Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY
Watchtower
ONLINE LIBRARY
English
  • BIBLE
  • PUBLICATIONS
  • MEETINGS
  • Daniel 2
  • The Bible in Living English

No video available for this selection.

Sorry, there was an error loading the video.

Daniel 2:1

Footnotes

  • *

    2:1 Susp.

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1186

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 481

    The Watchtower,

    9/1/2007, p. 18

    10/15/1971, p. 619

    12/15/1964, pp. 755-757

    Daniel’s Prophecy, pp. 46-48

    “All Scripture,” p. 139

    Paradise Restored, p. 375

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1186; it-2 481; w07 9/1 18; dp 46; si 139;

    pm 375; w71 619; ad 821, 1212; im 28, 72; g65 1/22 28; w64 756; bf 172

Daniel 2:2

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 425, 500

  • Publications Index

    it-1 425, 500;

    ad 372

Daniel 2:4

Footnotes

  • *

    2:4 The book of Daniel as a whole was written in Hebrew; but a part of it, from verse 4 of chapter 2 to the end of chapter 7, is in Aramaic. The words “in Aramai” seem to be a note marking where the different language begins.

Daniel 2:5

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 425

  • Publications Index

    it-1 425

Daniel 2:8

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 500

  • Publications Index

    it-1 500

Daniel 2:9

Footnotes

  • *

    2:9 Lit. a word a lie and a taint

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 500

  • Publications Index

    it-1 500;

    ad 372

Daniel 2:10

Footnotes

  • *

    2:10 Lit. show the king’s word

  • *

    2:10 Or inasmuch as

Daniel 2:16

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    12/1/1988, pp. 17-18

  • Publications Index

    w88 12/1 17

Daniel 2:17

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 14

  • Publications Index

    it-1 14;

    ad 12

Daniel 2:18

Footnotes

  • *

    2:18 Or and told them to ask

Daniel 2:19

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    4/15/1952, pp. 246-248

  • Publications Index

    w52 247; w47 152

Daniel 2:20

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    ‘Know Jehovah’, pp. 91-93

  • Publications Index

    kj 92

Daniel 2:21

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1045

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/1998, pp. 11-12

    4/15/1986, pp. 13-20

    2/15/1959, pp. 104-106, 111-113

    World Government, pp. 38-41

    ‘Know Jehovah’, pp. 91-93

  • Publications Index

    w22.10 15-16; it-2 1045; w98 9/15 11-12; w86 4/15 13-20;

    go 39-41; kj 92; w59 105, 112

Daniel 2:22

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    World Government, pp. 38-41

    ‘Know Jehovah’, pp. 91-93

  • Publications Index

    go 39-41; kj 92

Daniel 2:23

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    World Government, pp. 40-41

  • Publications Index

    go 40-41

Daniel 2:24

Footnotes

  • *

    2:24 Var. went in Var. went in, went

Daniel 2:27

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 206

    World Government, pp. 43-44

  • Publications Index

    it-1 206;

    go 43-44; im 29

Daniel 2:28

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1186

    Daniel’s Prophecy, pp. 48-49

    The Watchtower,

    11/15/1986, p. 6

    6/15/1978, pp. 12-13

    6/15/1964, p. 360

    World Government, pp. 43-44

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1186; dp 49; w86 11/15 6;

    w78 6/15 13; go 43-44; im 29; w64 360

Daniel 2:31

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/1981, p. 24

    6/15/1961, pp. 357-359

    4/15/1959, pp. 251-252

    World Government, pp. 45-46

  • Publications Index

    w81 5/15 24; go 45-46; w61 358; w59 252; yw 110; w34 260; w32 180; w31 26; w30 243

Daniel 2:32

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 168

    “All Scripture,” p. 142

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/1977, p. 393

    6/15/1961, pp. 357-359

    4/15/1959, pp. 251-252

    World Government, pp. 45-46, 47-48, 50-51, 52-54

  • Publications Index

    it-1 168; si 142;

    w77 393; go 45-48, 50-53; ad 123; bf 195; w61 358; w59 252; yw 110; w40 39; rg 27; w34 260; an 9; fw 23; w31 26; w30 243; lt-2-30 309

