Daniel 2:44

In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Daniel speaks to Nebuchadnezzar, delivering the final element of his dream-interpretation: after the four empires, God's own kingdom.

The words — יְקִים (yĕqîm, H6966), "he will set up," is the verb that carries the verse — God's active, decisive establishment, not a gradual emergence.

The thread — The same unshakable kingdom runs through Psalm 145:13, Luke 1:32, and Matthew 28:18, where it is located in the person and authority of Christ.

Why it lands — It forces a reader to reckon with the fact that every political order they inhabit is on the shattering side of the equation, not the standing side.

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The Hebrew words

וּֽבְיוֹמֵיה֞וֹןu./ve./yo.mei./Honand/ in/ days/ their דִּ֧יdiof מַלְכַיָּ֣אmal.khai.Ya/'kings/ the אִנּ֗וּן'i.Nunthose יְקִים֩ye.Kimhe will set up אֱלָ֨הּ'e.Lah[the] God of שְׁמַיָּ֤אshe.mai.Ya/'heavens/ the מַלְכוּ֙mal.Khua kingdom דִּ֤יdiwhich לְעָלְמִין֙le./'al.Minfor/ ever לָ֣אla'not תִתְחַבַּ֔לtit.cha.Balit will be destroyed וּמַ֨לְכוּתָ֔הu./Mal.khu.Tah/'and/ kingdom/ the לְעַ֥םle./'Amto/ a people אָחֳרָ֖ן'o.cho.Rananother לָ֣אla'not תִשְׁתְּבִ֑קtish.te.Vikit will be left תַּדִּ֤קta.Dikit will shatter וְתָסֵיף֙ve./ta.Seifso/ it may put an end to כָּל־kol-all אִלֵּ֣ין'i.Leinthese מַלְכְוָתָ֔אmal.khe.va.Ta/'kingdoms/ the וְהִ֖יאve./Hi'and/ it תְּק֥וּםte.Kumit will endure לְעָלְמַיָּֽא׃le./'al.mai.Ya/'for/ <the>/ ever

King James Version

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 all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

Cross-references

Matthew 28:18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
Luke 1:32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
Psalms 145:13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful in all His words and kind in all His actions.
Daniel 6:26 I hereby decree that in every part of my kingdom, men are to tremble in fear before the God of Daniel: For He is the living God, and He endures forever; His kingdom will never be destroyed, and His dominion will never end.
Revelation 11:15 Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
Micah 4:7 And I will make the lame into a remnant, the outcast into a strong nation. Then the LORD will rule over them in Mount Zion from that day and forever.
1 Corinthians 15:24 Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power.
Isaiah 60:12 For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed.
Ephesians 1:20 which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
Daniel 4:34 But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.