Daniel 2:32

32 La tête de la statue était d'or fin; sa poitrine et ses bras étaient d'argent; son ventre et ses hanches étaient d'airain;

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 Et ce secret m'a été révélé, non qu'il y ait eu en moi plus de sagesse qu'en aucun des vivants, mais pour que l'interprétation en soit donnée au roi, et que tu connaisses les pensées de ton cœur.

31 O roi! tu regardais, et tu voyais une grande statue; cette statue était immense et d'une splendeur extraordinaire; elle était debout devant toi, et son aspect était terrible.

32 La tête de la statue était d'or fin; sa poitrine et ses bras étaient d'argent; son ventre et ses hanches étaient d'airain;

33 Ses jambes étaient de fer; et ses pieds, en partie de fer et en partie d'argile.

34 Tu regardais, jusqu'à ce qu'une pierre fut détachée sans le secours d'aucune main et frappa la statue dans ses pieds, qui étaient de fer et d'argile, et les brisa.