Daniel 2:33

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Awake!,

    11/22/1990, pp. 19-20

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/1981, pp. 26-27

    7/1/1977, pp. 393-394

    6/15/1961, pp. 357-359

    4/15/1959, pp. 251-252

    World Government, pp. 45-46, 55-56, 60-62

  • Publications Index

    g90 11/22 19-20;

    w81 5/15 26-27; w77 393-394; go 45-46, 55-56, 60-61; w61 358; w59 252; yw 110; w41 371; w34 261; an 11; fw 23; w31 26

Daniel 2:34

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Daniel’s Prophecy, pp. 60-62

    Awake!,

    12/22/1990, p. 24

    The Watchtower,

    11/15/1986, p. 7

    5/15/1982, pp. 6-7

    3/1/1978, p. 26

    10/15/1971, pp. 620-622, 623-624

    5/15/1969, pp. 304-305

    4/15/1959, pp. 251-252

    7/15/1955, pp. 445-447

    10/1/1951, pp. 594-595

    “Kingdom Come,” p. 35

    World Government, pp. 45-46, 65-66, 67-69

    Man’s Salvation, pp. 311-314, 316-317

    Paradise Restored, p. 375

  • Publications Index

    dp 60-62; g90 12/22 24; w86 11/15 7;

    w82 5/15 6-7; kc 35; w78 3/1 26; go 45-46, 66, 68-69; sl 311-314, 316; pm 375; w71 620-624; w69 305; bf 591; w59 252; yw 110; w55 446; nh 316; w51 595; w49 13; ki 331; w43 371; w42 107; w37 188; w34 214; jh 343; fw 23; w31 26

Daniel 2:35

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 445

    Daniel’s Prophecy, pp. 60-62

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/1982, pp. 6-7

    6/15/1978, p. 15

    1/15/1978, p. 7

    10/15/1971, pp. 623-624

    10/15/1970, pp. 627-628

    4/15/1959, pp. 251-252

    7/15/1955, pp. 445-447

    “Kingdom Come,” p. 35

    World Government, p. 69

    Man’s Salvation, pp. 311-313, 318-320

    Paradise Restored, pp. 224, 375-376

    All Nations Collide, pp. 26-28

    Saving the Human Race, pp. 23-25

  • Publications Index

    it-2 445; dp 60-62;

    w82 5/15 6-7; kc 35; w78 1/15 7; w78 6/15 15; go 69; sl 312-313, 318-320; pm 224, 375-376; w71 624; nc 26-28; w70 627; sv 23-25; bf 591; w59 252; yw 110; w55 446; nh 316; w49 153; w43 371; w41 382; g37 6/16 594; fw 23; w31 26, 30

Daniel 2:36

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    2/15/1959, pp. 104-106

  • Publications Index

    w59 105

Daniel 2:37

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1186

    Daniel’s Prophecy, pp. 50-51

    World Government, pp. 47-48

    Man’s Salvation, pp. 310-311

    The Watchtower,

    12/15/1964, pp. 755-757

    6/15/1961, pp. 357-359

    2/15/1959, pp. 104-106

    11/15/1950, pp. 442-444

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1186; dp 50-51;

    go 47-48; sl 311; ad 821; w64 756; bf 172, 195, 591; w61 358; w59 105; w50 443; w41 380; w31 302; w30 244

Daniel 2:38

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1186

    Daniel’s Prophecy, pp. 50-51

    “All Scripture,” p. 142

    The Watchtower,

    11/15/1986, p. 5

    6/15/1978, p. 13

    5/15/1969, pp. 302-304

    12/15/1964, pp. 755-757

    6/15/1961, pp. 357-359

    4/15/1959, pp. 251-252

    World Government, pp. 47-49

    Man’s Salvation, pp. 310-311

    All Nations Collide, pp. 18-19

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1186; dp 50-51; si 142; w86 11/15 5;

    w78 6/15 13; go 47-49; sl 311; ad 821; nc 18; w69 303; w64 756; bf 172, 195, 324; w61 358; w59 252; yw 111; w41 380

