Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,
New American Standard Bible
The
King James Version
This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
Holman Bible
The head of the statue was pure gold, its chest and arms were silver, its stomach and thighs were bronze,
International Standard Version
That statue had a head made of pure gold, with its chest and arms made of silver, its abdomen and thighs made of bronze,
American Standard Version
As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,
Amplified
As for this
Bible in Basic English
As for this image, its head was made of the best gold, its breast and its arms were of silver, its middle and its sides were of brass,
Darby Translation
This image's head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,
Julia Smith Translation
This image, its head of good gold, the breasts and arms of silver, and the bowels and thighs of brass:
King James 2000
This image's head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze,
Lexham Expanded Bible
The head of this statue [was] of fine gold, its chest and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze,
Modern King James verseion
This image's head was of fine gold; his breast and his arms were of silver; his belly and his thighs were of bronze;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The image head was of fine gold, his breast and arms of silver, his body and loins were of copper,
NET Bible
As for that statue, its head was of fine gold, its chest and arms were of silver, its belly and thighs were of bronze.
New Heart English Bible
As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,
The Emphasized Bible
As for this image, its head, was of fine gold, its breast and its arms, were of silver, - its belly and its thighs, of bronze;
Webster
The head of this image was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
World English Bible
As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,
Youngs Literal Translation
This image! its head is of good gold, its breasts and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass;
Themes
Babylon » Represented by » A head of gold
Brass » Inferior in value to gold and silver
Empires/world powers » The great image
the Macedonian empire » Illustrated by the » Brazen part of the image in nebuchadnezzar's dream
Medo-persian kingdom » Illustrated by » Silver part of image in nebuchadnezzar's dream
Nations » What nations the lord shall destroy
Persia » Prophecies concerning
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Daniel 2:32
Verse Info
Context Readings
Daniel Praises God And Interprets The King's Dream
31 Thou, O king, saw, and, behold, a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee, and the appearance of it was fearful. 32 As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass, 33 its legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and part of clay.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 14:4
that thou shall take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the oppressor ceased, the golden city ceased!
Jeremiah 51:7
Babylon has been a golden cup in LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunken. The nations have drunk of her wine, therefore the nations are mad.
Daniel 2:37-39
Thou, O king, are a king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory.
Daniel 4:22
it is thou, O king, who have grown and become strong. For thy greatness has grown, and reaches to heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
Daniel 4:30
The king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?
Daniel 7:4-6
The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings. I beheld till the wings of it were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand upon two feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
Daniel 8:3-8
Then I lifted up my 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 11:2-20
And now I will show thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia, and the fourth shall be far richer than them all. And when he has grown strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm o
Revelation 17:4
And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stone and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup containing abominations and the filthy things of her fornication,