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Daniel 2:44 In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.

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It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/daniel/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />&#8220;During the reigns of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed or conquered. It will crush all these kingdoms into nothingness, and it will stand forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/daniel/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/daniel/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/daniel/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, <i>but</i> it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/daniel/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/daniel/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and <i>that</i> kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/daniel/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/daniel/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />&#8220;And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and <i>that</i> kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/daniel/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will cause a kingdom to rise up which will never be destroyed, and <i>that</i> kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself stand forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/daniel/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />In the days of those [final ten] kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left for another people; but it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/daniel/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />&#8220;In the days of those kings, the God of the heavens will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, and this kingdom will not be left to another people. It will crush all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself endure forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/daniel/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, and this kingdom will not be left to another people. It will crush all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself endure forever. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/daniel/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/daniel/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/daniel/2.htm">GOD'S WORD&reg; Translation</a></span><br />"At the time of those kings, the God of heaven will establish a kingdom that will never be destroyed. No other people will be permitted to rule it. It will smash all the other kingdoms and put an end to them. But it will be established forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/daniel/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />At the time of those rulers the God of heaven will establish a kingdom that will never end. It will never be conquered, but will completely destroy all those empires and then last forever. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/daniel/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"During the reigns of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor its sovereignty left in the hands of another people. It will shatter and crush all of these kingdoms, and it will stand forever. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/daniel/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/daniel/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />In the days of those kings the God of heaven will raise up an everlasting kingdom that will not be destroyed and a kingdom that will not be left to another people. It will break in pieces and bring about the demise of all these kingdoms. But it will stand forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/daniel/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all those kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/daniel/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/daniel/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />&#8220;In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left to another people; but it will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/daniel/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And in the days of these kings the God of the heavens raises up a kingdom that is not destroyed for all time, and its kingdom is not left to another people: it beats small and ends all these kingdoms, and it stands for all time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/daniel/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And in the days of these kings raise up doth the God of the heavens a kingdom that is not destroyed -- to the age, and its kingdom to another people is not left: it beateth small and endeth all these kingdoms, and it standeth to the age.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/daniel/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And in their days that they are kings, the God of the heavens shall set up a kingdom that shall not be destroyed forever: and its kingdom shall be left to another people; it shall beat small and destroy all these kingdoms, and this shall stand forever.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/daniel/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But in the days of those kingdoms the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, and his kingdom shall not be delivered up to another people, and it shall break in pieces, and shall consume all these kingdoms, and itself shall stand for ever. