Daniel 2 · Verse 39

Daniel 2:39

And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
Daniel 2:39, King James Version

Daniel 2:39 in other translations

BSBBut after you, there will arise another kingdom, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule the whole earth.
WEB“After you, another kingdom will arise that is inferior to you; and another third kingdom of bronze, which will rule over all the earth.
ASVAnd after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee; and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
YLTAnd after thee doth rise up another kingdom lower than those, and another third kingdom of brass, that doth rule overall the earth.
DARBYAnd after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee; then another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
BBEAnd after you another kingdom, lower than you, will come to power; and a third kingdom, of brass, ruling over all the earth.
WebsterAnd after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

What does Daniel 2:39 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
39. That Medo-Persia is the second kingdom appears from Da 5:28 and Da 8:20. Compare 2Ch 36:20; Is 21:2. inferior--"The kings of Persia were the worst race of men that ever governed an empire" [Prideaux]. Politically (which is the main point of view here) the power of the central government in which the nobles shared with the king, being weakened by the growing independence of the provinces, was inferior to that of Nebuchadnezzar, whose sole word was law throughout his empire. brass--The Greeks (the third empire, Da 8:21; 10:20; 11:2-4) were celebrated for the brazen armor of their warriors. Jerome fancifully thinks that the brass, as being a clear-sounding metal, refers to the eloquence for which Greece was famed. The "belly," in Da 2:32, may refer to the drunkenness of Alexander and the luxury of the Ptolemies [Tirinus]. over all the earth--Alexander commanded that he should be called "king of all the world" [Justin, 12. sec. 16.9; Arrian, Campaigns of Alexander, 7. sec. 15]. The four successors (diadochi) who divided Alexander's dominions at his death, of whom the Seleucidæ in Syria and the Lagidæ in Egypt were chief, held the same empire.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Daniel 2:31-45

This image represented the kingdoms of the earth, that should successively rule the nations, and influence the affairs of the Jewish church. 1. The head of gold signified the Chaldean empire, then in being. 2. The breast and arms of silver signified the empire of the Medes and Persians. 3. The belly and thighs of brass signified the Grecian empire, founded by Alexander. 4. The legs and feet of iron signified the…

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Daniel 2:39 in the original Hebrew

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וּבָתְרָ֗ךְu.va.te.Rakhand after youH870
תְּק֛וּםte.Kumit will ariseH6966
מַלְכ֥וּmal.Khua kingdomH4437
אָחֳרִ֖י'o.cho.RianotherH317
אֲרַ֣עא'a.Ra'earthwardH772
מִנָּ֑ךְmi.Nakhmore than youH4481
וּמַלְכ֨וּu.mal.Khuand a kingdomH4437
תְלִיתָאָ֤הte.li.ta.yathirdH8523
אָחֳרִי֙'o.cho.RianotherH317
דִּ֣יdiofH1768
נְחָשָׁ֔אne.cha.Sha'bronze theH5174
דִּ֥יdiwhichH1768
תִשְׁלַ֖טtish.Latit will ruleH7981
בְּכָל\־be.kholover allH3606
אַרְעָֽא\׃'ar.'A'earth theH772

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Cross references for Daniel 2:39

  • Daniel 2:32

    This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,

  • Isaiah 44:28-45:5

    That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. …

  • Daniel 5:28-31

    PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.

  • Daniel 8:20

    The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.

  • Daniel 10:20

    Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.

  • Daniel 8:3-14

    Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great. And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes. And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. …

  • Daniel 11:2-20

    And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia. And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those. And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion. …

  • Daniel 7:5-7

    And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

  • Zechariah 6:6

    The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country.

  • Daniel 7:23

    Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.

  • Zechariah 6:3

    And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
another kingdom.The empire of the Medes and Persians, whose union was denoted by the breast and two arms of silver; and which was established on the ruins of that of the Chaldeans on the capture of Babylon by Cyrus, B.C. 538.
32; 5:28-31; 7:5; 8:3,4,20; 11:2; Isa 44:28; 45:1-5
another third.The empire of the Macedonians, or "brazen-coated Greeks," aptly denoted by the belly and thighs of brass, founded by Alexander the Great, who terminated the Persian monarchy by the overthrow of Darius Codomanus at Arbela, B.C. 331
32; 7:6,7,23; 8:5-14; 10:20; 11:3-20; Zec 6:3,6

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Context

  • Daniel 2:38

    And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.

  • Daniel 2:39

    And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

  • Daniel 2:40

    And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.

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Daniel 2:39 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y después de ti se levantará otro reino menor que tú; y otro tercer reino de metal, el cual se enseñoreará de toda la tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et après toi s’élèvera un autre royaume, inférieur à toi; puis un troisième et autre royaume, d’airain, qui dominera sur toute la terre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und nach dir wird ein anderes Königreich aufstehen, niedriger als du; und ein anderes, drittes Königreich, von Erz, welches über die ganze Erde herrschen wird.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et post te consurget regnum aliud minus te argenteum: et regnum tertium aliud æreum, quod imperabit universæ terræ.