Dànyǐlǐshū 2:40

40 Dì sì guó , bìjiān zhuàng rú tiĕ , tiĕ néng dá suì kèzhì bǎi/bó wù , yòu néng yē suì yīqiè , nà guó yĕ bì dá suì yēzhì liè guó .

Dànyǐlǐshū 2:40 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 2:40

And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron
This is not the kingdom of the Lagidae and Seleucidae, the successors of Alexander, as some have thought; for these are designed by the thighs in the third kingdom; and, besides, the kingdom of Christ was to arise in the time of this fourth kingdom, which it did not in that; nor the kingdom of Gog, or the empire of the Turks, as Saadiah, Aben Ezra, and Jarchi; but the Roman empire, which is compared to iron for its strength, firmness, and duration in itself; and for its power over other nations; and also for its cruelty to the Jews above all others, in utterly destroying their city, temple, and nation: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things;
so this kingdom has subdued and conquered all others; not the Jews only, but the Persians, Egyptians, Syrians, Africans, French, Germans, yea, all the world: and as iron that breaketh,
or "even as iron breaketh all these", shall it break in pieces, and bruise;
all nations and kingdoms; hence Rome has been called the mistress of the world, and its empire in Scripture is called the whole world, ( Luke 2:1 ) ( Revelation 17:18 ) .

Dànyǐlǐshū 2:40 In-Context

38 Fán shìrén suǒ zhù zhī dì de zǒushòu , bīng tiānkōng de fēiniǎo , tā dōu jiāofù nǐ shǒu , shǐ nǐ zhǎng guǎn zhè yīqiè . nǐ jiù shì nà jīn tóu .

39 Zaì nǐ yǐhòu bì Lìng xīng yī guó , bú jí yú nǐ . yòu yǒu dì sān guó , jiù shì tóng de , bì zhǎng guǎn tiān xià .

40 Dì sì guó , bìjiān zhuàng rú tiĕ , tiĕ néng dá suì kèzhì bǎi/bó wù , yòu néng yē suì yīqiè , nà guó yĕ bì dá suì yēzhì liè guó .

41 Nǐ jì jiàn xiàng de jiǎ hé jiǎ zhítou , yī bàn shì yáo jiàng de ní , yī bàn shì tiĕ , nà guó jiānglái yĕ bì fēnkāi . nǐ jì jiàn tiĕ yǔ ní chānzá , nà guó yĕ bì yǒu tiĕ de lìliang .

42 Nà jiǎ zhítou , jì shì bàn tiĕ bàn ní , nà guó yĕ bì bàn jiàng bàn ruò .