Daniel 2:38

Daniel 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.

a. ASV: And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens hath he given into thy hand, and hath made thee to rule over them all: thou art the head of gold.

b. YLT: And whithersoever sons of men are dwelling, the beast of the field, and the fowl of the heavens, He hath given into thy hand, and hath caused thee to rule over them all; thou [art] this head of gold.

c. Classic Amplified: And wherever the children of men dwell, and the beasts of the field, and the birds of the heavens—He has given them into your hand and has made you to rule over them all. You [king of Babylon] are the head of gold.

d. Septuagint: in every place where the children of men dwell: and he has given into thine hand the wild beasts of the field, and the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea, and he has made thee lord of all.

e. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/ Writings: And whereever people, beasts of the field and birds of the sky dwell, He has given them into your hand and made you ruler over them, you are the head of gold.

1. “And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand…”

a. And [Strong: 3606 kol kole (Aramaic) corresponding to 3605:--all, any, + (forasmuch) as, + be-(for this) cause, every, + no (manner, -ne), + there (where)-fore, + though, what (where, who)-soever, (the) whole.]

b. Wherever [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.]

c. [the] children [Strong: 1123 ben bane (Aramaic) corresponding to 1121:--child, son, young.]

d. [of] men [Strong: 606 'enash en-awsh' (Aramaic) or renash (Aramaic) {en-ash'}; corresponding to 582; a man:--man, + whosoever.]

e. dwell [Strong: 1753 duwr dure (Aramaic) corresponding to 1752; to reside:--dwell.]

f. [the] beasts [Strong: 2423 cheyva' khay-vaw' (Aramaic) from 2418; an animal:--beast.]

g. [of the] field [Strong: 1251 bar bar (Aramaic) corresponding to 1250; a field:--field.]

h. [and the] fowls [Strong: 5776 `owph ofe (Aramaic) corresponding to 5775:--fowl.]

i. [of the] heaven [Strong: 8065 shamayin shaw-mah'-yin (Aramaic) corresponding to 8064:--heaven.]

j. [hath he] given [Strong: 3052 yhab yeh-hab' (Aramaic) corresponding to 3051; -deliver, give, lay, + prolong, pay, yield.]

k. [into thy] hand [Strong: 3028 yad yad (Aramaic) corresponding to 3027:--hand, power.]

2. “...and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.”

a. [and hath made thee] ruler [Strong: 7981 shlet shel-ate' (Aramaic) corresponding to 7980:--have the mastery, have power, bear rule, be (make) ruler.]

b. [over them] all [Strong: 3606 kol kole (Aramaic) corresponding to 3605:--all, any, + (forasmuch) as, + be-(for this) cause, every, + no (manner, -ne), + there (where)-fore, + though, what (where, who)-soever, (the) whole.]

c. you [art this] [Strong: 607 'antah an-taw' (Aramaic) corresponding to 859; thou:--as for thee, thou.]

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

e. 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.]

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

1). The king was given a dream of successive world powers from Babylon down to the Roman and to the kingdom of the antichrist, and to the kingdom of Christ which shall control the whole world and never end.