31 “You, O king, were watching; and behold, a great image! This great image, whose splendor was excellent, stood before you; and its form was awesome. 32 (A)This image’s head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and [a]thighs of bronze, 33 its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of [b]clay. 34 You watched while a stone was cut out (B)without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. 35 (C)Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became (D)like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that (E)no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image (F)became a great mountain (G)and filled the whole earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 2:32 Or sides
  2. Daniel 2:33 Or baked clay, also vv. 34, 35, 42

31 “Your Majesty looked, and there before you stood a large statue—an enormous, dazzling statue,(A) awesome(B) in appearance. 32 The head of the statue was made of pure gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, 33 its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of baked clay. 34 While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands.(C) It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed(D) them.(E) 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were all broken to pieces and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The wind swept them away(F) without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain(G) and filled the whole earth.(H)

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