Daniel 2:39

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1186

    The Watchtower,

    9/1/2007, p. 18

    11/15/1986, p. 5

    7/1/1977, p. 393

    5/15/1969, pp. 302-304

    12/15/1964, pp. 755-757

    6/15/1961, pp. 357-359

    8/1/1959, pp. 473-475

    5/1/1959, pp. 281, 282-284

    Daniel’s Prophecy, pp. 51-55

    Awake!,

    11/22/1990, pp. 17-18

    World Government, pp. 49-50, 52-53

    Man’s Salvation, pp. 310-311

    All Nations Collide, pp. 18-19

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1186; w07 9/1 18; dp 51-55; g90 11/22 18; w86 11/15 5;

    w77 393; go 49-50, 52-53; sl 311; ad 821; nc 18; w69 303; w64 756; bf 324; w61 358; w59 281, 283, 474; yw 116, 121, 172; w41 381; w40 39; w30 244; lt-2-30 314

Daniel 2:40

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1186

    Daniel’s Prophecy, pp. 55-57

    The Watchtower,

    11/15/1986, pp. 5-6

    5/15/1981, p. 23

    6/15/1978, p. 13

    5/15/1969, pp. 302-304

    6/15/1961, pp. 357-359

    5/1/1959, pp. 283-284

    World Government, pp. 55-61

    Man’s Salvation, pp. 310-311

    All Nations Collide, pp. 18-19

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1186; dp 55, 57; w86 11/15 5-6;

    w81 5/15 23; w78 6/15 13; go 55-61; sl 311; ad 821; nc 18; w69 303; w61 358; w59 284; yw 123

Daniel 2:41

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 1186-1187

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/2012, pp. 15-16

    7/1/1985, pp. 27, 31

    6/15/1978, pp. 13-14

    5/15/1969, pp. 303-305

    5/15/1959, pp. 313-314

    Daniel’s Prophecy, pp. 57-60

    Awake!,

    11/22/1990, pp. 19-20

    “Kingdom Come,” pp. 34-35

    World Government, pp. 61-63

    Man’s Salvation, pp. 310-311

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1186-1187; w12 6/15 15-16; dp 57, 59-60; g90 11/22 19-20;

    w85 7/1 27, 31; kc 35; w78 6/15 13-14; go 61-63; sl 311; w69 304; bf 173; w59 313; yw 124; w41 381; w30 245

Daniel 2:42

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1187

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/2012, pp. 16, 19

    11/15/1986, p. 6

    7/1/1985, pp. 27, 31

    6/15/1978, pp. 13-14

    5/15/1969, pp. 303-305

    5/15/1959, pp. 313-314

    Daniel’s Prophecy, pp. 57-60

    Awake!,

    11/22/1990, pp. 19-20

    World Government, pp. 61-63

    Man’s Salvation, pp. 310-311

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1187; w12 6/15 16, 19; dp 57, 59-60; g90 11/22 19-20; w86 11/15 6;

    w85 7/1 27, 31; w78 6/15 13-14; go 61-63; sl 311; w69 304; w59 313; yw 124

Daniel 2:43

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1187

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/2012, pp. 16, 19

    11/15/1986, p. 6

    7/1/1985, pp. 27, 31

    5/15/1981, pp. 26-27

    6/15/1978, pp. 13-14

    5/15/1969, pp. 303-305

    5/15/1959, pp. 313-314

    Daniel’s Prophecy, pp. 57-60

    Awake!,

    11/22/1990, pp. 19-20

    World Government, pp. 61-63

    Man’s Salvation, pp. 310-311

  • Publications Index

    w22.07 5-6; it-1 1187; w12 6/15 16, 19; dp 57, 59-60; g90 11/22 19-20; w86 11/15 6;

    w85 7/1 27, 31; w81 5/15 26-27; w78 6/15 13-14; go 61-63; sl 311; w69 304; w59 313; yw 124; w41 381; w31 27; w30 245

