Daniel 2:32,Daniel 2:35

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 2:31-35

The Vision of Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 2:31-35 ). “You, O king, saw, and behold a great image. This image which was mighty and whose brightness was spectacular, stood before you. And its aspect was dreadful. As for this image his 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. You saw until a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image on his feet which were of iron and clay, and... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 2:25-35

Daniel 2:25-Habakkuk : . Daniel Declares the Dream to the King.— By the inspiration of God Daniel is enabled to describe to the king his forgotten dream. In this dream the king had seen the image of a colossal man, which was of surpassing brilliance. The head was made of gold, the upper part of the body of silver, the lower part of bronze, the legs of iron, the feet of iron mixed with clay. As the king watched, a stone “ cut without hands” smote the image and smashed it in pieces. The stone... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Daniel 2:31-35

HOMILETICSSECT. VIII.—THE DREAM (Chap. Daniel 2:31-35)With the confidence of a man inspired and commissioned by the Most High, Daniel proceeds to declare the king’s dream. The dream one of no ordinary character. Exhibited the fate, not only of the empire of Babylon, but of those which should succeed it. Foreshowed their destruction and the means by which it should be effected. A little mysterious stone, with which the history of the world was bound up, was to accomplish the whole. The dream... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:29-49

Daniel 2:29-49 I take the severance of the stone from the mountain to denote the coming of Christ into the world, and the collision of the stone with the image to mean the founding by the Lord of that spiritual kingdom which is in its principles antagonistic to all the world-powers, and which will ultimately subdue them all. Thus viewed, the vision which Daniel recovered and interpreted suggests to us many interesting things concerning the kingdom of Christ. I. There is, first, its superhuman... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:1-49

Chapter 2Now in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep was taken from him. Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to show the king his dream. So they came and they stood before the king. And the king said unto them, I've dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. So the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Syriac ( Daniel 2:1-4... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 2:1-49

Daniel 2:1 . In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar, after he ascended the throne, according to the Chaldaic account, which was the fourth according to the Hebrew account. Nebuchadnezzar is thought by some to have reigned awhile with his father, as Solomon did with David. He is called king when he first came against Jerusalem. 2 Chronicles 36:6. Daniel 2:2 . Call the hariolites or aruspices, those who used incantations, being diviners. The magicians, those who affected to know all the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Daniel 2:31-33

Daniel 2:31-33Thou, O King, sawest, and behold a great image.The Aggregation of EvilLook at evil as represented by this colossal image. I. IT IS A COMPOUND THING. The image was made up of various substances: gold, silver, brass, iron, clay. Evil does not often appear here in its naked simplicity, it is mixed up with other things. Errors in combination with truths, selfishness with benevolence, superstition with religion, infidelity with science, injustice with law and evil, too, is in... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 2:32

Dan 2:32 This image’s head [was] of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, Ver. 32. The image’s head was of fine gold.] This is the first, and till now, altogether unheard of prophecy concerning the four monarchies of the world. Res plane digna quae memoriae tota commendetur, saith one; a a scripture worthy to be well remembered, because it briefly comprehendeth the history of all ages to the world’s end. His breast and his arms of silver. ] The... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Daniel 2:32

head: Daniel 2:37, Daniel 2:38, Daniel 4:22, Daniel 4:30, Daniel 7:4, Isaiah 14:4, Jeremiah 51:7, Revelation 17:4 breast: Daniel 2:39, Daniel 7:5, Daniel 8:3, Daniel 8:4, Daniel 11:2 belly: Daniel 2:39, Daniel 7:6, Daniel 8:5-Ruth :, Daniel 11:3-Proverbs : thighs: or, sides Reciprocal: Song of Solomon 7:1 - the joints Daniel 3:1 - made Daniel 7:3 - four read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 2:32-33

32, 33. The dreamer dreams through the ages though he knows it not. In that sleep a thousand years were but as a watch in the night. “In the Parsee tradition Zoroaster was shown four trees, one of gold, another of silver, another of steel, and the fourth of iron, and he was told that these four trees represented four ages of the world ( Bahman Yesht). Ovid sings of the ages of gold, silver, bronze, and iron ( Metamorphoses); and though Hesiod ( Works and Days) mentions five ages, he has... read more