Daniel 2:31

O King, in your vision you saw in front of you a huge and terrifying statue of a man. It was shining very brightly, and it was frightening and awesome.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

30And it is not because I am wiser than anyone else on earth that I know the meaning of this mysterious dream. It is because God wanted you to understand what you were thinking.

32The head of the statue was made of pure gold. Its chest and arms were made of silver. Its belly and thighs were made of bronze.

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Cross References

Isaiah 13:11Yahweh says, “I will punish everyone in the world for the evil things that they do; I will punish the wicked people for the sins that they have committed. I will stop arrogant/proud people from being proud, and I will stop ruthless people from acting cruelly.

Ezekiel 28:7I will now bring a foreign army to attack your country, an army that causes other nations to be terrified. They will pull out their swords to strike you, you who think that [IRO] you have marvelous/great wisdom, and they will destroy all your beautiful things.

Daniel 2:37You are a king who rules over many other kings. The God who rules in heaven has caused you to rule over them and has given you great power [DOU] and has honored you.

Habakkuk 1:7They are people whom others fear very much [DOU], and they do whatever they want to, paying no attention to the laws of other countries.

Luke 4:5Then the devil took him on top of a high mountain and showed him in an instant all the nations in the world.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 2:25-31

Nebuchadnezzar's Dream. ( b. c. 603.) 24 Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will show unto the king the interpretation. 25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation. 26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose… Read the whole commentary →

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