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/daniel/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But in the days of those kingdoms, the God of heaven will inspire a kingdom that will never be destroyed, and his kingdom will not be handed over to another people, and it will crush and will consume all these kingdoms, and this kingdom itself will stand in eternity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/daniel/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />In the lifetime of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed or delivered up to another people; rather, it shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and put an end to them, and it shall stand forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/daniel/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall this kingdom be left to another people. It shall crush all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/daniel/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up an everlasting kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and bring to an end all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/daniel/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And in the days of those Kings, The God of Heaven shall raise up the Kingdom that is for eternity that shall not be destroyed, and the kingdom shall not be left to another people, but it shall pulverize and it will consume all these kingdoms, and it shall be established for eternity<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/daniel/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed; nor shall the kingdom be left to another people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, but it shall stand for ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/daniel/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And in the days of those kings the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed: and his kingdom shall not be left to another people, <i>but</i> it shall beat to pieces and grind to powder all <i>other</i> kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/daniel/2-44.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/shUZJK-vYxI?start=714" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/daniel/2.htm">Daniel Interprets the Dream</a></span><br>&#8230;<span class="reftext">43</span>As you saw the iron mixed with clay, so the peoples will mix with one another, but will not hold together any more than iron mixes with clay. <span class="reftext">44</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3118.htm" title="3118: &#363;&#183;&#7687;&#601;&#183;y&#333;&#183;w&#183;m&#234;&#183;h&#333;&#183;wn (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-mpc) -- Day. (Aramaic) corresponding to yowm; a day.">In the days</a> <a href="/hebrew/1768.htm" title="1768: d&#238; (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that, because. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/581.htm" title="581: &#8217;in&#183;n&#363;n (Pro-3mp) -- They, those. (Aramaic) or (feminine) inniyn (Aramaic); corresponding to hem; they.">of those</a> <a href="/hebrew/4430.htm" title="4430: mal&#183;&#7733;ay&#183;y&#257; (N-mpd) -- King. (Aramaic) corresponding to melek; a king.">kings,</a> <a href="/hebrew/426.htm" title="426: &#8217;&#277;&#183;l&#257;h (N-msc) -- God, god. (Aramaic) corresponding to 'elowahh; God.">the God</a> <a href="/hebrew/8065.htm" title="8065: &#353;&#601;&#183;may&#183;y&#257; (N-mdd) -- Heavens. (Aramaic) corresponding to shamayim.">of heaven</a> <a href="/hebrew/6966.htm" title="6966: y&#601;&#183;q&#238;m (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To arise, stand. (Aramaic) corresponding to quwm.">will set up</a> <a href="/hebrew/4437.htm" title="4437: mal&#183;&#7733;&#363; (N-fs) -- Royalty, reign, kingdom. (Aramaic) corresponding to malkuwth; dominion (abstractly or concretely).">a kingdom</a> <a href="/hebrew/1768.htm" title="1768: d&#238; (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that, because. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/5957.htm" title="5957: l&#601;&#183;&#8216;&#257;&#183;l&#601;&#183;m&#238;n (Prep-l:: N-mp) -- (Aramaic) corresponding to owlam; remote time, i.e. The future or past indefinitely; often adverb, forever.">will never</a> <a href="/hebrew/3809.htm" title="3809: l&#257; (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. (Aramaic) or lah (Aramaic) (Dan. 4:32); corresponding to lo'."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2255.htm" title="2255: &#7791;i&#7791;&#183;&#7717;ab&#183;bal (V-Hitpael-Imperf-3fs) -- To destroy, hurt. (Aramaic) corresponding to chabal; to ruin.">be destroyed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3809.htm" title="3809: l&#257; (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. (Aramaic) or lah (Aramaic) (Dan. 4:32); corresponding to lo'.">nor will</a> <a href="/hebrew/4437.htm" title="4437: &#363;&#183;mal&#183;&#7733;&#363;&#183;&#7791;&#257;h (Conj-w:: N-fsd) -- Royalty, reign, kingdom. (Aramaic) corresponding to malkuwth; dominion (abstractly or concretely).">it</a> <a href="/hebrew/7662.htm" title="7662: &#7791;i&#353;&#183;t&#601;&#183;&#7687;iq (V-Hitpael-Imperf-3fs) -- To leave, let alone. (Aramaic) corresponding to the root of Showbeq; to quit, i.e. Allow to remain.">be left</a> <a href="/hebrew/321.htm" title="321: &#8217;&#257;&#183;&#7717;o&#183;r&#257;n (Adj-ms) -- Another. (Aramaic) from 'achar; the same as 'ochoriy; other.">to another</a> <a href="/hebrew/5972.htm" title="5972: l&#601;&#183;&#8216;am (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- People. (Aramaic) corresponding to am.">people.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1855.htm" title="1855: tad&#183;diq (V-Hifil-Imperf-3fs) -- To be shattered, fall to pieces. (Aramaic) corresponding to daqaq; to crumble or (trans.) Crush.">It will shatter</a> <a href="/hebrew/3606.htm" title="3606: k&#257;l- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. (Aramaic) corresponding to kol.