Daniel 2:39

Daniel 2:39 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
• New International Version (NIV)“After you, another kingdom will arise, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Another kingdom inferior to you shall arise after you, and yet a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to yours; then another, a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth.

Context of Daniel 2:39

37“Your Majesty, you are the greatest king. The God of heaven has given you a kingdom. He has given you power, strength, and honor. 38He has given you control over people, wild animals, and birds, wherever they live. He has made you ruler of them all. You are the head of gold. Another kingdom, inferior to yours, will rise to power after you. Then there will be a third kingdom, a kingdom of bronze, that will rule the whole world. 40There will also be a fourth kingdom. It will be as strong as iron. (Iron smashes and shatters everything.) As iron crushes things, this fourth kingdom will smash and crush all the other kingdoms. 41You also saw the feet and toes. They were partly potters’ clay and partly iron. This means that there will be a divided kingdom which has some of the firmness of iron. As you saw, iron was mixed with clay.

Daniel 2:39 word by word

וּבָתְרָ֗ךְ תְּק֛וּם מַלְכ֥וּ אָחֳרִ֖י אֲרַ֣עא מִנָּ֑ךְ וּמַלְכ֨וּ תְלִיתָאָ֤ה אָחֳרִי֙ דִּ֣י נְחָשָׁ֔א דִּ֥י תִשְׁלַ֖ט בְּכָל־אַרְעָֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And afterאֲתַר'ăthar · placeH870
• thee shall ariseקוּםqûm · to stand: riseH6966
• anotherאׇחֳרִי'ochŏrîy · anotherH317
• kingdomמַלְכוּmalkû · kingdomH4437
• inferiorאֲרַע'ăra‛ · earth: inferiorH772
• to theeמִן־min · fromH4481
• thirdתְּלִיתַיtelîythay taltîy · thirdH8523
• of brassנְחָשׁnechâsh · bronzeH5174
• which shall bear ruleשְׁלֵטshelêţ · to ruleH7981
• over allכֹּלkôl · allH3606
• the earthאֲרַע'ăra‛ · earth: planetH772

Cross-references for Daniel 2:39

• Daniel 2:32The head of this statue was made of fine gold. Its chest and arms were made of silver. Its stomach and hips were made of bronze.
• Daniel 5:28Divided—your kingdom will be divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
• Daniel 7:5I saw a second animal. It looked like a bear. It was raised on one side and had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, “Get up, and eat as much meat as you want.”
• Daniel 8:3I looked up and saw a single ram standing beside the gate. The ram had two long horns, one longer than the other, though the longer one had grown up later.
• Daniel 11:2⌞The person who looked like a human continued,⌟ “What I am about to tell you is the truth. Three more kings will rule Persia. Then there will be a fourth, who will become much richer than all the others. As he becomes strong through his wealth, he will turn everyone against the kingdom of Greece.
• Isaiah 44:28He says about Cyrus, “He is my shepherd. He will do everything I want him to do.” He says about Jerusalem, “It will be rebuilt.” He says about the temple, “Your foundation will be laid.”
• Isaiah 45:1This is what the Lord says about Cyrus, his anointed one: I have held him by his right hand so he could conquer the nations ahead of him, strip kings of their power, and open doors ahead of him so that the gates would not be shut.
• Daniel 7:6After this, I saw another animal. It looked like a leopard. On its back it had four wings, like the wings of a bird. The animal also had four heads. It was given power to rule.
• Daniel 8:5As I was watching closely, I saw a male goat coming from the west. It crossed the whole earth without touching it. This goat had a prominent horn between its eyes.
• Daniel 10:20He asked, “Do you know why I have come to you? Now I will return to fight the commander of Persia. When I go, the commander of Greece will come.
• Daniel 11:3“Then a warrior-king will come. He will rule a vast empire and do as he pleases.
• Zechariah 6:3The third had white horses. And the fourth had strong, spotted horses.

Commentaries on Daniel 2:39

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 39And after thee - This must mean “subsequently” to the reign, but it does not mean that the kingdom here referred to would “immediately” succeed his own reign, for that would not be true. The Medo-Persian empire did not come into the ascendency until many years after the death of Nebuchadnezzar. This occurred during the reign of Belshazzar, a grandson of Nebuchadnezzar, between whose reign and that of his grandfather there had intervened the reigns of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-45Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 39inferior to yours: Silver was worth less than gold, just as the chest is lower than the head. Nebuchadnezzar was a very stable ruler who kept the Neo-Babylonian Empire united. In contrast, Persia often faced internal divisions and instability at its borders.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3939. That Medo-Persia is the second kingdom appears from Da 5:28 and Da 8:20. Compare 2Ch 36:20; Is 21:2. inferior--"The kings of Persia were the worst race of men that ever governed an empire" [Prideaux]. Politically (which is the main point of view here) the power of the central government in which the nobles shared with the king, being weakened by the growing independence of the provinces, was inferior to that of Nebuchadnezzar, whose sole word was law…Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 2:39

• Brass
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• Gold
• Persia

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Commentaries on Daniel 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings