Daniel 2:38
And all places wherein the children of men, and the beasts of the field do dwell: he hath also given the birds of the air into thy hand, and hath put all things under thy power: thou therefore art the head of gold.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- et omnia, in quibus habitant filii hominum, et bestiæ agri : volucres quoque cæli dedit in manu tua, et sub ditione tua universa constituit : tu es ergo caput aureum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ ὅπου κατοικοῦσιν οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων· θηρία τε ἀγροῦ καὶ πετεινὰ οὐρανοῦ ἔδωκεν ἐν τῇ χειρί σου, καὶ κατέστησεν κύριον πάντων· σὺ εἶ ἡ κεφαλὴ ἡ χρυσῆ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וּבְכָל דִּ֣י דארין בְּֽנֵי אֲ֠נָשָׁא חֵיוַ֨ת בָּרָ֤א וְעוֹף שְׁמַיָּא֙ יְהַ֣ב בִּידָ֔ךְ וְהַשְׁלְטָ֖ךְ בְּכָלְּה֑וֹן אַנְתְּה ה֔וּא רֵאשָׁ֖ה דִּ֥י דַהֲבָֽא
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Aphrahat Aphrahat: Select Demonstrations, Of Wars
11. For in the vision of Nebuchadnezzar, when he saw it, which Daniel made known and showed to Nebuchadnezzar, when he saw the image which stood over against him, the head of the image was of gold, and its breast and arms of silver, and its belly and thighs of brass, and its legs and feet of iron and potter’s clay . And Daniel said to Nebuchadnezzar: Thou art the head of gold . And why was he called the head of gold? Was it not because the word of Jeremiah was fulfilled in him? For Jeremiah said: Babylon is a golden cup in the hand of the Lord, that makes all the earth to drink of its wine . And also Babylon was called the head of all the kingdoms, as it is written: Babylon was the head of the of Nimrod.