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/459.htm" title="459: &#8217;il&#183;l&#234;n (Pro-cp) -- These. (Aramaic) or shorter oillen; prolonged from 'el; these.">these</a> <a href="/hebrew/4437.htm" title="4437: mal&#183;&#7733;&#601;&#183;w&#257;&#183;&#7791;&#257; (N-fpd) -- Royalty, reign, kingdom. (Aramaic) corresponding to malkuwth; dominion (abstractly or concretely).">kingdoms</a> <a href="/hebrew/1932.htm" title="1932: w&#601;&#183;h&#238; (Conj-w:: Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. (Aramaic) or (feminine) hiyo (Aramaic); corresponding to huw'."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5487.htm" title="5487: w&#601;&#183;&#7791;&#257;&#183;s&#234;p&#772; (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjImperf-3fs) -- To be fulfilled. (Aramaic) corresponding to cuwph; to come to an end.">and bring them to an end,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6966.htm" title="6966: t&#601;&#183;q&#363;m (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To arise, stand. (Aramaic) corresponding to quwm.">but will itself stand</a> <a href="/hebrew/5957.htm" title="5957: l&#601;&#183;&#8216;&#257;&#183;l&#601;&#183;may&#183;y&#257; (Prep-l:: N-mpd) -- (Aramaic) corresponding to owlam; remote time, i.e. The future or past indefinitely; often adverb, forever.">forever.</a> </span><span class="reftext">45</span>And just as you saw a stone being cut out of the mountain without human hands, and it shattered the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold, so the great God has told the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its interpretation is trustworthy.&#8221;&#8230;<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> &middot; <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/11-15.htm">Revelation 11:15</a></span><br />Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: &#8220;The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.&#8221;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm">Isaiah 9:6-7</a></span><br />For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. / Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-10.htm">Matthew 6:10</a></span><br />Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-32.htm">Luke 1:32-33</a></span><br />He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, / and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!&#8221;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-11.htm">Revelation 19:11-16</a></span><br />Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war. / He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows. / He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/145-13.htm">Psalm 145:13</a></span><br />Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful in all His words and kind in all His actions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/14-9.htm">Zechariah 14:9</a></span><br />On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth&#8212;the LORD alone, and His name alone.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-24.htm">1 Corinthians 15:24-25</a></span><br />Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power. / For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/4-7.htm">Micah 4:7</a></span><br />And I will make the lame into a remnant, the outcast into a strong nation. Then the LORD will rule over them in Mount Zion from that day and forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-1.htm">Revelation 21:1-4</a></span><br />Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. / I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. / And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: &#8220;Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/2-2.htm">Isaiah 2:2-4</a></span><br />In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it. / And many peoples will come and say: &#8220;Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.&#8221; For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. / Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/28-18.htm">Matthew 28:18</a></span><br />Then Jesus came to them and said, &#8220;All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/12-28.htm">Hebrews 12:28</a></span><br />Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/2-6.htm">Psalm 2:6-9</a></span><br />&#8220;I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.&#8221; / I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: &#8220;You are My Son; today I have become Your Father. / Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/12-10.htm">Revelation 12:10</a></span><br />And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: &#8220;Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down&#8212;he who accuses them day and night before our God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which 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.</p><p class="hdg">in the days.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ruth/1-1.htm">Ruth 1:1</a></b></br> Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.</p><p class="hdg">the God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/2-28.htm">Daniel 2:28,37</a></b></br> But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; &#8230; </p><p class="hdg">set up.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/49-10.htm">Genesis 49:10</a></b></br> The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him <i>shall</i> the gathering of the people <i>be</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/2-6.htm">Psalm 2:6-12</a></b></br> Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion&#8230; </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/72-1.htm">Psalm 72:1</a></b></br> <i>A Psalm</i> for Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.</p><p class="hdg">which shall never.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/4-3.htm">Daniel 4:3,34</a></b></br> How great <i>are</i> his signs! and how mighty <i>are</i> his wonders! his kingdom <i>is</i> an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion <i>is</i> from generation to generation&#8230; </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/6-26.htm">Daniel 6:26</a></b></br> I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he <i>is</i> the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom <i>that</i> which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion <i>shall be even</i> unto the end.