Daniel 2:40

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.

— Daniel 2:40, King James Version
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Context

This verse from Daniel Chapter 2 connects to 10 cross-references. Nebuchadnezzar dreams of a great statue of various metals struck by a stone cut without hands. Daniel interprets: the statue represents successive world kingdoms (gold, silver, bronze, iron-clay) while the stone is God's kingdom that will crush all others and …

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Other Translations

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.

YLT

And the fourth kingdom is strong as iron, because that iron is breaking small, and making feeble, all <FI>things<Fi> , even as iron that is breaking all these, it beateth small and breaketh.

BBE

And the fourth kingdom will be strong as iron: because, as all things are broken and overcome by iron, so it will have the power of crushing and smashing down all the earth.

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