Daniel 2:32

Daniel 2:32

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

a. 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,

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

c. Classic Amplified: As for this [a]image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze,

d. Septuagint: [It was] an image, the head of which was of fine gold, its hands and breast and arms of silver, [its] belly and thighs of brass,

e. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/ Writings: This statue: its head of fine gold; its breast and arms of silver; its belly and thighs of copper;

1. “This image's head was of fine gold…”

a. This [Strong: 1932 huw hoo (Aramaic) or (feminine) hiyo (Aramaic) {he}; corresponding to 1931:--X are, it, this.]

b. image's [Strong: 6755 tselem tseh'-lem (Aramaic) or tslem (Aramaic) {tsel-em'}; corresponding to 6754; an idolatrous figure:--form, image.]

c. head [Strong: 7217 re'sh raysh (Aramaic) corresponding to 7218; the head; figuratively, the sum:--chief, head, sum.]

d. [was] of [Strong: 1768 diy dee (Aramaic) apparently for 1668; that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of:--X as, but, for(-asmuch +), + now, of, seeing, than, that, therefore, until, + what (-soever), when, which, whom, whose.]

e. fine [Strong: 2869 tab , tawb (Aramaic) from 2868; the same as 2896; good:--fine, good.]

f. gold [Strong: 1722 dhab deh-hab' (Aramaic) corresponding to 2091; gold:--gold(- en).]

1). Daniel told Nebuchadnazzar, that he the king was the head of gold.

a). Daniel 2:37, 38 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.

2:38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.

2. “...his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass.”

a. [his] breast [Strong: 2306 chadiy khad-ee' (Aramaic) corresponding to 2373; a breast:--breast.]

b. [and his] arms [Strong: 1872 dra` der-aw' (Aramaic) corresponding to 2220; an arm:--arm.]

c. of [Strong: 1768 diy dee (Aramaic) apparently for 1668; that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of:--X as, but, for(-asmuch +), + now, of, seeing, than, that, therefore, until, + what (-soever), when, which, whom, whose.]

d. silver [Strong: 3702 kcaph kes-af' (Aramaic) corresponding to 3701:--money, silver.]

e. [his] belly [Strong: 4577 m`ah meh-aw' (Aramaic) or m(ae (Aramaic) {meh-aw'}; corresponding to 4578; only in plural the bowels:--belly.]

f. [and his] thighs [Strong: 3410 yarka' yar-kaw' (Aramaic) corresponding to 3411; a thigh:--thigh.]

g. of [Strong: 1768 diy dee (Aramaic) apparently for 1668; that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of:--X as, but, for(-asmuch +), + now, of, seeing, than, that, therefore, until, + what (-soever), when, which, whom, whose.]

h. brass [Strong: 5174 nchash nekh-awsh' (Aramaic) corresponding to 5154; copper:--brass.

1). The next explanation Daniel gave of the “breast and arms of silver” and the “belly and thighs of brass”, are the next two kingdoms that would rulle after him.

a). Daniel 2:39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

b). The kingdom that would arise after Babylon that would be “inferior” to Babylon, the “breast and arms of silver” would be the Medeo-Persian Empire. The next kingdom after Medeo-Persian, “the belly and thighs of brass” is the Grecian Empire.

2). John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible: His breast and his arms of silver; its two arms, including its hands and its breast, to which they were joined, were of silver, a metal of less value than gold; designing the monarchy of the Medes and Persians, which are the two arms, and which centred in Cyrus, who was by his father a Persian, by his mother a Mede; and upon whom, after his uncle's death, the whole monarchy devolved: his belly and his thighs of brass; a baser metal still; this points at the Macedonian or Grecian monarchy, set up by Alexander, signified by the "belly", for intemperance and luxury; as the two "thighs" denote his principal successors, the Selucidae and Lagidae, the Syrian and Egyptian kings; and these of brass, because of the sounding fame of them, as Jerom.