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Daniel 2:45

King James Version (KJV)

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Daniel 2:45

Verse 45 of 49

Scripture focus

Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream [is] certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

Daniel 2:45 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Daniel 2:45

Theological / Devotional

Stone. Aramaic ’eben, identical with the Heb. ’eben, “a single stone,” used of slabs, sling stones, hewn stones, stone vessels, precious stones. The word “rock,” frequently used of God (Deut. 32:4, 18; 1 Sam. 2:2; etc.), is from the Heb. sur rather than ’eben. It cannot be established that there is any necessary connection between Daniel’s symbol for the kingdom of God and the figure of a rock or stone used elsewhere. The interpretation offered by Daniel is of itself sufficient to identify the symbol.

Without hands. This kingdom has a superhuman origin. It is to be founded, not by the ingenious hands of man, but by the mighty hand of God.

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