Daniel 2:32

32 La cabeza de esta estatua era de oro puro, su pecho y sus brazos de plata, y su vientre y sus muslos de bronce,

Daniel 2:32 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 2:32

This image's head was of fine gold
The prophet begins with the superior part of this image, and descends to the lower, because of the order and condition of the monarchies it represents: this signifies the Babylonian monarchy, as afterwards explained; called the "head", being the first and chief of the monarchies; and compared to "fine gold", because of the glory, excellency, and duration of it: his breast and his arms of silver;
its two arms, including its hands and its breast, to which they were joined, were of silver, a metal of less value than gold; designing the monarchy of the Medes and Persians, which are the two arms, and which centred in Cyrus, who was by his father a Persian, by his mother a Mede; and upon whom, after his uncle's death, the whole monarchy devolved: his belly and his thighs of brass;
a baser metal still; this points at the Macedonian or Grecian monarchy, set up by Alexander, signified by the "belly", for intemperance and luxury; as the two "thighs" denote his principal successors, the Selucidae and Lagidae, the Syrian and Egyptian kings; and these of brass, because of the sounding fame of them, as Jerom.

Daniel 2:32 In-Context

30 En cuanto a mí, me ha sido revelado este misterio, no porque yo tenga más sabiduría que cualquier otro viviente, sino con el fin de dar a conocer al rey la interpretación, y para que tú entiendas los pensamientos de tu corazón.

31 Tú, oh rey, tuviste una visión, y he aquí, había una gran estatua; esa estatua era enorme y su brillo extraordinario; estaba en pie delante de ti y su aspecto era terrible.

32 La cabeza de esta estatua era de oro puro, su pecho y sus brazos de plata, y su vientre y sus muslos de bronce,

33 sus piernas de hierro, sus pies en parte de hierro y en parte de barro.

34 Estuviste mirando hasta que una piedra fue cortada sin ayuda de manos, y golpeó la estatua en sus pies de hierro y de barro, y los desmenuzó.