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/7-13.htm">Daniel 7:13,14</a></b></br> I saw in the night visions, and, behold, <i>one</i> like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him&#8230; </p><p class="hdg">kingdom.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/8-25.htm">Daniel 8:25</a></b></br> And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify <i>himself</i> in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/2-9.htm">Psalm 2:9</a></b></br> Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/21-8.htm">Psalm 21:8,9</a></b></br> Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee&#8230; </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/daniel/2-40.htm">Break</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-8.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/daniel/2-40.htm">Crush</a> <a href="/daniel/2-18.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/daniel/2-28.htm">End</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-7.htm">Endure</a> <a href="/daniel/2-20.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/daniel/2-38.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/daniel/2-1.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/daniel/2-42.htm">Kingdom</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-22.htm">Kingdoms</a> <a href="/daniel/2-37.htm">Kings</a> <a href="/daniel/2-40.htm">Pieces</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-3.htm">Sovereignty</a> <a href="/daniel/1-19.htm">Stand</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/daniel/4-27.htm">Break</a> <a href="/daniel/7-26.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/daniel/7-23.htm">Crush</a> <a href="/daniel/6-26.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/daniel/4-11.htm">End</a> <a href="/joel/2-11.htm">Endure</a> <a href="/daniel/3-9.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/daniel/4-11.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/daniel/7-5.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/daniel/4-3.htm">Kingdom</a> <a href="/daniel/7-17.htm">Kingdoms</a> <a href="/daniel/2-47.htm">Kings</a> <a href="/daniel/2-45.htm">Pieces</a> <a href="/daniel/4-31.htm">Sovereignty</a> <a href="/daniel/7-4.htm">Stand</a><div class="vheading2">Daniel 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-1.htm">Nebuchadnezzar, forgetting his dream, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-5.htm">requires it of the Chaldeans, by promises and threats.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-10.htm">They acknowledging their inability are judged to die.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-14.htm">Daniel obtaining some respite finds the dream.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-19.htm">He blesses God.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-24.htm">He staying the decree is brought to the king.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-31.htm">The dream.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-36.htm">The interpretation.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">46. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-46.htm">Daniel's advancement.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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These kingdoms are often understood to be the remnants of the Roman Empire, characterized by division and fragility. Historically, this period is marked by political instability and fragmentation, which aligns with the prophetic imagery of iron mixed with clay.<p><b>the God of heaven will set up a kingdom</b><br>This kingdom is divinely established, contrasting with earthly kingdoms that rise and fall through human effort and conquest. The phrase "God of heaven" emphasizes the divine origin and authority of this kingdom. This is a central theme in biblical prophecy, where God's sovereignty is ultimately manifested in the establishment of His eternal kingdom. This kingdom is often associated with the messianic reign of Christ, as seen in prophecies like <a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm">Isaiah 9:6-7</a> and the New Testament's depiction of the Kingdom of God.<p><b>that will never be destroyed</b><br>The permanence of this kingdom is a key aspect, highlighting its divine nature. Unlike earthly kingdoms that are temporary and subject to decay, this kingdom is eternal. This reflects the biblical theme of God's unchanging nature and His eternal purposes, as seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/145-13.htm">Psalm 145:13</a> and <a href="/hebrews/12-28.htm">Hebrews 12:28</a>.<p><b>nor will it be left to another people</b><br>This indicates that the kingdom will not be transferred or succeeded by another group, unlike historical empires that were often conquered and absorbed by others. This permanence and exclusivity underscore the unique and sovereign rule of God. It also points to the fulfillment of God's promises to Israel and the inclusion of all believers in this eternal kingdom, as seen in <a href="/revelation/5-9.htm">Revelation 5:9-10</a>.<p><b>It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end</b><br>The imagery of shattering suggests a decisive and overwhelming victory over all earthly powers. This aligns with the biblical theme of God's ultimate triumph over evil and the establishment of His justice. The prophetic vision in <a href="/daniel/2.htm">Daniel 2</a> parallels other apocalyptic literature, such as Revelation, where God's kingdom prevails over worldly powers.