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NASB					Dan 2:32 "The ^Ahead⁷²¹⁷ of that statue⁶⁷⁵⁵ was made of fine²⁸⁶⁹ gold¹⁷²², its breast²³⁰⁶ and its arms¹⁸⁷² of silver³⁷⁰², its belly⁴⁵⁷⁷ and its thighs³⁴¹⁰ of bronze⁵¹⁷⁴,
AMPLIFIED 2015					Dan 2:32 "As for this ¹statue, its head was made of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze,

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Daniel's interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar's dream outlines the further history of Gentile world power. The four metals of which the statue was made represented four successive empires, each with the power to rule the inhabited earth--though each stopped short of that. They were: (1) Babylon (Jer 51:7); (2) Medo-Persia; (3) Greece under Alexander; and (4) Rome. The latter power was divided first into the two legs, corresponding to the eastern and western Roman Empires, and then (after a very long time apparently) into the ten toes, a confederacy made up largely of European nations (7:24-27).

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Dan 2:38 and wherever the sons of men dwell, or the beasts of the field, or the birds of the sky, He has given them into your hand and has caused you to rule over them all. You are the head of gold.

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1722

dehab (1087a); (Ara.) corr. to 2091; gold:--gold(17), golden(6).

1872

dera (1089a); (Ara.) corr. to 2220; an arm:--arms(1).

2306

chadi (1092a); (Ara.) corr. to 2373; breast:--breast(1).

2869

tab (1094a); (Ara.) from 2868; good:--fine(1), pleases(1).

3410