King James Version

Daniel 4:21

Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:

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In the Hebrew text this line is Daniel 4:18.

וְעָפְיֵ֤הּveafeyehand leavesעֳפִיconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and leaves”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6074a twig; bough, i.e. (collectively) foliageleaves.שַׁפִּיר֙shapirfairשַׁפִּירadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “fair”, the ordinary formH8209beautifulfair.וְאִנְבֵּ֣הּveinbehand fruitאֵבconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and fruit”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4{a green plant}fruit.שַׂגִּ֔יאsagiexceedingשַׂגִּיאadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “exceeding”, the ordinary formH7690large (in size, quantity or number, also adverbial)exceeding, great(-ly); many, much, sore, very.וּמָז֨וֹןumazonand meatמָזוֹןconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and meat”, the ordinary formH4203{food}meat.לְכֹ֖לָּאlekholato allכֹּלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “to all”, the definite formH3606{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.בֵ֑הּvehinבֵ֑הּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in”inתְּחֹת֗וֹהִיtechotohiunderתְּחוֹתpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “under”H8460beneathunder.תְּדוּר֙tedurdwellדּוּרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “dwell”, an unfinished actionH1753to residedwell.חֵיוַ֣תcheyvatbeastחֵיוָאnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “beast”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2423an animalbeast.בָּרָ֔אbarafieldבַּרnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “field”, the definite formH1251a fieldfield.וּבְעַנְפ֕וֹהִיuveanfohiand in boughעֲנַףconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and in bough”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6056{a twig (as covering the limbs)}bough, branch.יִשְׁכְּנָ֖ןyishkenancause to dwellשְׁכַןverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “cause to dwell”, an unfinished actionH7932{to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)}cause to dwell, have habitation.צִפֲּרֵ֥יtsiparebirdצְפַרnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “bird”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6853a bird.bird.שְׁמַיָּֽאshemayaheavenשָׁמַיִןnoun, 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.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(4-18) whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was food for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation;

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American Standard Version (1901)

whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was food for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the birds of the heavens had their habitation:

Young’s Literal Translation

and its leaves [are] fair, and its budding great, and food for all [is] in it, under it dwell doth the beast of the field, and on its boughs sit do the birds of the heavens.

World English Bible

whose leaves were beautiful and its fruit plentiful, and in it was food for all; under which the animals of the field lived, and on whose branches the birds of the sky had their habitation—

Darby Translation

whose leaves were beautiful, and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and in whose branches the birds of the heavens had their habitation:

Douay-Rheims

This is the interpretation of the sentence of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(4-18) whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was food for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

This is the vision which I king Nabuchodonosor saw: and do thou, Baltasar, declare the interpretation, for none of the wise men of my kingdom are able to shew me the interpretation of it: but thou, Daniel, art able; for the Holy Spirit of God is in thee.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τοῦτο τὸ ἐνύπνιον ὃ ἴδον ἐγὼ Ναβουχοδονόσορ ὁ βασιλεὺς, καὶ σύ Βαλτάσαρ τὸ σύγκριμα εἰπὸν, ὅτι πάντες οἱ σοφοὶ τῆς βασιλείας μου οὐ δύνανται τὸ σύγκριμα αὐτοῦ δηλῶσαί μοι· σὺ δὲ Δανιὴλ δύνασαι, ὅτι πνεῦμα Θεοῦ ἅγιον ἐν σοί.