Daniel 2:44

Footnotes

  • *

    2:44 Lit. be left to another people

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Enjoy Life Forever!, lesson 31

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1186

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 170

    Teach Us, pp. 87-88

    Bible Teach, p. 81

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/2012, p. 7

    8/15/2012, p. 30

    6/15/2012, p. 17

    10/15/2001, p. 6

    11/15/1986, p. 7

    5/15/1982, p. 17

    12/1/1980, p. 31

    1/15/1978, p. 7

    7/1/1977, pp. 393-394

    10/15/1975, pp. 621-622

    7/1/1973, p. 389

    11/1/1972, p. 657

    10/1/1972, pp. 582-583

    10/15/1971, pp. 621-622

    5/1/1971, p. 282

    2/15/1971, p. 99

    1/1/1971, p. 4

    5/15/1969, pp. 303-305

    2/15/1969, pp. 102-104

    4/15/1964, pp. 236-238

    4/15/1962, p. 253

    4/1/1961, pp. 198-200

    3/1/1960, p. 131

    5/15/1959, pp. 313-315

    5/1/1952, pp. 274-276

    1/15/1952, pp. 51-53

    8/15/1951, pp. 492-494

    Awake!,

    5/2011, pp. 16-17

    4/8/1988, p. 16

    8/22/1982, pp. 9-10

    1/22/1979, p. 27

    4/22/1977, pp. 13-14

    10/8/1973, pp. 22-23

    4/22/1973, p. 18

    4/8/1973, pp. 18-19

    10/8/1971, p. 23

    Worship God, p. 91

    Daniel’s Prophecy, pp. 60-62

    Guidance of God, p. 25

    Proclaimers, p. 138

    Purpose of Life, pp. 26-27

    “All Scripture,” p. 142

    “Kingdom Come,” pp. 35-36

    Truth, pp. 99-100

    World Government, pp. 67-68, 69-70, 178-179

    Good News, p. 150

    Youth, pp. 188-189

    Man’s Salvation, p. 312

    God Cares, pp. 22-23

    God’s Sovereignty, p. 24

    This Life, pp. 132-133

    Paradise Restored, pp. 224, 376

    Great Teacher, pp. 161-162

    All Nations Collide, pp. 19-23

  • Publications Index

    lff lessons 31, 33; it-1 1186; it-2 170; bhs 87-88; bh 81; w12 6/15 17; w12 8/15 30; w12 9/15 7; g 5/11 16-17; wt 91; w01 10/15 6; dp 60-62; gu 25; jv 138; pr 26-27; si 142; g88 4/8 16; w86 11/15 7;

    w82 5/15 17; g82 8/22 9-10; kc 35-36; tr 99-100; w80 12/1 31; g79 1/22 27; w78 1/15 7; w77 393-394; go 67-70, 178-179; g77 4/22 13; gh 150; yy 188-189; w75 621; sl 312; gc 22-23; og 24; ts 132-133; w73 389; g73 4/8 18-19; g73 4/22 18; g73 10/8 22-23; w72 582-583, 657; pm 224, 376; w71 4; w71 99; w71 282; w71 621; te 161-162; nc 19-23; g71 10/8 23; w69 103, 304; fm 151; g69 9/8 4; ev 173; g66 4/22 10; g66 12/22 8; w64 237; bf 521; w62 253; w61 199; w60 131; w59 314; yw 126; nh 316; w52 52, 275; w51 493; ow 23; rw 36; fd 24; w41 372, 382; g40 9/18 17; ri 61; w31 30

