Bible Strands
Daniel 2:32
The head of the statue was pure gold, its chest and arms were silver, its belly and thighs were bronze,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Daniel recounts Nebuchadnezzar’s vision of a massive, dazzling statue, describing its metallic composition as the monarch watches.
The words — The Aramaic re’sh (head) and dehav (gold) mark the statue’s apex, while chado (chest) and dra (arms) introduce the second tier.
The thread — The metallic sequence continues in Daniel 2:33 with iron legs and mixed clay feet, while Jeremiah 51:7 and Isaiah 14:4 deploy gold and Babylonian motifs to contrast earthly dominance with divine judgment.
Why it lands — The text records the statue’s second tier as silver without assigning political identities, reserving that interpretive step for later verses. It demands a reader track the vision’s structural sequence before applying external historical mappings.
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The Hebrew words
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,
Cross-references
- Isaiah 14:4 you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!
- Jeremiah 51:7 Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.
- Daniel 2:37 You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.
- Daniel 4:22 you, O king, are that tree! For you have become great and strong; your greatness has grown to reach the sky, and your dominion extends to the ends of the earth.
- Daniel 4:30 the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”
- Daniel 7:4 The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man and given the mind of a man.
- Daniel 11:2 Now then, I will tell you the truth: Three more kings will arise in Persia, and then a fourth, who will be far richer than all the others. By the power of his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.
- Revelation 17:4 The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.
- Daniel 8:3 Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a ram with two horns standing beside the canal. The horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one grew up later.