🦁WEB · Daniel 2:37

What does Daniel 2:37 mean?

"You, O king, are king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the strength, and the glory."

— Daniel 2:37 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

34

You saw until a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.

35

Then the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold were broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors. The wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them. The stone that struck the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

36

“This is the dream; and we will tell its interpretation before the king.

37

You, O king, are king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the strength, and the glory.

38

Wherever the children of men dwell, he has given the animals of the field and the birds of the sky into your hand, and has made you rule over them all. You are the head of gold.

39

“After you, another kingdom will arise that is inferior to you; and another third kingdom of brass, which will rule over all the earth.

40

The fourth kingdom will be strong as iron, because iron breaks in pieces and subdues all things; and as iron that crushes all these, it will break in pieces and crush.

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