King James Version

Daniel 4:11

The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:

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In the Hebrew text this line is Daniel 4:8.

רְבָ֥הrevahmake a great manרְבָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “make a great man”, a completed actionH7236{to increase (in whatever respect)}make a great man, grow.אִֽילָנָ֖אilanatreeאִילָןnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “tree”, the definite formH363a treetree.וּתְקִ֑ףuteqifand make firmתְּקֵףconjunction, verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and make firm”, a completed actionH8631to become (causatively, make) mighty or (figuratively) obstinatemake firm, harden, be(-come) strong.וְרוּמֵהּ֙verumehand heightרוּםconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and height”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7314(literally) altitudeheight.יִמְטֵ֣אyimtecomeמְטָאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “come”, an unfinished actionH4291to arrive, extend or happencome, reach.לִשְׁמַיָּ֔אlishmayato heavenשָׁמַיִןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, determined, definite article — “to heaven”, the definite formH8065{the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)}heaven.וַחֲזוֹתֵ֖הּvachazotehand sightחֲזוֹתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2379a viewsight.לְס֥וֹףlesofto endסוֹףpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “to end”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5491{a termination}end.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3606{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}all, any, + (forasmuch) as, + be-(for this) cause, every, + no (manner, -ne), + there (where) -fore, + though, what (where, who) -soever, (the) whole.אַרְעָֽאaraearthאֲרַעnoun, common, feminine, singular, determined, definite article — “earth”, the definite formH772the earth; by implication (figuratively) lowearth, interior.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(4-8) The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.

Young’s Literal Translation

become great hath the tree, yea, strong, and its height doth reach to the heavens, and its vision to the end of the whole land;

World English Bible

The tree grew and was strong. Its height reached to the sky and its sight to the end of all the earth.

Darby Translation

The tree grew, and was strong, and its height reached unto the heavens, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.

Douay-Rheims

He cried aloud, and said thus: Cut down the tree, and chop off the branches thereof: shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruits: let the beasts fly away that are under it, and the birds from its branches.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(4-8) The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

until Daniel came, whose name is Baltasar, according to the name of my God, who has within him the Holy Spirit of God; to whom I said,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἕως ἦλθε Δανιὴλ, οὗ τὸ ὄνομα Βαλτάσαρ κατὰ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ μου, ὃς πνεῦμα Θεοῦ ἅγιον ἐν ἑαυτῷ ἔχει. ᾧ εἶπα,