Daniel 2:45

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1186

    Daniel’s Prophecy, pp. 60-62

    Awake!,

    8/22/1982, pp. 9-10

    “Kingdom Come,” p. 36

    The Watchtower,

    1/15/1978, pp. 24-25

    8/15/1975, p. 490

    5/15/1969, pp. 303-305

    World Government, pp. 64-67

    Man’s Salvation, pp. 312-313, 318-319

    Paradise Restored, pp. 224, 376

    All Nations Collide, pp. 19-23

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1186; dp 60-62;

    g82 8/22 9-10; kc 36; w78 1/15 24; go 65-67; w75 490; sl 312-313, 318-319; pm 224, 376; nc 19-23; w69 304; bf 521, 591; sr55 336; nh 316; w49 13, 153; ki 331; w42 107; w41 382; w40 303; w35 156; w34 261; w31 28; w30 246

Daniel 2:46

Footnotes

  • *

    2:46 Lit. poured to him

Daniel 2:47

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    World Government, p. 41

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/1951, pp. 398-399

  • Publications Index

    go 41; bi8-71 1356; bi8-63 3577; w51 399

Daniel 2:48

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 48

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 139-140, 674

  • Publications Index

    it-1 48; it-2 139, 674;

    ad 35; w34 291

Daniel 2:49

Footnotes

  • *

    2:49 Lit. and Daniel was in the king’s gate

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 48

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 139-140

    The Watchtower,

    1/1/1965, pp. 10-12

  • Publications Index

    it-1 48; it-2 139;

    ad 35; w65 11; yb65 17; w34 291

Parallel Translations

Click a verse number to display parallel Bible verses.
  • The Bible in Living English
  • Read in Study Bible (nwtsty)
  • Read in New World Translation (nwt)
  • Read in Reference Bible (Rbi8)
  • Read in American Standard Version (bi22)
  • Read in Rotherham (rh)
  • Read in King James Version (bi10)
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
The Bible in Living English
Daniel 2:1-49

Daniel

2* And in the year two of Nebucadnessar’s reign Nebucadnessar had dreams; and he was uncomfortable and sleepless about it. 2 And the king ordered the scholars, the exorcists, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans called to tell the king his dreams; and they came in and stood before the king, 3 and the king said to them “I have had a dream and am uncomfortable about knowing the dream.”

4* And the Chaldeans said to the king (in Aramaic) “Live forever, your majesty! tell your servants the dream and we will show the interpretation.”

5 The king answered the Chaldeans “It is my positive word, if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation you shall be cut to pieces and your houses made a garbage-dump; 6 but if you show the dream and its interpretation you shall receive gifts and grants and great honor from the government. So show the dream and its interpretation.”

7 They answered for the second time “Let the king tell his servants the dream and we will show the interpretation.”

8 The king answered “I know for certain that you are trying to tide over the crisis inasmuch as you see it is my positive word 9* that if you do not make known the dream there is one sentence for you, and you have concerted a plan to tell a foul lie before me till the crisis resolves itself. So tell me the dream and I shall know you will show the interpretation.”

10** The Chaldeans answered before the king “There is no man on earth who can show the thing your majesty mentions, as no great and absolute king ever asked any scholar or exorcist or Chaldean a thing like this. 11 And the thing your majesty has asked is difficult, and there is no other who would show it before your majesty except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals.”

12 Thereat the king was provoked and flew into a great rage and ordered all the wise men in Babylon put to death, 13 and the edict was issued, and the wise men were to be killed, and Daniel and his comrades were going to be killed. 14 Then Daniel made a prudent and rational response to the king’s chief guardsman Arjoc, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon: 15 he answered the king’s officer Arjoc “Why is the government’s edict so rigorous?” Then Arjoc informed Daniel of the affair, 16 and Daniel went in and applied to the king to set a time for him, and he would show the king the interpretation.

17 Then Daniel went to his house and informed his comrades Hananiah, Mishael, and ʽAzariah of the affair 18* and went to asking for kindness from the God of heaven as to this secret, that Daniel and his comrades might not be put to death with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 19 Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night.

Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. 20 Daniel responded “Be God’s name blessed from age to age, whose are wisdom and might 21 and who changes times and dates, sweeps kings away and sets kings up, gives wisdom to wise men and knowledge to enlightened men; 22 it is he reveals the deep and covert things; he knows what is going on in the darkness, and the light is lodged with him. 23 To you, God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise because you have given me wisdom and power and have now made known what we asked you for, that you have made known to us the king’s affair.”

