Daniel 2:31 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³¹ “You were looking, O king, and there appeared a great statue. That statue was huge, its brilliance extraordinary; it was standing before you, and its appearance was frightening.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ You, O king, saw, and behold, [there was] a great image. This image which was mighty and of exceedingly great brightness stood before you, and the appearance of it was frightening and terrible.

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ Thou, O king, sawest, and, behold, a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the aspect thereof was terrible.

Common English Bible

³¹ “Your Majesty, you were looking, and there, rising before you, was a single, massive statue. This statue was huge, shining with dazzling light, and was awesome to see.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ You, O king, saw, and behold, something like a great statue. This statue, which was great and high, stood exalted above you, and you considered how terrible it was.

English Standard Version 2016

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.

Daniel 2:31 Cross References

Isaiah 13:11

I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity; I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant and lay low the insolence of tyrants.

Ezekiel 28:7

therefore, I will bring strangers against you, the most terrible of the nations; they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splendor.

Daniel 2:36

“That was the dream; now we will tell the king its interpretation.

Daniel 2:37

You, O king, the king of kings—to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the might, and the glory,

Daniel 3:1

King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue whose height was sixty cubits and whose width was six cubits; he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.

Daniel 4:36

At that time my reason returned to me, and my majesty and splendor were restored to me for the glory of my kingdom. My counselors and my lords sought me out, I was reestablished over my kingdom, and still more greatness was added to me.

Habakkuk 1:7

Dread and fearsome are they; their justice and dignity proceed from themselves.

Matthew 4:8

Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory,

Luke 4:5

Then the devil led him up and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.