Daniel 2:40
King James Version (KJV)
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.
Daniel 2:40
New Living Translation (NLT)
40 Following that kingdom, there will be a fourth one, as strong as iron. That kingdom will smash and crush all previous empires, just as iron smashes and crushes everything it strikes.
New Living Translation (NLT)
Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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Iron is strong and more common than silver and gold. This kingdom is Rome which was across the world but then soon became weak. Iron is a very though metal but it is also easily rusted. The kingdom of Rome was strong but when it became weak it was very weak as if the iron of the kingdom had rusted. Now all kingdoms or nations that have arrived since modeled at Rome. The Byzantines modeled after Rome and were consider the second Rome. Russian Empire was biggest during USSR time of the Soviet Union but they referred to themselves as Czars after the Roman Caesar. Hitler called his reign of Nazis the Third reign referring to Rome the first and the Byzantines the second. The English empire which was during the 1700 modeled itself after Rome. The eastern empires model themselves after other eastern empires though but, to the western world there was none better than Rome.
King James Version (KJV)
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.
Daniel 2:40
New Living Translation (NLT)
40 Following that kingdom, there will be a fourth one, as strong as iron. That kingdom will smash and crush all previous empires, just as iron smashes and crushes everything it strikes.
New Living Translation (NLT)
Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
These are my thoughts, please share yours.
Iron is strong and more common than silver and gold. This kingdom is Rome which was across the world but then soon became weak. Iron is a very though metal but it is also easily rusted. The kingdom of Rome was strong but when it became weak it was very weak as if the iron of the kingdom had rusted. Now all kingdoms or nations that have arrived since modeled at Rome. The Byzantines modeled after Rome and were consider the second Rome. Russian Empire was biggest during USSR time of the Soviet Union but they referred to themselves as Czars after the Roman Caesar. Hitler called his reign of Nazis the Third reign referring to Rome the first and the Byzantines the second. The English empire which was during the 1700 modeled itself after Rome. The eastern empires model themselves after other eastern empires though but, to the western world there was none better than Rome.
