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Daniel 4:21

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:

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  • WEB 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:

  • KJV King James Version

    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:

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (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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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Dan 4:21 Whose leaves [were] fair, and the fruit…

Dan 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:

Ver. 21. Whose leaves were fair.] See on Dan 4:12.

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Under which the beasts of the field dwelt, &c.] A king should to all his subjects, high and low, extend his favour according to every one’s quality and degree.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 21. meat] food, as Dan_4:12.
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