Daniel 2:40 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴⁰ “And the fourth reign is as strong as iron, because iron crushes and shatters all. So, like iron that breaks in pieces, it crushes and breaks all these.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁰ And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ And the fourth kingdom [Rome] shall be strong as iron, since iron breaks to pieces and subdues all things; and like iron which crushes, it shall break and crush all these. [Dan. 7:7, 23.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁰ And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things; and as iron that crusheth all these, shall it break in pieces and crush.

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ Then will come a fourth kingdom, mighty like iron. Just as iron shatters and crushes everything; so like an iron that smashes, it will shatter and crush all these others.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ And the fourth kingdom will be like iron. Just as iron shatters and conquers all things, so will it shatter and crush all these.

Daniel 2:40 Cross References

Job 9:17

For He crushes me with a storm, and has multiplied my wounds for no cause.

Jeremiah 15:12

“Does one break iron, iron or bronze from the north?

Daniel 2:33

its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.

Daniel 2:39

“And after you rises up another reign lower than yours, and another third reign of bronze that rules over all the earth.

Daniel 2:41

“Yet, as you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, the reign is to be divided. But some of the strength of the iron is to be in it, because you saw the iron mixed with muddy clay.

Daniel 7:7

“After this I looked in the night visions and saw a fourth beast, fearsome and burly, exceedingly strong. And it had great iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and trampled down the rest with its feet. And it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.

Daniel 8:24

“And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power, and he shall destroy incredibly, and shall prosper and thrive, and destroy mighty men, and the set-apart people.

Daniel 9:26

“And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off and have naught. And the people of a coming prince shall destroy the city and the set-apart place. And the end of it is with a flood. And wastes are decreed, and fighting until the end.

Amos 1:3

Thus said יהוה, “For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I do not turn it back, because they threshed Gilʽ

John 11:48

“If we let Him alone like this, they all shall believe in Him, and the Romans shall come and take away from us both our place and nation.”