Daniel 2:44 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And in the daysm of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. ”

• Daniel 2:44 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And in the days of these kings - Margin, “their.” The reading in the text “these kings” - is the more correct. The Vulgate renders this, “in the days of these kingdoms.” The natural and obvious s...

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• Daniel 2:44 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which (z) shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, [but] it shall break in pieces and cons...

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• Daniel 2:44 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Interpretation of the Dream. According to Daniel's interpretation the colossal statue is a pictorial representation of the course of history. Four empires succeed each other and are finally des...

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• Daniel 2:44 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  these kings . Represented by the ten toes: i.e. in their days, at the end of the time of the fifth power. Compare Revelation 17:12-18 . That is the moment of the great stone, and of the coming of...

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• Daniel 2:44 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  The Jews agree with us in thinking this passage cannot be otherwise understood than of the perpetual reign of Christ, and willingly and eagerly ascribe to the glory of their own nation whatever...

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• Daniel 2:44 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1123 THE STONE THAT BECAME A MOUNTAIN Daniel 2:44 . In the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be l...

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• Daniel 2:44 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume...

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• Daniel 2:44 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  In the days of these kings— That is, in the days of some of them. As in the days when the judges ruled, Ruth 1:1 signifies, "In the days when some of the judges ruled;" so in the days of t...

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• Daniel 2:44 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consum...

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• Daniel 2:44 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Nebuchandezzar's Dream-Image Nebuchadnezzar in his second year had a dream, which he required the wise men of his court to describe and interpret on pain of death. They said this was beyond their...

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• Daniel 2:44 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  In the days of these kings . — Yet no kings have been mentioned hitherto. They must therefore correspond to the toes of the image. (Comp. Daniel 7:24 .) It appears therefore that while this fourth...

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• Daniel 2:44 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE DREAM-IMAGE OF RUINED EMPIRES "With thee will I break in pieces rulers and captains." - Jeremiah 51:23 THE Book of Daniel is constructed with consummate skill to teach the mighty lessons wh...

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• Daniel 2:44 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  God's Kingdom Triumphant Daniel 2:36-49 Our Lord probably refers to these five empires when He speaks of “the times of the Gentiles.” The empire of Babylon was followed by that of Medo-Persia u...

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• Daniel 2:44 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  In the second year of his reign Nebuchadnezzar, troubled by dreams and unable to sleep, called together his enchanters and sorcerers to explain his dreams one of which troubled him especially. Their...

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• Daniel 2:44 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Think, Reader! what astonishment must have overwhelmed the mind of Babylon's monarch, when beholding a poor captive youth of Israel's race, not only bringing to his recollection all the circumstances...

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• Daniel 2:44 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And in the days of these kings , c. Not of the Babylonian, Persian, and Grecian kings nor, indeed, of the old Roman kings, or emperors; but in the days of these ten kings, or kingdoms, into which th...

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• Daniel 2:44 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, [but] it shall break in pieces and consume...

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• Daniel 2:44 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And in the days of these kings That is, kingdoms, or during the succession of these four monarchies; and it must be during the time of the last of them, because they are reckoned four in successi...

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• Daniel 2:44 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Nebuchadnezzar's Dream Interpreted. B. C. 603.       31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a g...

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• Daniel 2:44 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  In the days of these kings, i.e. while the iron kingdom stood, (for Christ was born in the reign of Augustus Caesar, Luke 2:1 ) shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom. Now see the difference...

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• Daniel 2:44 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  “And in the days of those kings will the God of heaven set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left to another people. But it will break in pieces and consume all...

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• Daniel 2:44 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  HOMILETICS SECT. IX.—THE INTERPRETATION OF THE DREAM (Chap. Daniel 2:36-46 ) In the interpretation of the king’s dream we come to the prophecies of Daniel. Some of these prophecies were communic...

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• Daniel 2:44 - Scofield Reference Notes

  and in the days The passage fixes authoritatively the time relative to other predicted events, when the kingdom of the heavens will be set up. It will be "in the days of those kings," that is,...

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• Daniel 2:44 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Daniel 2:29-49 I take the severance of the stone from the mountain to denote the coming of Christ into the world, and the collision of the stone with the image to mean the founding by the Lord of...

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• Daniel 2:44 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Daniel 2:1 . In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar, after he ascended the throne, according to the Chaldaic account, which was the fourth according to the Hebrew account. Nebuchadnezzar is thought...

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• Daniel 2:44 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands. The Dream Recovered and Interpreted The vision suggests to us many interesting things concerning the Kingdom of Christ. 1. Its superh...

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• Daniel 2:44 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Daniel 2:1-27 DANIEL FIRST BECOMES DISTINGUISHED . Daniel 2:1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spi...

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• Daniel 2:44 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Dream Interpreted; Daniel Advanced

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• Daniel 2:44 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 15:24 ; 1 Corinthians 15:25 ; Daniel 4:3 ; Daniel 4:34 ; Daniel 6:26 ; Daniel 7:13 ; Daniel 7:14 ; Daniel 8:25 ; Daniel 2:28 ; Daniel 2:37 ; Ephesians 1:20-22 ; Ezekiel 37:2...

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• Daniel 2:44 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  In the days of these kings — While the iron kingdom stood, for Christ was born in the reign of Augustus Caesar. And this kingdom is not bounded by any limits, as worldly empires are, but is truly u...

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