Daniel 2:25-35

Daniel Declares the Dream to the King. By the inspiration of God Daniel is enabled to describe to the king his forgotten dream. In this dream the king had seen the image of a colossal man, which was of surpassing brilliance. The head was made of gold, the upper part of the body of silver, the lower part of bronze, the legs of iron, the feet of iron mixed with clay. As the king watched, a stone cut without hands smote the image and smashed it in pieces. The stone then grew till it became a mountain and filled the whole earth.

Daniel 2:27. soothsayers: lit. determiners of fates, i.e. fortunetellers. For the prevalence of magic at Babylon, Daniel 1:20 *.

Daniel 2:28. in the latter days: lit. at the end of the days, or, as we should say, at the close of time.

Daniel 2:29. thy thoughts came: the thoughts must be distinguished from the dream. The king was probably pondering over the future destinies of his kingdom, wondering what the future would bring for it, and the dream took shape as a weird and fantastic answer to his musings.

Daniel 2:31. excellent: surpassing. The word is used here in its old English sense.

Daniel 2:34. stone was cut out: i.e. from the mountain (see Daniel 2:45).