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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Dan 2:38 — And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou [art] this head of gold.
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the beasts
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Dan 4:21,22; Psa 50:10,11; Jer 27:5-7 |
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Thou art
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The Chaldean monarchy, over which Nebuchadnezzar was the only king of note; in whose time it extended over Chaldea, Assyria, Arabia, Syria, Egypt, and Libya: the head of gold represented its immense riches. See on Dan 2:32. |
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Dan 4:21 |
Whose leaves [were] fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it [was] meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation: |
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Dan 4:22 |
It [is] thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth. |
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Psa 50:10 |
For every beast of the forest [is] mine, [and] the cattle upon a thousand hills. |
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Psa 50:11 |
I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field [are] mine. |
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Jer 27:5 |
I have made the earth, the man and the beast that [are] upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. |
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Jer 27:6 |
And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. |
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Jer 27:7 |
And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him. |
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Dan 2:32 |
This image's head [was] of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Daniel 2:38," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Dan/2/38.html>.
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