Daniel 2:32 Parallel Translations

The head of this statue was made of fine gold. Its chest and arms were made of silver. Its stomach and hips were made of bronze.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,

ASV:

As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,

BBE:

As for this image, its head was made of the best gold, its breast and its arms were of silver, its middle and its sides were of brass,

DBY:

This image's head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,

ERV:

As for this image, his head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,

JPS:

As for that image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,

WBS:

The head of this image was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,

WEB:

As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,

YLT:

This image! its head is of good gold, its breasts and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass;

Daniel 2:32 Cross References

XREF:

Daniel 2:38 and wherever the sons of men dwell, or the beasts of the field, or the birds of the sky, He has given them into your hand and has caused you to rule over them all. You are the head of gold. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

2:32 This image's head [was] of fine {q} gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
(q) By gold, silver, brass, and iron are meant the Chaldean, Persian, Macedonian, and Roman kingdoms, which would successively rule all the world until Christ (who is here called the stone) himself comes, and destroys the last. And this was to assure the Jews that their affliction would not end with the empire of the Chaldeans, but that they should patiently await the coming of the Messiah, who would be at the end of this fourth monarchy.

MHC:

2:31-45 This image represented the kingdoms of the earth, that should successively rule the nations, and influence the affairs of the Jewish church. 1. The head of gold signified the Chaldean empire, then in being. 2. The breast and arms of silver signified the empire of the Medes and Persians. 3. The belly and thighs of brass signified the Grecian empire, founded by Alexander. 4. The legs and feet of iron signified the Roman empire. The Roman empire branched into ten kingdoms, as the toes of these feet. Some were weak as clay, others strong as iron. Endeavours have often been used to unite them, for strengthening the empire, but in vain. The stone cut out without hands, represented the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, which should be set up in the kingdoms of the world, upon the ruins of Satan's kingdom in them. This was the Stone which the builders refused, because it was not cut out by their hands, but it is become the head stone of the corner. Of the increase of Christ's government and peace there shall be no end. The Lord shall reign, not only to the end of time, but when time and days shall be no more. As far as events have gone, the fulfilling this prophetic vision has been most exact and undeniable; future ages shall witness this Stone destroying the image, and filling the whole earth.

CONC:

Arms Belly Best Brass Breast Breasts Bronze Chest Fine Gold Image Image's Middle Pure Sides Silver Statue Thighs

Arms Belly Best Brass Breast Breasts Bronze Chest Fine Gold Good Head Image Middle Pure Sides Silver Statue Thighs

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