24* Thereat Daniel went to Arjoc, to whom the king had assigned the putting to death of the wise men of Babylon, and said thus to him: “Do not put the wise men of Babylon to death; bring me before the king and I will show the king the interpretation.” 25 Then Arjoc brought Daniel before the king in haste and said thus to him: “I have found a man, one of the Judahite deportees, who will make the interpretation known to your majesty.”

26 The king answered by saying to Daniel, whose name was Belteshassar, “Are you competent to make known to me the dream I saw and its interpretation?”

27 Daniel answered before the king “The secret your majesty asks about is one that not wise men, exorcists, sorcerers, nor diviners can show your majesty; 28 but there is a god in heaven, a revealer of secrets, and he has made known to King Nebucadnessar what is to be in future days. Your dream and the visions of your head on your bed were this:

29 “Your majesty’s musings were coming up on your bed as to what was to be after this; and the Revealer of Secrets made known to you what is to be. 30 And I had this secret revealed to me not by wisdom that was in me more than in all living men, but to the end of making known the interpretation to your majesty and having you know the things your heart was musing on. 31 Your majesty saw that a great statue—this statue was large and extraordinarily bright—stood before you, and the sight of it was terrible; 32 that statue’s head was fine gold, its breast and arms silver, its waist and hips bronze, 33 its legs iron, its feet part iron and part crockery. 34 You saw till a stone was cut out without hands and struck the statue on its iron-and-crockery feet and smashed them; 35 then all at once the iron, the crockery, the bronze, the silver, and the gold smashed up and became like chaff off summer threshing-floors, and the wind carried them off and there was not a trace of them to be found; and the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled all the earth. 36 This was the dream; and we will tell the interpretation before the king.

37 “You yourself, your majesty, the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given royalty, dominion, might, and glory, 38 and in every place they inhabit has given into your hands the sons of men and the wild beasts and the birds of the air and made you sovereign over them, you are the golden head. 39 And after you there shall stand up another empire inferior to you, and another third bronze empire which shall be sovereign over all the earth; 40 and there shall be a fourth empire, strong as iron, inasmuch as iron smashes up and pounds down everything; and like shattering iron it will smash and shatter all these. 41 And as to your having seen its feet and toes part potter’s crockery and part iron, it shall be a divided empire but shall have in it some of the starkness of iron; inasmuch as you saw the iron mixed with the mud crockery, 42 and the toes of its feet some of them iron and some of them crockery, parts of the empire shall be strong and parts shall be brittle. 43 And as to your having seen the iron mixed with the mud crockery, they shall be mixing together by human seed, but they shall not cohere with each other, just as iron does not mix with crockery.

44* “And in the time of those kings the God of heaven shall set up an empire invulnerable forever, and the empire shall not pass to another people; and it shall smash and end all these empires, and it itself shall stand forever, 45 inasmuch as you saw that a stone was cut out of a mountain without hands and smashed the iron, the bronze, the crockery, the silver, and the gold. Great God has made known to your majesty what is to be after this; and the dream is determinate, and the interpretation of it trustworthy.”

46* Then King Nebucadnessar threw himself down on his face and did reverence to Daniel and ordered sacrifice and genial odors to be offered to him. 47 The king answered Daniel and said “Your god must indeed be god of gods and lord of kings and revealer of secrets, that you have been able to reveal this secret.” 48 Then the king raised Daniel to high rank and gave him many great gifts and put him in command over all the province of Babylon, and made him chief rector over all the wise men of Babylon. 49* And at Daniel’s request the king appointed Shadrac, Meshac, and ʽAbed-Nego to the administration of the province of Babylon, while Daniel remained at the king’s court.

English Publications (1950-2023)
Log Out
Log In
  • English
  • Share
  • Preferences
  • Copyright © 2023 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Privacy Settings
  • JW.ORG
  • Log In
Share