn Or “to the end of all the earth” (so KJV, ASV); NCV, CEV “from anywhere on earth.”

[4:20]  ³ tn Aram “its sight.”

[4:22]  ⁵ sn Much of modern scholarship views this chapter as a distortion of traditions that were originally associated with Nabonidus rather than with Nebuchadnezzar. A Qumran text, the Prayer of Nabonidus, is often cited for parallels to these events.

[5:20]  ⁷ tn Aram “heart.”

[5:20]  ⁸ sn The point of describing Nebuchadnezzar as arrogant is that he had usurped divine prerogatives, and because of his immense arrogance God had dealt decisively with him.

[6:7]  ⁹ tn Aram “prays a prayer.”