I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
Parallel translations
- KJV I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
- BSB I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.
- ESV I saw a dream that made me afraid. As I lay in bed the fancies and the visions of my head alarmed me.
- NKJV I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
- NASB I saw a dream and it startled me; and these appearances as I lay on my bed and the visions in my mind kept alarming me.
- NLT But one night I had a dream that frightened me; I saw visions that terrified me as I lay in my bed.
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Quick answer
A frightening dream disturbs the king's rest. God breaks into his comfort with a warning.
Overview
The dream troubles a man who thought himself untouchable, exposing the limits of his control. God often unsettles the proud to awaken them to truth. This fearful vision becomes the means by which the king will be led to repentance.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Dan 2:1In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.
- Gen 41:1At the end of two full years, Pharaoh dreamed: and behold, he stood by the river.
- Dan 7:28Here is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts much troubled me, and my face was changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
- Dan 5:5–6In the same hour, the fingers of a man’s hand came out and wrote near the lamp stand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace. The king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
- Job 7:13–14When I say, ‘My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint;’
- Dan 2:28–29but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head on your bed, are these:
- Dan 5:10The queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: the queen spoke and said, O king, live forever; don’t let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your face be changed.
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