Parallel Verses
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,
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,
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,
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
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 You, O King, were looking, and a great image was there. This image, which was very great, and whose glory was very bright, was placed before you: its form sent fear into the heart. 32 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, 33 Its legs of iron, its feet were in part of iron and in part of potter's earth.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 14:4
That you will take up this bitter song against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the cruel overseer come to an end! He who was lifted up in pride is cut off;
Jeremiah 51:7
Babylon has been a gold cup in the hand of the Lord, which has made all the earth overcome with wine: the nations have taken of her wine, and for this cause the nations have gone off their heads.
Daniel 2:37-39
You, O King, 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 you, O King, who have become great and strong: for your power is increased and stretching up to heaven, and your rule to the end of the earth.
Daniel 4:30
The king made answer and said, Is this not great Babylon, which I have made for the living-place of kings, by the strength of my power and for the glory of my honour?
Daniel 7:4-6
The first was like a lion and had eagle's wings; while I was watching its wings were pulled off, and it was lifted up from the earth and placed on two feet like a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
Daniel 8:3-8
And lifting up my eyes, I saw, there before the stream, a male sheep with two horns: and the two horns were high, but one was higher than the other, the higher one coming up last.
Daniel 11:2-20
And now I will make clear to you what is true. There are still three kings to come in Persia, and the fourth will have much greater wealth than all of them: and when he has become strong through his wealth, he will put his forces in motion against all the kingdoms of Greece.
Revelation 17:4
And the woman was clothed in purple and bright red, with ornaments of gold and stones of great price and jewels; and in her hand was a gold cup full of evil things and her unclean desires;