Daniel 2:44

But in the days of those kingdoms, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never by destroyed, and his kingdom shall not be delivered up to another people: and it shall break in pieces, and shall consume all these kingdoms: and itself shall stand for ever. A kingdom... Viz., the kingdom of Christ in the Catholic Church which cannot be destroyed.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

In The King James Version

And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

In Context

43And whereas thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall be mingled indeed together with the seed of man, but they shall not stick fast one to another, as iron cannot be mixed with clay.

45According as thou sawest, that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and broke in pieces the clay and the iron, and the brass, and the silver, and the gold, the great God hath shewn the king what shall come to pass hereafter, and the dream is true, and the interpretation thereof is faithful.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 7:13He shall build a house to my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom fore ever.

Psalms 2:6But I am appointed king by him over Sion, his holy mountain, preaching his commandment.

Psalms 72:1A psalm for Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to them that are of a right heart!

Isaiah 60:12For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee, shall perish: and the Gentiles shall be wasted with desolation.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 2:32-46

Nebuchadnezzar's Dream Interpreted. ( b. c. 603.) 31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. 32 This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, 33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. 34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to… Read the whole commentary →

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