Daniel 2:31
What does Daniel 2:31 mean?
A plain-English look at Daniel 2:31 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thou, O king, sawest, and, behold, a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the aspect thereof was terrible.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thou, O king, sawest, and, behold, a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the aspect thereof was terrible.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949You, O King, were looking, and a great image was there. This image, which was very great, and whose glory was very bright, was placed before you: its form sent fear into the heart.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Thou, O king, wast looking, and lo, a certain great image. This image <FI>is<Fi> mighty, and its brightness excellent; it is standing over-against thee, and its appearance <FI>is<Fi> terrible.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thou, O king, sawest, and behold there was as it were a great statue: this statue, which was great and high, tall of stature, stood before thee, and the look thereof was terrible.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thou, O king, sawest, and behold, a great image. This image was mighty and its brightness excellent; it stood before thee, and its appearance was terrible.
Context
v.30But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that thou mayest know the thoughts of thy heart.
v.31This passage
v.32As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 13:11
And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity: and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
- Ezekiel 28:7
therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
- Matthew 4:8
Again, the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
- Isaiah 25:3
Therefore shall a strong people glorify thee; a city of terrible nations shall fear thee.
- Habakkuk 1:7
They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
- Luke 4:5
And he led him up, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
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