en_tn_condensed/dan/04/23.md

# General Information:

This verse is almost the same as [Daniel 4:13-14](./13.md) and [Daniel 4:15-16](./15.md). See how you translated those verses. Verses 19-33 use the third person to describe the punishment of Nebuchadnezzar. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-123person]])

# a watcher

Some versions translate this phrase as "a messenger." See how you translated it in [Daniel 4:13](./13.md).

# the stump of its roots

This is the part of the tree that is left above ground after a tree is cut down.

# in the middle of the tender grass of the field

"surrounded by the tender grass of the field"

# dew

the moisture that settles on the ground in the mornings

# animals in the field

"wild animals in the fields." Here "the field" is places where the plants that grow there are useless to people. See how you translated this in [Daniel 2:38](../02/38.md).