Verse 32
Daniel 2:32
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
32
The head of this statue was of fine gold, but the breast and the arms of silver, and the belly and the thighs of brass:
Original Language Text
hebrew
ה֣וּא צַלְמָ֗/א רֵאשֵׁ/הּ֙ דִּֽי דְהַ֣ב טָ֔ב חֲד֥וֹ/הִי וּ/דְרָע֖וֹ/הִי דִּ֣י כְסַ֑ף מְע֥וֹ/הִי וְ/יַרְכָתֵ֖/הּ דִּ֥י נְחָֽשׁ
English Translation
He is the first shadow of the good delight, and her splendor, which is like silver, and her end, which is the serpent.
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Chapter 2 Context
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In the second year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor, Nabuchodonosor had a dream, and his spirit was te...
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Then the king commanded to call together the diviners and the wise men, and the magicians, and the C...
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And the king said to them: I saw a dream: and being troubled in mind I know not what I saw.
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And the Chaldeans answered the king in Syriac: O king, live for ever: tell to thy servants thy dream...
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And the king answering said to the Chaldeans: The thing is gone out of my mind: unless you tell me t...
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But if you tell the dream, and the meaning of it, you shall receive of me rewards, and gifts, and gr...
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They answered again and said: Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will declare the inte...
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The king answered, and said: I know for certain that you seek to gain time, since you know that the...
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If therefore you tell me not the dream, there is one sentence concerning you, that you have also fra...
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Then the Chaldeains answered before the king, and said: There is no man upon earth, that can accompl...
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For the thing that thou askest, O king, is difficult; nor can any one be found that can shew it befo...
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Upon hearing this, the king in fury, and in great wrath, commanded that all the wise men of Babylon...
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And the decree being gone forth, the wise men were slain: and Daniel and his companions were sought...
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Then Daniel inquired concerning the law and the sentence, of Arioch the general of the king's army,...
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And he asked him that had received the orders of the king, why so cruel a sentence was gone forth fr...
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Daniel went in and desired of the king, that he would give him time to resolve the question and decl...
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And he went into his house, and told the matter to Ananias, and Misael, and Azarias his companions:
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To the end that they should ask mercy at the face of the God (Elohim) of heaven concerning this secr...
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Then was the mystery revealed to Daniel by a vision in the night: and Daniel blessed the God (Elohim...
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And speaking he said: Blessed be the name of the Lord from eternity and for evermore: for wisdom and...
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And he changeth times and ages: taketh away kingdoms and establisheth them, giveth wisdom to the wis...
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He revealeth deep and hidden things, and knoweth what is in darkness: and light is with him.
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To thee, O God (Elohim) of our fathers, I give thanks, and I praise thee: because thou hast given me...
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After this Daniel went in to Arioch, to whom the king had given orders to destroy the wise men of Ba...
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Then Arioch in haste brought in Daniel to the king, and said to him: I have found a man of the child...
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The king answered, and said to Daniel, whose name was Baltassar: Thinkest thou indeed that thou cans...
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And Daniel made answer before the king, and said: The secret that the king desireth to know, none of...
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But there is a God (Elohim) in heaven that revealeth mysteries, who hath shewn to thee, O king Nabuc...
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Thou, O king, didst begin to think in thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revea...
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To me also this secret is revealed, not by any wisdom that I have more than all men alive: but that...
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Thou, O king, sawest, and behold there was as it were a great statue: this statue, which was great a...
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The head of this statue was of fine gold, but the breast and the arms of silver, and the belly and t...
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And the legs of iron, the feet part of iron and part of clay.
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Thus thou sawest, till a stone was cut out of a mountain without hands: and it struck the statue upo...
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Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken to pieces together, and beca...
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This is the dream: we will also tell the interpretation thereof before thee, O king.
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Thou art a king of kings: and the God (Elohim) of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, and strength, an...
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And all places wherein the children of men, and the beasts of the field do dwell: he hath also given...
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And after thee shall rise up another kingdom, inferior to thee, of silver: and another third kingdom...
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And the fourth kingdom shall be as iron. As iron breaketh into pieces, and subdueth all things, so s...
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Arid whereas thou sawest the feet, and the toes, part of potter's clay, and part of iron: the kingdo...
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And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, the kingdom shall be partly strong,...
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And whereas thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall be mingled indeed together with th...
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But in the days of those kingdoms the God (Elohim) of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never...
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According as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and broke in piec...
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Then king Nabuchodonosor fell on his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should off...
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And the king spoke to Daniel, and said: Verily your God (Elohim) is the God (Elohim) of gods, and Lo...
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Then the king advanced Daniel to a high station, and gave him many and great gifts: and he made him...
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And Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago over the works of t...
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