KJV King James Version
And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
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Daniel 2:39
And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But after you, there will arise another kingdom, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule the whole earth.
WEB World English Bible
After you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you; and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
ASV American Standard Version
And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee; and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And after thee doth rise up another kingdom lower than those, and another third kingdom of brass, that doth rule overall the earth.
Surrounding context — Daniel 2
36 This [is] the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
37 Thou, O king, [art] a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou [art] this head of gold.
39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all [things]: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
42 And [as] the toes of the feet [were] part of iron, and part of clay, [so] the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וּבָתְרָ֗ךְH870 · a.tarplaceתְּק֛וּםH6966 · qumto stand: riseמַלְכ֥וּH4437 · mal.khukingdomאָחֳרִ֖יH317 · o.cho.rianotherאֲרַ֣עאH772 · a.raearth: soilמִנָּ֑ךְH4481 · minfromוּמַלְכ֨וּH4437 · mal.khukingdomתְלִיתָאָ֤הH8523 · tal.tithirdאָחֳרִי֙H317 · o.cho.rianotherדִּ֣יH1768 · dithatנְחָשָׁ֔אH5174 · ne.chashbronzeדִּ֥יH1768 · dithatתִשְׁלַ֖טH7981 · she.letto ruleבְּכָל־H3606 · kolallאַרְעָֽא׃H772 · a.raearth: soil
Cross-references
Daniel 5:28-31PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.Isaiah 44:28That saith of Cyrus, [He is] my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.Daniel 2:32This image’s head [was] of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,Daniel 8:3-14Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had [two] horns: and the [two] horns [were] high; but one [was] higher than the other, and the higher came up last.Daniel 10:20Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.Daniel 8:20The ram which thou sawest having [two] horns [are] the kings of Media and Persia.Zechariah 6:6The black horses which [are] therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country.Daniel 7:5-7And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and [it had] three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.Zechariah 6:3And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.Daniel 11:2-20And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than [they] all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.Daniel 7:23Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
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