Daniel 2:36-43

Daniel Interprets the Dream

³⁶ "This was the dream. Now we will tell the king its interpretation. ³⁷ You, O king, _r the king of kings, to whom _s the God of heaven _t has given the kingdom, the power, and the might, and the glory, ³⁸ and into whose hand he has given, wherever they dwell, the children of man, _u the beasts of the field, and the birds of the heavens, making you rule over them all - you are _v the head of gold. ³⁹ _w Another kingdom inferior to you shall arise after you, and yet a third kingdom _v of bronze, _x which shall rule over all the earth. ⁴⁰ And _y there shall be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron, because iron _z breaks to pieces and shatters all things. And like iron that crushes, it shall _z break and crush all these. ⁴¹ And as you saw _a the feet and toes, partly of potter's clay and partly of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom, but some of the _y firmness of iron shall be in it, just as you saw iron mixed with the soft clay. ⁴² And as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly brittle. ⁴³ As you saw the iron mixed with soft clay, so they will mix with one another in marriage, ₁ but they will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with clay.

1. Cross References
   Ezra 7:12
   Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven. Peace. And now
   Ezekiel 26:7
   For thus says the Lord God : Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, and with horsemen and a host of many soldiers.
   
2. Cross References
   Daniel 2:19
   Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
   
3. Cross References
   Daniel 5:18
   O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father kingship and greatness and glory and majesty.
   Ezra 1:2
   Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
   Daniel 2:21
   He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.
   
4. Cross References
   Daniel 4:21
   Whose leaves were beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in which was food for all, under which beasts of the field found shade, and in whose branches the birds of the heavens lived -
   Jeremiah 27:6
   Now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant, and I have given him also the beasts of the field to serve him.
   
5. Cross References
   Daniel 2:32
   The head of this image was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its middle and thighs of bronze.
   
6. Cross References
   Daniel 2:32
   The head of this image was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its middle and thighs of bronze.
   Daniel 5:28
   Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.
   Daniel 5:31
   And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
   
7. Cross References
   Daniel 2:38
   And into whose hand he has given, wherever they dwell, the children of man, the beasts of the field, and the birds of the heavens, making you rule over them all - you are the head of gold.
   
8. Cross References
   Daniel 7:6
   After this I looked, and behold, another, like a leopard, with four wings of a bird on its back. And the beast had four heads, and dominion was given to it.
   
9. Cross References
   Daniel 7:7
   After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, terrifying and dreadful and exceedingly strong. It had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces and stamped what was left with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.
   Daniel 7:23
   Thus he said: 'As for the fourth beast, there shall be a fourth kingdom on earth, which shall be different from all the kingdoms, and it shall devour the whole earth, and trample it down, and break it to pieces.
   
10. Cross References
    Daniel 2:34
    As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
    
11. Cross References
    Daniel 2:34
    As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
    
12. Cross References
    Daniel 2:33
    Its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.
    
13. Cross References
    Daniel 2:40
    And there shall be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron, because iron breaks to pieces and shatters all things. And like iron that crushes, it shall break and crush all these.