Daniel 2:44 NIV

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:1-49

THE DREAM-IMAGE OF RUINED EMPIRES"With thee will I break in pieces rulers and captains." - Jeremiah 51:23THE Book of Daniel is constructed with consummate skill to teach the mighty lessons which it was designed to bring home to the minds of its readers, not only in the age of its first appearance, but forever. It is a book which, so far from being regarded as unworthy of its place in the Canon by those who cannot accept it as either genuine or authentic, is valued by many such critics as a very... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Daniel 2:1-49

CHAPTER 2 Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream and Its Interpretation 1. The forgotten dream (Daniel 2:1-13 ) 2. The prayer meeting in Babylon and the answer (Daniel 2:14-23 ) 3. Daniel before the king (Daniel 2:24-28 ) 4. The revelation and interpretation of the dream (Daniel 2:29-45 ) 5. The promotion of Daniel and his companions (Daniel 2:46-49 ) Daniel 2:1-13 . The king had a dream which was occasioned by thinking concerning the future (Daniel 2:29 ). God answered his desire by this dream,... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Daniel 2:44

2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which {z} shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, [but] it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.(z) His purpose is to show that all the kingdoms of the world are transitory, and that the kingdom of Christ alone will remain forever. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:1-49

NEBUCHADNEZZAR ’S DREAM Daniel, like Ezekiel, was an Israelite in Babylonian captivity, but of a little earlier date (Daniel 1:1-4 , compared with Ezekiel 1:1-2 ). Of royal blood, fine physique, strong intellectuality and deep knowledge, he became trained in the language, traditions and astrological science of his captors that, with the other eunuchs, he might serve their king in responsible relations in the palace (Daniel 1:4-7 ). For religious reasons, and out of reverence to the true God,... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Daniel 2:31-49

Great Images Dan 2:31-49 The image which King Nebuchadnezzar saw was a remarkable one: "This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass. His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay" ( Dan 2:31-33 ). A wonderful ministry is this image-reading. We are too frequently content with outsides, geometrical shapes, and colours... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Daniel 2:37-45

Think, Reader! what astonishment must have overwhelmed the mind of Babylon's monarch, when beholding a poor captive youth of Israel's race, not only bringing to his recollection all the circumstances which had passed before him in the visions of the night, and which no human being could have had any knowledge of but himself; but, also, undauntedly, and without fear, explaining the dream, though it foreboded the certain destruction of this monarch's own kingdom. Oh! blessed, blessed Lord, what... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:44

Kingdom of Christ, in the Catholic Church, which cannot be destroyed. (Challoner) --- This alone cannot be destroyed. (Worthington) --- All other empires change. The Catholic Church has stood for seventeen centuries in the midst of persecutions, which gives us an assurance that she will continue for ever. (Calmet) --- "Then," says Munster, "was the kingdom of Christ set up, not by arms,...but by the divine power." This interpretation arises from the improper version, without hands; whereas the... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 2:31-45

31-45 This image represented the kingdoms of the earth, that should successively rule the nations, and influence the affairs of the Jewish church. 1. The head of gold signified the Chaldean empire, then in being. 2. The breast and arms of silver signified the empire of the Medes and Persians. 3. The belly and thighs of brass signified the Grecian empire, founded by Alexander. 4. The legs and feet of iron signified the Roman empire. The Roman empire branched into ten kingdoms, as the toes of... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Daniel 2:1-99

Daniel 2 WITH THE SENSATIONAL rise of Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar the times of the Gentiles began, and chapter 2 opens with the statement that as early as his second year that great monarch had a remarkable dream that troubled him much; and well it might, for in it lay a God-given revelation calculated to humble him. He lost his sleep and, what to him was worse, he lost also any recollection of his dream. He turned naturally to the Chaldeans and their associates, who trafficked with demon... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Daniel 2:31-49

The Dream Interpreted; Daniel Advanced v. 31. Thou, O king, sawest, that is, he beheld before his eyes, he had his gave fixed upon the vision, and behold a great image, a statute in human form. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee, over against him, in full view; and the form thereof was terrible, on account of its colossal proportions and its terrifying aspect. v. 32. This image's head was of fine gold, or, ''as far as the image was concerned, its head was... read more