King James Version

Daniel 4:13

I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven;

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In the Hebrew text this line is Daniel 4:10.

חָזֵ֥הchazehbe wontחֲזָאverb, qal, participle, absolute — “be wont”, a verb used as a describing wordH2370to gaze upon; mentally to dream, be usual (i.e. seem)behold, have (a dream), see, be wont.הֲוֵ֛יתhaveytbecomeהָוָאverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “become”, a completed actionH1934to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words)be, become, [phrase] behold, [phrase] came (to pass), [phrase] cease, [phrase] cleave, [phrase] consider, [phrase] do, [phrase] give, [phrase] have, [phrase] judge, [phrase] keep, [phrase] labour, [phrase] mingle (self), [phrase] put, [phr…בְּחֶזְוֵ֥יbechezvein lookחֵזֵוpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “in look”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2376a sightlook, vision.רֵאשִׁ֖יreshiheadרֵאשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “head”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7217the head; figuratively, the sumchief, head, sum.עַֽלalagainstעַלpreposition — “against”H5922{above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications}about, against, concerning, for, (there-) fore, from, in, [idiom] more, of, (there-, up-) on, (in-) to, [phrase] why with.מִשְׁכְּבִ֑יmishkevibedמִשְׁכַּבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “bed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4903a bedbed.וַאֲלוּ֙vaalvand beholdאֲלוּconjunction, particle, demonstrative — “and behold”H431lo!behold.עִ֣ירirwatcherעִירnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “watcher”, the ordinary formH5894a watcher, i.e. an angel (as guardian)watcher.וְקַדִּ֔ישׁveqadishand saintקַדִּישׁconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “and saint”, the ordinary formH6922{sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary}holy (One), saint.מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4481{properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of}according, after, [phrase] because, [phrase] before, by, for, from, [idiom] him, [idiom] more than, (out) of, part, since, [idiom] these, to, upon, [phrase] when.שְׁמַיָּ֖אshemayaheavenשָׁמַיִןnoun, common, masculine, plural, determined, definite article — “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.נָחִֽתnachitdeposeנְחַתverb, qal, participle, absolute — “depose”, a verb used as a describing wordH5182to descend; causatively, to bring away, deposit, deposecarry, come down, depose, lay up, place.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(4-10) I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from heaven.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from heaven.

Young’s Literal Translation

'I was looking, in the visions of my head on my bed, and lo, a sifter, even a holy one, from the heavens is coming down.

World English Bible

“I saw in the visions of my head on my bed, and behold, a holy watcher came down from the sky.

Darby Translation

I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from the heavens;

Douay-Rheims

Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let a beast’s heart be given him; and let seven times pass over him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(4-10) I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from heaven.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I had a vision upon my bed; and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπὶ τῆς κοίτης μου ἐθεώρουν, καὶ ἰδοὺ δένδρον ἐν μέσῳ τῆς γῆς, καὶ τὸ ὕψος αὐτοῦ πολύ.