Parallel Verses

Youngs 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.

New American Standard Bible

‘I was looking in the visions in my mind as I lay on my bed, and behold, an angelic watcher, a holy one, descended from heaven.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

“As I was lying in my bed, I also saw in the visions of my mind an observer, a holy one, coming down from heaven.

International Standard Version

"Then I saw in the visions of my head while I was in bed and take careful notice! I saw a holy observer descend from heaven.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

‘And behold, I saw in the visions of my mind as I lay on my bed, an angelic watcher, a holy one, descended from heaven.

Bible in Basic English

In the visions of my head on my bed I saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven,

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;

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

" 'I was looking in the vision of my head [as I lay] on my bed, and look, a watcher, and holy [one], came down from heaven.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I saw in my head a vision upon my bed: and behold, a watcher, and a holy one, came down from heaven

NET Bible

While I was watching in my mind's visions on my bed, a holy sentinel came down from heaven.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

I was looking, in the visions of my head, upon my bed, when lo! a watcher and holy one, outer the heavens, coming down.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I saw
הוה הוא 
Hava' (Aramaic) 
be, was,
Usage: 70

in the visions
חזו 
Chezev (Aramaic) 
Usage: 12

of my head
ראשׁ 
Re'sh (Aramaic) 
Usage: 14

על 
`al (Aramaic) 
Usage: 102

my bed
משׁכּב 
Mishkab (Aramaic) 
bed
Usage: 6

and, behold
אלוּ 
'aluw (Aramaic) 
Usage: 5

עיר 
`iyr (Aramaic) 
Usage: 3

and an holy one
קדּישׁ 
Qaddiysh (Aramaic) 
Usage: 13

נחת 
N@chath (Aramaic) 
Usage: 6

מן 
Min (Aramaic) 
of, from, part, ...I, ...me, before, after, because, Therefore, out, for, than, partly,
Usage: 114

References

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Easton

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Context Readings

The Dream And The King's Search For An Interpreter

12 its leaves are fair, and its budding great, and food for all is in it: under it take shade doth the beast of the field, and in its boughs dwell do the birds of the heavens, and of it fed are all flesh. 13 '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. 14 He is calling mightily, and thus hath said, Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its budding, move away let the beast from under it, and the birds from off its branches;

Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:2

and he saith: -- 'Jehovah from Sinai hath come, And hath risen from Seir for them; He hath shone from mount Paran, And hath come with myriads of holy ones; At His right hand are springs for them.

Daniel 7:1

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel hath seen a dream, and the visions of his head on his bed, then the dream he hath written, the chief of the things he hath said.

Daniel 8:13

And I hear a certain holy one speaking, and a certain holy one saith to the wonderful numberer who is speaking: Till when is the vision of the continual sacrifice, and of the transgression, an astonishment, to make both sanctuary and host a treading down?

Psalm 89:7

God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him.

Daniel 4:5

a dream I have seen, and it maketh me afraid, and the conceptions on my bed, and the visions of my head, do trouble me.

Daniel 4:23

and that which the king hath seen -- a sifter, even a holy one, coming down from the heavens, and he hath said, Cut down the tree, and destroy it; but the stump of its roots leave in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and with the dew of the heavens it is wet, and with the beast of the field is his portion, till that seven times pass over him.

Zechariah 14:5

And ye have fled to the valley of My mountains, For join doth the valley of the mountains to Azal, And ye have fled as ye fled before the shaking, In the days of Uzziah king of Judah, And come in hath Jehovah my God, All holy ones are with Thee.

Jude 1:14

And prophesy also to these did the seventh from Adam -- Enoch -- saying, 'Lo, the Lord did come in His saintly myriads,

Psalm 103:20

Bless Jehovah, ye His messengers, Mighty in power -- doing His word, To hearken to the voice of His Word.

Daniel 4:10

As to the visions of my head on my bed, I was looking, and lo, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height is great:

Daniel 7:17

These great beasts, that are four, are four kings, they rise up from the earth;

Daniel 7:23

'Thus he said: The fourth beast is the fourth kingdom in the earth, that is diverse from all kingdoms, and it consumeth all the earth, and treadeth it down, and breaketh it small.

Matthew 25:31

'And whenever the Son of Man may come in his glory, and all the holy messengers with him, then he shall sit upon a throne of his glory;

Mark 1:24

saying, 'Away! what -- to us and to thee, Jesus the Nazarene? thou didst come to destroy us; I have known thee who thou art -- the Holy One of God.'

Luke 4:34

saying, 'Away, what -- to us and to thee, Jesus, O Nazarene? thou didst come to destroy us; I have known thee who thou art -- the Holy One of God.'

Revelation 14:10

he also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, that hath been mingled unmixed in the cup of His anger, and he shall be tormented in fire and brimstone before the holy messengers, and before the Lamb,

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