The tree that you saw, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached to the sky, and its sight to all the earth;
Parallel translations
- KJV The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;
- BSB The tree you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached the sky and was visible to all the earth,
- NKJV “The tree that you saw, which grew and became strong, whose height reached to the heavens and which could be seen by all the earth,
- NASB The tree that you saw, which became large and grew strong, whose height reached to the sky and was visible to all the earth,
- NLT The tree you saw was growing very tall and strong, reaching high into the heavens for all the world to see.
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Cross-references · 3
- Dan 4:10–12Thus were the visions of my head on my bed: I saw, and behold, a tree in the middle of the earth; and its height was great.
- Ezek 31:3Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.
- Ezek 31:16I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol with those who descend into the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the lower parts of the earth.
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