<p><b>but will itself stand forever</b><br>The eternal nature of this kingdom is emphasized again, reinforcing its divine origin and indestructibility. This eternal kingdom is a central hope in Christian eschatology, where believers anticipate the full realization of God's reign. The permanence of this kingdom is a source of comfort and assurance, as seen in passages like <a href="/1_corinthians/15-24.htm">1 Corinthians 15:24-28</a>, where Christ's ultimate victory and reign are described.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/daniel.htm">Daniel</a></b><br>A prophet and interpreter of dreams in the Babylonian and Persian empires. He is the one who interprets King Nebuchadnezzar's dream in <a href="/bsb/daniel/2.htm">Daniel 2</a>.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/n/nebuchadnezzar.htm">Nebuchadnezzar</a></b><br>The king of Babylon who had a dream of a great statue representing successive kingdoms, which Daniel interprets.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god_of_heaven.htm">God of Heaven</a></b><br>The sovereign deity who reveals the future through dreams and establishes an eternal kingdom.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_kingdom.htm">The Kingdom</a></b><br>Refers to the divine kingdom established by God, which is eternal and indestructible.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_kings.htm">The Kings</a></b><br>The rulers of the earthly kingdoms represented in Nebuchadnezzar's dream, which are ultimately temporary and will be replaced by God's eternal kingdom.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sovereignty_of_god.htm">The Sovereignty of God</a></b><br>God's plan is ultimate and unchangeable. He is in control of history and the future, establishing His kingdom in His timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_temporary_nature_of_earthly_kingdoms.htm">The Temporary Nature of Earthly Kingdoms</a></b><br>Earthly powers and authorities are transient. Believers should focus on the eternal kingdom rather than temporary worldly systems.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_eternal_kingdom.htm">Hope in God's Eternal Kingdom</a></b><br>Christians can find hope and assurance in the promise of God's everlasting kingdom, which offers stability and peace beyond this world.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/active_participation_in_god's_kingdom.htm">Active Participation in God's Kingdom</a></b><br>Believers are called to live as citizens of God's kingdom now, reflecting its values and priorities in their daily lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_daniel_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Daniel 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_the_kingdom_of_god.htm">What defines the kingdom of God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_end_times.htm">What does the Bible say about the end times?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_'kingdom_of_god'_beyond_food.htm">What does "kingdom of God" mean beyond eating and drinking?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_kingdom_of_god_like.htm">What is the Kingdom of God like?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/daniel/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(44) <span class= "bld">In the days of these kings</span>.--Yet no kings have been mentioned hitherto. They must therefore correspond to the toes of the image. (Comp. <a href="/daniel/7-24.htm" title="And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.">Daniel 7:24</a>.) It appears therefore that while this fourth kingdom still contrives to exist in some modified form, while its component parts are in a state of war and turmoil, the kingdom of God shall come. (Comp. <a href="/context/daniel/7-25.htm" title="And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.">Daniel 7:25-27</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">God of heaven</span>.--(See <a href="/daniel/2-18.htm" title="That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.">Daniel 2:18</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/daniel/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 44, 45.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never he 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, Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.</span> The Greek versions differ from the Massoretic text only in the order in which the materials of the statue arc recorded. These are arranged in the reverse order in which they are first mentioned, that is to say, we have first the clay, then the iron, and so on, to the gold. This is the order followed by Jerome. On the other hand, the Peshitta follows the Massoretic order. The reason for the order adopted in the Septuagint. Theodotion, and the Vulgate is evidently a symmetrical one, and therefore more likely to be the result of emendation than the somewhat haphazard order of the received text. It is, however, not impossible that the similarity of sound has led to <span class="accented">haspa</span>, "clay," being brought out of its proper place at the beginning of the list and placed in juxtaposition with <span class="accented">kaspa</span>, "silver." Ewald thinks that the order of the Greek versions is to be preferred. Professor Bevan is doubtful, and refers to the order of the metals in <a href="/daniel/5-4.htm">Daniel 5:4</a>, which begins with "gold" and ends with "stone." <span class="accented">In the days of these kings.</span> This must refer to the kings who made up the last dynasty, especially the kings of the sub-dynasties represented by the ten toes. If the traditional interpretation is correct, these days are still future. It is not impossible that all the dynasties of the vision are implied, and that the kingdom of heaven is preparing during the whole period; only the natural meaning is that we have assumed. <span class="accented">Shall the</span> God <span class="accented">of heaven set up a kingdom.