Daniel 2:40 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 2:40

Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron; for iron shatters and crushes all things, and like iron that crushes all things, it will shatter and crush all the others.

BSB

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ASV

And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things; and as iron that crusheth all these, shall it break in pieces and crush.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER TWO (420)

"And there shall be a fourth empire like unto iron. Just as iron breaks to pieces and overcomes all else, so it shall break to pieces and shatter all these preceding empires . ..." Now the fourth empire, which clearly refers to the Romans, is the iron empire which breaks in pieces and overcomes all others.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

And the fourth kingdom - Represented in the image by the legs of iron, and the feet “part of iron, and part of clay,” Dan 2:33. The first question which arises here is, what kingdom is referred to by this? In regard to this, there have been two leading opinions: one, that it refers to the Roman empire; the other, that it refers to the kingdoms or dynasties that immediately succeeded the reign of Alexander the Great; embracing the kingdoms of the Seleucidae and Lagidae, Syria, and Egypt - in the language of Prof.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּמַלְכוּ֙	u.mal.Khu	and a kingdom	H4437 →
רְבִ֣יעָאָ֔ה	re.vi.'a.yah	fourth	H7244 →
תֶּהֱוֵ֥א	te.he.Ve'	it will be	H1934 →
תַקִּיפָ֖ה	ta.ki.Fah	strong	H8624 →
כְּפַרְזְלָ֑א	ke.far.ze.La'	like <the> iron	H6523 →
כָּל־	kol-	as to
קֳבֵ֗ל	ko.Vel	because	H6903 →
דִּ֤י	di	that	H1768 →
פַרְזְלָא֙	far.ze.La'	iron the	H6523 →
מְהַדֵּ֤ק	me.ha.Dek	[is] shattering	H1855 →
וְחָשֵׁל֙	ve.cha.Shel	and [is] crushing	H2827 →
כֹּ֔לָּא	Ko.la'	<the> everything	H3606 →
וּֽכְפַרְזְלָ֛א	u.khe.far.ze.La'	and like <the> iron	H6523 →
דִּֽי־	di-	which	H1768 →
מְרָעַ֥ע	me.ra.'A'	[is] crushing	H7490 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3606 →
אִלֵּ֖ין	'i.Lein	these	H459 →
תַּדִּ֥ק	ta.Dik	it will shatter	H1855 →
וְתֵרֹֽעַ׃	ve.te.Ro.a'	so it may crush	H7490 →

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The walk

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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
Daniel 7:7
After this, as I watched in my vision in the night, suddenly a fourth beast appeared, and it was terrifying—dreadful and extremely strong—with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed; then it trampled underfoot…
leads to
- Revelation 13:1
  Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.
- Revelation 12:3
  Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.
- Revelation 17:12
  The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive one hour of authority as kings, along with the beast.
- Daniel 7:23–24
  This is what he said: ‘The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on the earth, different from all the other kingdoms, and it will devour the whole earth, trample it down,…
- Daniel 7:19–20
  Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others—extremely terrifying—devouring and crushing with iron teeth and bronze claws, then trampling underfoot whatever was left.
Through
Amos 1:3
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.
leads to
- 2 Kings 10:32–33
  In those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory
- Amos 2:6
  This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.
Through
Daniel 8:24
His power will be great, but it will not be his own. He will cause terrible destruction and succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy the mighty men along with the holy people.
leads to
- Daniel 8:12
  And in the rebellion, the host and the daily sacrifice were given over to the horn, and it flung truth to the ground and prospered in whatever it did.