King James Version

Daniel 4:20

The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;

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In the Hebrew text this line is Daniel 4:17.

אִֽילָנָא֙ilanatreeאִילָןnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “tree”, the definite formH363a treetree.דִּ֣יdithatדִּיparticle, relative — “that”H1768that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of[idiom] as, but, for(-asmuch [phrase]), [phrase] now, of, seeing, than, that, therefore, until, [phrase] what (-soever), when, which, whom, whose.חֲזַ֔יְתָchazaytabe wontחֲזָאverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “be wont”, a completed actionH2370to gaze upon; mentally to dream, be usual (i.e. seem)behold, have (a dream), see, be wont.דִּ֥יdithatדִּיparticle, relative — “that”H1768that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of[idiom] as, but, for(-asmuch [phrase]), [phrase] now, of, seeing, than, that, therefore, until, [phrase] what (-soever), when, which, whom, whose.רְבָ֖הrevahmake 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.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.לְכָלlekhalto allכֹּלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “to 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)

(4-17) The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;

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American Standard Version (1901)

The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;

Young’s Literal Translation

The tree that thou hast seen, that hath become great and strong, and its height doth reach to the heavens, and its vision to all the land,

World English Bible

The tree that you saw, which grew and was strong, whose height reached to the sky and its sight to all the earth;

Darby Translation

The tree that thou sawest, which grew and was strong, whose height reached unto the heavens, and the sight of it to all the earth;

Douay-Rheims

And whereas the king saw a watcher, and a holy one come down from heaven, and say: Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, and let it be bound with iron and brass among the grass without, and let it be sprinkled with the dew of heaven, and let his feeding be with the wild beasts, till seven times pass over him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(4-17) The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The matter is by the decree of the watcher, and the demand is a word of the holy ones; that the living may know that the Lord is most high over the kingdom of men, and he will give it to whomsoever he shall please, and will set up over it that which is set at nought of men.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Διὰ συνκρίματος εἲρ ὁ λόγος, καὶ ῥῆμα ἁγίων τὸ ἐπερώτημα, ἵνα γνῶσιν οἱ ζῶντες, ὅτι Κύριός ἐστιν ὁ ὕψιστος τῆς βασιλείας τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ᾧ ἐὰν δόξῃ δώσει αὐτὴν, καὶ ἐξουδένωμα ἀνθρώπων ἀναστήσει ἐπʼ αὐτήν.