</span> It may be noted that, while in the rest of this chapter the Septuagint renders this title, <span class="greek">&#x39a;&#x1f7b;&#x3c1;&#x3b9;&#x3bf;&#x3c2;&#x20;&#x3c4;&#x3bf;&#x1fe6;&#x20;&#x3bf;&#x1f50;&#x3c1;&#x3b1;&#x3bd;&#x3bf;&#x1fe6;</span> or <span class="greek">&#x39a;&#x1f50;&#x3c1;&#x3b9;&#x3bf;&#x3c2;&#x20;&#x1f41;&#x20;&#x1f55;&#x3c8;&#x3b9;&#x3c3;&#x3c4;&#x3bf;&#x3c2;</span>, here the rendering is, <span class="greek">&#x1f41;&#x20;&#x398;&#x3b5;&#x1f78;&#x3c2;&#x20;&#x3c4;&#x3bf;&#x1fe6;&#x20;&#x3bf;&#x1f50;&#x3c1;&#x3b1;&#x3bd;&#x3bf;&#x1fe6;</span>. This is a clear statement of the Messianic hopes of the Jews on one side - a Messianic kingdom and Messianic times. This new kingdom is on a different plane from those that preceded it, which go to make up the mysterious image. It is explained to be from the direct interference of the God of heaven that this new kingdom is intruded upon history. When we look at the material, it is inferior to all that had gone before - inferior even to the fire-baked clay of the potter, which formed the toes of the image. This way of representing the Messianic kingdom would have appeared inadequate to an ordinary Jew. Waiving the fact that he regarded the Messianic empire to be another such as the empires of Assyria and Babylonia, only greater, the Jew would certainly have declared that the Messianic kingdom of heaven was a precious stone, not an ordinary piece of rock that goes to build up the framework of the mountains. It is impossible to deny that it is strange that the symbol should be thus a less precious material than even that of the lowest and weakest kingdom of the worldly system of dynasties. When we look at a metal, how homogeneous it is! With rocks, again, begins individualism. The more precious metals, with their extreme ductility, seem to be further removed from this individualism than the baser, such as copper and iron, and clay is still less removed than iron. But simple rock is furthest removed of all from metallic homogeneousness: the grains that compose it, unlike the chemical atoms of the metal, are visible to the naked eye. The process of degradation, which had proceeded through kingdom after kingdom, had now reached its lowest point. Wherever the setting up of this Messianic kingdom is placed, whenever it is held as occurring, it is certain it fits most naturally the Christian Church. The old civilization, represented by the Assyrian monarchy, had only one free man in the state, and that was the king. The Persians had nobles whose power rendered the king's supremacy less absolute than it had been in the Assyrian days. In the days of Greek and Roman supremacy the freedom of citizenship was, even in the republics, possessed only by a few, the rest were slaves. Still, the freedom was much more widely spread than in the Persian and Assyrian monarchies; only the Church, the kingdom of heaven, made of slaves citizens. It is the very acme of individualism. Looked at from without, the kingdom of heaven was a thing to be despised - a thing for freedmen and slaves, for poor workmen and peasants. In the Assyrian form of government the king was the state; <span class="accented">so</span> the royal metal, gold, is used. In the Persian the nobles rule; so we have silver. In Greece it is the free citizens, therefore the artistic but less noble metal, copper, or, perhaps, its composite form as bronze, is used. In Rome, in imperial times, it is the soldiery, and therefore iron is the metal that symbolizes them. Shall we step over the intervening centuries of retrogression, and see in the clay the modern mercantile and manufacturing interests? To the ordinary eye of the world, there is a progressive degeneracy here. The lowest point is reached; not even the rich, not to speak of the noble and learned, but the poor and the ignorant, form the kingdom. Another contrast in the symbol is that these metallic empires remained stationary; they reached a limit, then could go no further - not growth, but stationariness, is represented by their symbol; but this stone cut out of the mountain "grows," and ceases not till it has filled the earth. Further, the kingdoms which went to build up the dream-statue endure only for a time; this rock-built kingdom is an ever-lasting kingdom. It is not limited either in extent or duration. This, again, suits only the Church of Christ; fitted and intended to fill the earth, it also has an unending duration. The world itself may end, but the Church does not. We do not mean to assert that Daniel foresaw this distinctly; the very idea of the prophetic office implied that the speaker often did not know the full import of his own words. <span class="accented">It shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms</span>, <span class="accented">and it shall stand for ever.</span> The silent, disruptive influence of Christianity is exhibited in regard to slavery, which was the foundation of the ancient state. Without opposing slavery, to appearance, it laid down principles which rendered slavery impossible. The supreme dignity it gives to the individual, as bearing the image of God, affirms the claims of democracy, and so affirms them that the modern state must disappear. <span class="accented">Forasmuch as thou sawest the stone teas cut out of the mountain without hands.</span> Nothing could be more silent or unobserved by the men of the world, or more unlikely to form the beginning of a new world-power than Christianity. If Judaism was regarded as "the mountain of the Lord's house," then this new kingdom was cut from it, as Christianity was from Judaism. <span class="accented">And that it brake</span>, etc. The reason why Nebuchadnezzar had seen all this - the growth of this kingdom, the way it destroyed all other kingdoms - was now to be made known. <span class="accented">The great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter</span>; or, as it ought to be rendered, <span class="accented">a great god.