Daniel 2:41
in Daniel 2And just as you saw that the feet and toes were made partly of fired clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom, yet some of the strength of iron will be in it—just as you saw the iron mixed with clay.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
KJV
And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
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This verse in Daniel 2
Commentary
3 notes on this verseon Daniel 2:41-43
But its feet and toes are partly of iron and partly of earthenware, a fact most clearly demonstrated at the present time. For just as there was at the first nothing stronger or hardier than the Roman realm, so also in these last days there is nothing more feeble, since we require the assistance of barbarian tribes both in our civil wars and against foreign nations.
This site's exposition
another kingdom inferior to thee
on Daniel 2:39-43
The traditional line, the site's own tradition among them, reads the silver kingdom inferior to Babylon as Medo-Persia, the brass bearing rule over all the earth as Greece, and the fourth kingdom strong as iron as Rome, a line argued at length by Pusey and defended against Porphyry's late dating by Jerome; a critical reading holds the fourth kingdom terminates in the divided Hellenistic empires after Alexander, the Greek-terminus line named here with its holders rather than erased. The feet's iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men but not cleave one to another, is read across both lines as a divided final state, strong in parts and brittle at the joints, whichever kingdoms the reader assigns to it.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
on Daniel 2:41-43
NEWTON, who understands the Roman empire to be parted into the ten kingdoms already (whereas TREGELLES makes them future), explains the "clay" mixture as the blending of barbarous nations with Rome by intermarriages and alliances, in which there was no stable amalgamation, though the ten kingdoms retained much of Rome's strength.
The words behind it
27 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְדִֽי־ | vedi- | and that | H1768 → | 345 times |
| חֲזַ֜יְתָה | chazaytah | you saw | H2370 → | 31 times |
| רַגְלַיָּ֣א | raglaiya' | feet the | H7271 → | 7 times |
| וְאֶצְבְּעָתָ֗א | veetzbeata' | and toes the | H677 → | 3 times |
| מִנְּהֵ֞ן | minehen | some of them | H4481 → | 109 times |
| חֲסַ֤ף | chasaf | clay | H2635 → | 9 times |
| דִּֽי־ | di- | of | H1768 → | 345 times |
| פֶחָר֙ | fechar | a potter | H6353 → | |
| וּמִנְּהֵ֣ין | uminehon | and some of them | H4481 → | 109 times |
| פַּרְזֶ֔ל | parzel | iron | H6523 → | 20 times |
| מַלְכ֤וּ | malkhu | a kingdom | H4437 → | 57 times |
| פְלִיגָה֙ | feligah | divided | H6386 → | |
| תֶּהֱוֵ֔ה | teheveh | it will be | H1934 → | 71 times |
| וּמִן־ | umin- | and some of | H4481 → | 109 times |
| נִצְבְּתָ֥א | nitzbeta' | firmness the | H5326 → | |
| דִ֥י | di | of | H1768 → | 345 times |
| פַרְזְלָ֖א | farzela' | iron the | H6523 → | 20 times |
| לֶֽהֱוֵא־ | leheve'- | it will be | H1934 → | 71 times |
| בַ֑הּ | vah | in it | ||
| כָּל־ | kol- | as to | ||
| קֳבֵל֙ | kovel | because | H6903 → | 29 times |
| דִּ֣י | di | that | H1768 → | 345 times |
| חֲזַ֔יְתָה | chazaytah | you saw | H2370 → | 31 times |
| פַּ֨רְזְלָ֔א | parzela' | iron the | H6523 → | 20 times |
| מְעָרַ֖ב | mearav | mixed | H6151 → | 4 times |
| בַּחֲסַ֥ף | bachasaf | with [the] clay of | H2635 → | 9 times |
| טִינָֽא׃ | tina' | clay the | H2917 → |
וְדִֽי־and that
vedi-H1768 →345 times
חֲזַ֜יְתָהyou saw
chazaytahH2370 →31 times
רַגְלַיָּ֣אfeet the
raglaiya'H7271 →7 times
וְאֶצְבְּעָתָ֗אand toes the
veetzbeata'H677 →3 times
מִנְּהֵ֞ןsome of them
minehenH4481 →109 times
חֲסַ֤ףclay
chasafH2635 →9 times
דִּֽי־of
di-H1768 →345 times
פֶחָר֙a potter
fecharH6353 →
וּמִנְּהֵ֣יןand some of them
uminehonH4481 →109 times
פַּרְזֶ֔לiron
parzelH6523 →20 times
מַלְכ֤וּa kingdom
malkhuH4437 →57 times
פְלִיגָה֙divided
feligahH6386 →
תֶּהֱוֵ֔הit will be
tehevehH1934 →71 times
וּמִן־and some of
umin-H4481 →109 times
נִצְבְּתָ֥אfirmness the
nitzbeta'H5326 →
דִ֥יof
diH1768 →345 times
פַרְזְלָ֖אiron the
farzela'H6523 →20 times
לֶֽהֱוֵא־it will be
leheve'-H1934 →71 times
בַ֑הּin it
vah
כָּל־as to
kol-
קֳבֵל֙because
kovelH6903 →29 times
דִּ֣יthat
diH1768 →345 times
חֲזַ֔יְתָהyou saw
chazaytahH2370 →31 times
פַּ֨רְזְלָ֔אiron the
parzela'H6523 →20 times
מְעָרַ֖בmixed
mearavH6151 →4 times
בַּחֲסַ֥ףwith [the] clay of
bachasafH2635 →9 times
טִינָֽא׃clay the
tina'H2917 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Revelation 13:1Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.
it leads to
- Revelation 12:3
Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 17:3
And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten…
- Daniel 7:23–25
This is what he said: ‘The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on the earth, different from all the other kingdoms, and it will devour the whole earth, trample it down,…
- Revelation 11:7
When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.
- Revelation 12:3
Through
Daniel 7:7After this, as I watched in my vision in the night, suddenly a fourth beast appeared, and it was terrifying—dreadful and extremely strong—with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed; then it trampled underfoot…
it leads to
- Revelation 13:1
Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 13:1
Through
Revelation 12:3Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.
it leads to
- Revelation 17:12
The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive one hour of authority as kings, along with the beast.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Daniel 7:24
And the ten horns are ten kings who will rise from this kingdom. After them another king, different from the earlier ones, will rise and subdue three kings.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 17:16
And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 17:12
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About Daniel
This page draws on Edward Bouverie Pusey, Daniel the Prophet; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER TWO and Jerome, Commentary on Daniel.