Daniel 4 · Verse 5

Daniel 4:5

I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
Daniel 4:5, King James Version

Daniel 4:5 in other translations

BSBI had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.
WEBI saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
ASVI saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
YLTa dream I have seen, and it maketh me afraid, and the conceptions on my bed, and the visions of my head, do trouble me.
DARBYI saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
BBEI saw a dream which was a cause of great fear to me; I was troubled by the images of my mind on my bed, and by the visions of my head.
WebsterI saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

What does Daniel 4:5 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 I saw a dream - See this dream circumstantially explained in the following verses.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Daniel 4:1-18

Nebuchadnezzar acknowledges the power of Jehovah. (Dn 4:1-18) Daniel interprets his dream. (Dn 4:19-27) The fulfilment of it. (Dn 4:28-37) Verses 1-18 The beginning and end of this chapter lead us to hope, that Nebuchadnezzar was a monument of the power of Divine grace, and of the riches of Divine mercy. After he was recovered from his madness, he told to distant places, and wrote down for future ages, how God had…

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Daniel 4:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

חֵ֥לֶםChe.lema dreamH2493
חֲזֵ֖יתcha.ZeitI sawH2370
וִֽידַחֲלִנַּ֑נִיvi.da.cha.li.Na.niand it made afraid meH1763
וְהַרְהֹרִין֙ve.har.ho.Rinand imaginingsH2031
עַֽל\־'al-onH5922
מִשְׁכְּבִ֔יmish.ke.Vibed myH4903
וְחֶזְוֵ֥יve.chez.Veiand [the] visions ofH2376
רֵאשִׁ֖יre.Shihead myH7217
יְבַהֲלֻנַּֽנִי\׃ye.va.ha.lu.Na.nithey alarmed meH927

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Cross references for Daniel 4:5

  • Daniel 2:1

    And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.

  • Daniel 7:28

    Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.

  • Job 7:13-14

    When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

  • Daniel 5:5-6

    In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

  • Daniel 2:28-29

    But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.

  • Genesis 41:1

    And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.

  • Daniel 5:10

    Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a dream.
2:1; 5:5,6,10; 7:28; Ge 41:1; Job 7:13,14
and the thoughts.
2:28,29

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Daniel 4:4

    I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace:

  • Daniel 4:5

    I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

  • Daniel 4:6

    Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.

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Daniel 4:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Vi un sueño que me espantó, y las imaginaciones y visiones de mi cabeza me turbaron en mi cama.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
mais, à la fin, entra devant moi Daniel, dont le nom est Belteshatsar, selon le nom de mon dieu, et en qui est l’esprit des dieux saints; et je dis le songe devant lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ich sah einen Traum, er erschreckte mich; und Gedanken auf meinem Lager und Gesichte meines Hauptes ängstigten mich.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
donec collega ingressus est in conspectu meo Daniel, cui nomen Baltassar secundum nomen dei mei, qui habet spiritum deorum sanctorum in semetipso: et somnium coram ipso locutus sum.