</span> The word, as observed by Professor Bevan, is not in the <span class="accented">status emphaticus</span>; see <a href="/ezra/5-8.htm">Ezra 5:8</a>, <span class="hebrew">&#x5d0;&#x5dc;&#x5d7;&#x5d0;&#x20;&#x5e8;&#x5d1;&#x5d0;</span> (<span class="accented">elaha rabba</span>). Daniel thus recognizes the fact that, to his heathen master, all that in the first instance he can convey to him <span class="accented">-</span> the only idea he can give him - of the greatness of Jehovah is that he is very great, not that he is the solely Great One in the universe (see Behrmann). Zockler, Ewald, Keil, and Kranichfeld assert that the fact of the words "great god" (<span class="accented">elah tab</span>) being in the absolute, not the emphatic state, is due to the elevation of pectic language. In the first place, this is not poetry, and, in the second place, neither of these writers gives any example of such a change of construction taking place. <span class="accented">Made known to the king.</span> Why was it to "the king"? One objectsecured by making this revelation known to Nebuchadnezzar himself was that it secured its publicity. Had the vision been made known to Daniel himself, he could not have announced that the empire of Babylon should pass away, without running the risk of being condemned for treason. The king's action had made both dream and interpretation perforce public in a way they could not otherwise have been. <span class="accented">What shall come to pass hereafter</span>; literally, <span class="accented">which shall be after these things.</span> This does not mean in the immediate future, but after the state of matters at present existing - the domination of the world by great powers after the system of great world-empires has passed away, then will the Lord's kingdom be set up. <span class="accented">And the dream is certain</span>, <span class="accented">and the interpretation thereof sure</span>; or, literally, to bring out the emphasis, <span class="accented">certain</span> - established - <span class="accented">it i</span>s <span class="accented">the dream</span>, <span class="accented">and sure -</span> faithful <span class="accented">- the interpretation.</span> This is not a mere assertion of the fact that he, Daniel, had given an exact account of what the king had seen in his dream, and a correct interpretation of its import; of the first the king was the best judge. It is rather an argument: "The account of the dream is correct; from this learn that the interpretation is sure." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/daniel/2-44.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">In the days</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1493;&#1468;&#1469;&#1489;&#1456;&#1497;&#1493;&#1465;&#1502;&#1461;&#1497;&#1492;&#1438;&#1493;&#1465;&#1503;</span> <span class="translit">(&#363;&#183;&#7687;&#601;&#183;y&#333;&#183;w&#183;m&#234;&#183;h&#333;&#183;wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b &#124; Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3118.htm">Strong's 3118: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of those</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1488;&#1460;&#1504;&#1468;&#1431;&#1493;&#1468;&#1503;</span> <span class="translit">(&#8217;in&#183;n&#363;n)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_581.htm">Strong's 581: </a> </span><span class="str2">They, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">kings,</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1502;&#1463;&#1500;&#1456;&#1499;&#1463;&#1497;&#1468;&#1464;&#1443;&#1488;</span> <span class="translit">(mal&#183;&#7733;ay&#183;y&#257;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural determinate<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4430.htm">Strong's 4430: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the God</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1488;&#1457;&#1500;&#1464;&#1448;&#1492;&#1468;</span> <span class="translit">(&#8217;&#277;&#183;l&#257;h)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_426.htm">Strong's 426: </a> </span><span class="str2">God</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of heaven</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1513;&#1473;&#1456;&#1502;&#1463;&#1497;&#1468;&#1464;&#1444;&#1488;</span> <span class="translit">(&#353;&#601;&#183;may&#183;y&#257;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - mdd<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8065.htm">Strong's 8065: </a> </span><span class="str2">The sky</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will set up</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1497;&#1456;&#1511;&#1460;&#1497;&#1501;&#1449;</span> <span class="translit">(y&#601;&#183;q&#238;m)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6966.htm">Strong's 6966: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a kingdom</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1502;&#1463;&#1500;&#1456;&#1499;&#1493;&#1468;&#1433;</span> <span class="translit">(mal&#183;&#7733;&#363;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4437.htm">Strong's 4437: </a> </span><span class="str2">Royalty, reign, kingdom</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1491;&#1468;&#1460;&#1447;&#1497;</span> <span class="translit">(d&#238;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1768.htm">Strong's 1768: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, that, because</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will never</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1500;&#1456;&#1506;&#1464;&#1500;&#1456;&#1502;&#1460;&#1497;&#1503;&#1433;</span> <span class="translit">(l&#601;&#183;&#8216;&#257;&#183;l&#601;&#183;m&#238;n)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l &#124; Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5957.htm">Strong's 5957: </a> </span><span class="str2">Remote time, the future, past, forever</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be