Daniel 2:38-40

New International Version

³⁸in your hands he has placed all mankind and the beasts of the field and the birds in the sky. Wherever they live, he has made you ruler over them all.^(A) You are that head of gold.

³⁹“After you, another kingdom will arise, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth.^(B) ⁴⁰Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron—for iron breaks and smashes everything—and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others.^(C)

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Daniel 2:38-40

New King James Version

³⁸^(A)and wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven, He has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all—^(B)you are this head of gold. ³⁹But after you shall arise ^(C)another kingdom ^(D)inferior to yours; then another, a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth. ⁴⁰And ^(E)the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron, inasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything; and like iron that crushes, that kingdom will break in pieces and crush all the others.

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Daniel 2:38-40

English Standard Version

³⁸and into whose hand he has given, wherever they dwell, the children of man, ^(A)the beasts of the field, and the birds of the heavens, making you rule over them all—you are ^(B)the head of gold. ³⁹^(C)Another kingdom inferior to you shall arise after you, and yet a third kingdom ^(D)of bronze, ^(E)which shall rule over all the earth. ⁴⁰And ^(F)there shall be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron, because iron ^(G)breaks to pieces and shatters all things. And like iron that crushes, it shall ^(H)break and crush all these.