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Nebuchadnezzar Eats Grass Quiz

Test how well you remember Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the tree and his humbling, from Daniel 4. Each question is answered directly from the passage, and the King James verse is shown with every answer. Complete the quiz to unlock a free 7-day prayer guide!

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  1. Who could not interpret the king's dream?
    • Daniel
    • The magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans and soothsayers
    • The watcher
    • The queen
  2. What did the king see in the midst of the earth in his dream?
    • A great tree
    • A golden image
    • A mountain
    • A river
  3. Who came down from heaven in the dream?
    • An eagle
    • A great lion
    • A watcher and an holy one
    • Four winds
  4. What was to be left in the earth when the tree was cut down?
    • One branch
    • Its fruit
    • Nothing at all
    • The stump of his roots
  5. How did Daniel react when he heard the dream?
    • He laughed
    • He was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him
    • He left the palace
    • He asked for a reward
  6. What did Daniel say the great tree stood for?
    • The city of Babylon
    • The nation of Israel
    • The kingdom of the Medes
    • The king himself
  7. How long after the dream did the judgment come?
    • At the end of twelve months
    • The next morning
    • Seven years later
    • Forty days later
  8. What was the king saying when the voice fell from heaven?
    • Blessed be the God of Daniel
    • Bring me the wise men
    • Is not this great Babylon, that I have built
    • I will build a greater tree
  9. What did Nebuchadnezzar's hair grow to look like?
    • A lion's mane
    • Eagles' feathers
    • Wool
    • Grass
  10. What did Nebuchadnezzar do when his understanding returned?
    • He blessed and praised the most High
    • He built a new image
    • He punished Daniel
    • He left Babylon

Nebuchadnezzar Eats Grass Quiz Answers & Bible References

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  1. Who could not interpret the king's dream?

    The magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans and soothsayers

    Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.

    daniel 4:7 (KJV)

  2. What did the king see in the midst of the earth in his dream?

    A great tree

    Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.

    daniel 4:10 (KJV)

  3. Who came down from heaven in the dream?

    A watcher and an holy one

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

    daniel 4:13 (KJV)

  4. What was to be left in the earth when the tree was cut down?

    The stump of his roots

    Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:

    daniel 4:15 (KJV)

  5. How did Daniel react when he heard the dream?

    He was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him

    Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.

    daniel 4:19 (KJV)

  6. What did Daniel say the great tree stood for?

    The king himself

    It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.

    daniel 4:22 (KJV)

  7. How long after the dream did the judgment come?

    At the end of twelve months

    At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.

    daniel 4:29 (KJV)

  8. What was the king saying when the voice fell from heaven?

    Is not this great Babylon, that I have built

    The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

    daniel 4:30 (KJV)

  9. What did Nebuchadnezzar's hair grow to look like?

    Eagles' feathers

    The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.

    daniel 4:33 (KJV)

  10. What did Nebuchadnezzar do when his understanding returned?

    He blessed and praised the most High

    And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:

    daniel 4:34 (KJV)