destroyed,</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1514;&#1460;&#1514;&#1456;&#1495;&#1463;&#1489;&#1468;&#1463;&#1428;&#1500;</span> <span class="translit">(&#7791;i&#7791;&#183;&#7717;ab&#183;bal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2255.htm">Strong's 2255: </a> </span><span class="str2">To destroy, hurt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and this kingdom</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1493;&#1468;&#1502;&#1463;&#1448;&#1500;&#1456;&#1499;&#1493;&#1468;&#1514;&#1464;&#1428;&#1492;</span> <span class="translit">(&#363;&#183;mal&#183;&#7733;&#363;&#183;&#7791;&#257;h)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw &#124; Noun - feminine singular determinate<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4437.htm">Strong's 4437: </a> </span><span class="str2">Royalty, reign, kingdom</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will not</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1500;&#1464;&#1443;&#1488;</span> <span class="translit">(l&#257;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3809.htm">Strong's 3809: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be left</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1514;&#1460;&#1513;&#1473;&#1456;&#1514;&#1468;&#1456;&#1489;&#1460;&#1425;&#1511;</span> <span class="translit">(&#7791;i&#353;&#183;t&#601;&#183;&#7687;iq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7662.htm">Strong's 7662: </a> </span><span class="str2">To quit, allow to remain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to another</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1488;&#1464;&#1495;&#1459;&#1512;&#1464;&#1430;&#1503;</span> <span class="translit">(&#8217;&#257;&#183;&#7717;o&#183;r&#257;n)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_321.htm">Strong's 321: </a> </span><span class="str2">Another</span><br /><br /><span class="word">people.</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1500;&#1456;&#1506;&#1463;&#1445;&#1501;</span> <span class="translit">(l&#601;&#183;&#8216;am)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l &#124; Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5972.htm">Strong's 5972: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">It will shatter</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1514;&#1468;&#1463;&#1491;&#1468;&#1460;&#1444;&#1511;</span> <span class="translit">(tad&#183;diq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1855.htm">Strong's 1855: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be shattered, fall to pieces</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1499;&#1468;&#1464;&#1500;&#1470;</span> <span class="translit">(k&#257;l-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3606.htm">Strong's 3606: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">these</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1488;&#1460;&#1500;&#1468;&#1461;&#1443;&#1497;&#1503;</span> <span class="translit">(&#8217;il&#183;l&#234;n)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_459.htm">Strong's 459: </a> </span><span class="str2">These</span><br /><br /><span class="word">kingdoms</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1502;&#1463;&#1500;&#1456;&#1499;&#1456;&#1493;&#1464;&#1514;&#1464;&#1428;&#1488;</span> <span class="translit">(mal&#183;&#7733;&#601;&#183;w&#257;&#183;&#7791;&#257;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural determinate<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4437.htm">Strong's 4437: </a> </span><span class="str2">Royalty, reign, kingdom</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and bring them to an end,</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1493;&#1456;&#1514;&#1464;&#1505;&#1461;&#1497;&#1507;&#1433;</span> <span class="translit">(w&#601;&#183;&#7791;&#257;&#183;s&#234;p&#772;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw &#124; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5487.htm">Strong's 5487: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come to an end</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but will itself stand</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1514;&#1468;&#1456;&#1511;&#1445;&#1493;&#1468;&#1501;</span> <span class="translit">(t&#601;&#183;q&#363;m)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6966.htm">Strong's 6966: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forever.</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1500;&#1456;&#1506;&#1464;&#1500;&#1456;&#1502;&#1463;&#1497;&#1468;&#1464;&#1469;&#1488;&#1475;</span> <span class="translit">(l&#601;&#183;&#8216;&#257;&#183;l&#601;&#183;may&#183;y&#257;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l &#124; Noun - masculine plural determinate<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5957.htm">Strong's 5957: </a> </span><span class="str2">Remote time, the future, past, forever</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/daniel/2-44.htm">Daniel 2:44 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/daniel/2-44.htm">Daniel 2:44 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/daniel/2-44.htm">Daniel 2:44 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/daniel/2-44.htm">Daniel 2:44 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/daniel/2-44.htm">Daniel 2:44 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/daniel/2-44.htm">Daniel 2:44 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/daniel/2-44.htm">Daniel 2:44 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/daniel/2-44.htm">Daniel 2:44 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/daniel/2-44.htm">Daniel 2:44 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/daniel/2-44.htm">Daniel 2:44 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/daniel/2-44.htm">OT Prophets: Daniel 2:44 In the days of those kings shall (Dan. 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