Daniel Interprets the Dream

³¹ “You saw, O king, and behold, a great image. This image, mighty and of exceeding brightness, stood before you, and its appearance was frightening. ^32 (A)The head of this image was of fine gold, ^(B)its chest and arms of silver, its middle and ^(C)thighs of bronze, ^33 (D)its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.

⁴⁴ And in the days of those kings ^(A)the God of heaven will set up ^(B)a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. ^(C)It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and ^(D)it shall stand forever,

⁴⁵ just as ^(A)you saw that ^(B)a stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that ^(C)it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A ^(D)great God has made known to the king what shall be after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”