Daniel 4:22

²⁰ The tree you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached the sky and was visible to all the earth,

²¹ whose foliage was beautiful and whose fruit was abundant, providing food for all, under which the beasts of the field lived, and in whose branches the birds of the air nested—

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.

²³ And you, O king, saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying: ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground, and a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and graze with the beasts of the field till seven times pass him by.’

²⁴ This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree that the Most High has issued against my lord the king:

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: it is you, O king, that have grown and become strong; for your greatness has grown, and reaches to the sky, and your dominion to the end of the earth.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: it is thou, O king, who art grown and become strong; for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto the heavens, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
BLB: 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.

ÅB: det er du selv, konge, du som er så stor og mektig, og hvis velde har vokst så det når til himmelen, og hvis herredømme strekker seg like til jordens ende.
OTB: det er deg, konge; for du har vokst og blitt sterk. Din storhet har vokst og når til himmelen, og ditt herredømme til jordens ende.
B1930: det er du selv, konge, du som er så stor og mektig, og hvis velde har vokset så det når til himmelen, og hvis herredømme strekker sig like til jordens ende.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

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.
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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.
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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.
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Daniel 5:18–23
As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.
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Psalms 108:4
For Your loving devotion extends beyond the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
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Matthew 14:4
because John had been telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”
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Revelation 18:5
For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
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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.”
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