Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed. Then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.

New American Standard Bible

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel saw a dream and visions in his mind as he lay on his bed; then he wrote the dream down and related the following summary of it.

King James Version

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.

Holman Bible

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream with visions in his mind as he was lying in his bed. He wrote down the dream, and here is the summary of his account.

International Standard Version

In the first year of the reign of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel dreamed a dream, receiving visions in his mind while in bed, after which he recorded the dream, relating this summary of events.

American Standard Version

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.

Amplified

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions appeared in his mind as he lay on his bed; then he wrote the dream down and related a summary of it.

Bible in Basic English

In the first year of Belshazzar, king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream, and visions came into his head on his bed: then he put the dream in writing.

Darby Translation

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream; he told the sum of the matters.

Julia Smith Translation

In one year to Belshazzar the king of Babel, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: at that time he wrote the dream, telling the head of the words.

King James 2000

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.

Lexham Expanded Bible

In the first year of Belshazzar the king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head [as he lay] on his bed; then he wrote down the dream [and] [the] {summary} of [the] words {as follows}:

Modern King James verseion

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head on his bed. Then he wrote the dream and gave the sum of the matters.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, saw Daniel a dream, and a vision was in his head upon his bed. Which dream he wrote, and the sum of the matter is this:

NET Bible

In the first year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had a dream filled with visions while he was lying on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream in summary fashion.

New Heart English Bible

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions in his mind on his bed. Then he wrote the dream and told the summary of it.

The Emphasized Bible

In the first year of Belshazzar, king of Babylon, Daniel, beheld, a dream, and visions of his head upon his bed, - then, the dream, he wrote, the sum of the matters, he told.

Webster

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.

World English Bible

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head on his bed: then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.

Youngs Literal Translation

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
In the first
חד 
Chad (Aramaic) 
Usage: 14

שׁנה 
Sh@nah (Aramaic) 
Usage: 7

בּלשׁאצּר 
Belsha'tstsar (Aramaic) 
Usage: 7

מלך 
melek (Aramaic) 
Usage: 180

of Babylon
בּבל 
babel (Aramaic) 
Usage: 25

דּניּאל 
Daniye'l (Aramaic) 
Usage: 52

had
חזה חזא 
Chaza' (Aramaic) 
Usage: 31

a dream
חלם 
Chelem (Aramaic) 
Usage: 22

and visions
חזו 
Chezev (Aramaic) 
Usage: 12

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

על 
`al (Aramaic) 
Usage: 102

משׁכּב 
Mishkab (Aramaic) 
bed
Usage: 6

אדין 
'edayin (Aramaic) 
Usage: 57

he wrote
כּתב 
K@thab (Aramaic) 
Usage: 8

the dream
חלם 
Chelem (Aramaic) 
Usage: 22

and told
אמר 
'amar (Aramaic) 
Usage: 71

the sum
ראשׁ 
Re'sh (Aramaic) 
Usage: 14

References

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Context Readings

Daniel's Vision Of Four Beasts And The Son Of Man

1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed. Then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters. 2 Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of heaven broke forth upon the great sea.


Cross References

Daniel 4:5

I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

Daniel 5:1

Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

Job 33:14-16

For God speaks once, yea twice, [though man] does not regard it.

Daniel 1:17

Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom. And Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

Daniel 2:1

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams. And his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.

Daniel 7:15

As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.

Joel 2:28

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy. Your old men shall dream dreams. Your young men shall see visions.

Genesis 15:1

After these things the word of LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram. I am thy shield, thy exceedingly great reward.

Genesis 46:2

And God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here I am.

Numbers 12:6

And he said, Hear now my words. If there be a prophet among you, I LORD will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream.

Job 4:13

In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,

Isaiah 8:1

And LORD said to me, Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it with the pen of a man, For Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

Isaiah 30:8

Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it on a scroll, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever.

Jeremiah 23:28

The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream. And he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat? says LORD.

Jeremiah 27:7

And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his own land comes. And then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondman.

Jeremiah 36:4

Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah. And Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of LORD, which he had spoken to him, upon a roll of a book.

Ezekiel 1:1

Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

Daniel 2:28-29

but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets. And he has made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these:

Daniel 5:22

And thou his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled thy heart, though thou knew all this,

Daniel 5:30

In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.

Daniel 7:7

After this I saw in the night visions, and, behold, a fourth beast, fearful and powerful, and exceedingly strong. And it had great iron teeth. It devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet. And it was diffe

Daniel 7:13

I saw in the night visions, and, behold, there came with the clouds of heaven [somebody] like a son of man. And he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

Daniel 8:1

In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, even to me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first.

Amos 3:7

Surely lord LORD will do nothing unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

Habakkuk 2:2

And LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, that he may run who reads it.

Acts 2:17-18

And it will be in the last days, says God, I will pour out from my Spirit upon all flesh. And your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your elders will dream dreams.

Romans 15:4

For as many things as were written previously were written for our learning, so that through perseverance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.

2 Corinthians 12:1

(Really, to me boasting is not helpful.) For I will come to visions and revelations of Lord.

Revelation 1:19

Therefore write the things that thou saw, and things that are, and things that are going to happen after these things.

Revelation 10:4

And when the seven thunders uttered, I was going to write. And I heard a voice from heaven saying, Seal up what the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them.

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