Daniel 2:31 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 2:31

As you, O king, were watching, a great statue appeared. A great and dazzling statue stood before you, and its form was awesome.

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ASV

Thou, O king, sawest, and, behold, a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the aspect thereof was terrible.

KJV

Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Thou, O king, sawest - Margin, “wast seeing.” The margin is in accordance with the Chaldee. The language is properly what denotes a prolonged or attentive observation. He was in an attitude favorable to vision, or was looking with intensity, and there appeared before him this remarkable image. Compare Dan 7:1-2, Dan 7:4, Dan 7:6. It was not a thing which appeared for a moment, and then vanished, but which remained so long that he could contemplate it with accuracy. And, behold, a great image - Chaldee, “one image that was grand” - שׂגיא חד צלם tselēm chad s'agı̂y'.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Those kingdoms only are mentioned which stand in some relation to the kingdom of God; of these none is left out; the final establishment of that kingdom is the aim of His moral government of the world. The colossus of metal stands on weak feet, of clay. All man's glory is as ephemeral and worthless as chaff (compare 1Pe 1:24).

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אַ֣נְתְּ	'an.tah	you	H607 →
מַלְכָּ֗א	mal.Ka'	king O	H4430 →
חָזֵ֤ה	cha.Zeh	seeing	H2370 →
הֲוַ֙יְתָ֙	ha.Vay.ta	you were	H1934 →
וַאֲל֨וּ	va.'a.Lu	and lo!	H431 →
צְלֵ֥ם	tze.Lem	an image	H6755 →
חַד֙	chad	one	H2298 →
שַׂגִּ֔יא	sa.Gi'	great	H7690 →
צַלְמָ֨א	tzal.Ma'	image the	H6755 →
דִּכֵּ֥ן	di.Ken	this	H1797 →
רַ֛ב	rav	[was] great	H7229 →
וְזִיוֵ֥הּ	ve.zi.Veh	and splendor its	H2122 →
יַתִּ֖יר	ya.Tir	extraordinary	H3493 →
קָאֵ֣ם	ka.'Em	[was] standing	H6966 →
לְקָבְלָ֑ךְ	le.ka.ve.Lakh	<to> before you	H6903 →
וְרֵוֵ֖הּ	ve.re.Veh	and appearance its	H7299 →
דְּחִֽיל׃	de.Chil	[was] terrible	H1763 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 13:11
I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
leads to
- Isaiah 2:11
  The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
- Isaiah 5:15
  So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; the arrogant will lower their eyes.
Through
Luke 4:5
Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.
leads to
- 1 John 2:15–16
  Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
- 1 Corinthians 15:52
  in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
Through
Ezekiel 28:7
behold, I will bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and will defile your splendor.
leads to
- Ezekiel 31:12
  Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And…
- Ezekiel 32:12
  I will make your hordes fall by the swords of the mighty, the most ruthless of all nations. They will ravage the pride of Egypt and all her multitudes will be destroyed.
- Ezekiel 30:11
  He and his people with him, the most ruthless of the nations, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.
Through
Habakkuk 1:7
They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive justice and sovereignty.
leads to
- Jeremiah 39:5–9
  But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of…