Daniel 2:41 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 2:41

And 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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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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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER TWO (420)

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.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.

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Original language & word study

27 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְדִֽי־	ve.di-	and that	H1768 →
חֲזַ֜יְתָה	cha.Zay.tah	you saw	H2370 →
רַגְלַיָּ֣א	rag.lai.Ya'	feet the	H7271 →
וְאֶצְבְּעָתָ֗א	ve.'etz.be.'a.Ta'	and toes the	H677 →
מִנְּהֵ֞ן	mi.ne.hen	some of them	H4481 →
חֲסַ֤ף	cha.Saf	clay	H2635 →
דִּֽי־	di-	of	H1768 →
פֶחָר֙	fe.Char	a potter	H6353 →
וּמִנְּהֵ֣ין	u.mi.ne.hon	and some of them	H4481 →
פַּרְזֶ֔ל	par.Zel	iron	H6523 →
מַלְכ֤וּ	mal.Khu	a kingdom	H4437 →
פְלִיגָה֙	fe.li.Gah	divided	H6386 →
תֶּהֱוֵ֔ה	te.he.Veh	it will be	H1934 →
וּמִן־	u.min-	and some of	H4481 →
נִצְבְּתָ֥א	nitz.be.Ta'	firmness the	H5326 →
דִ֥י	di	of	H1768 →
פַרְזְלָ֖א	far.ze.La'	iron the	H6523 →
לֶֽהֱוֵא־	le.he.ve'-	it will be	H1934 →
בַ֑הּ	Vah	in it
כָּל־	kol-	as to
קֳבֵל֙	ko.Vel	because	H6903 →
דִּ֣י	di	that	H1768 →
חֲזַ֔יְתָה	cha.Zay.tah	you saw	H2370 →
פַּ֨רְזְלָ֔א	par.ze.La'	iron the	H6523 →
מְעָרַ֖ב	me.'a.Rav	mixed	H6151 →
בַּחֲסַ֥ף	ba.cha.Saf	with [the] clay of	H2635 →
טִינָֽא׃	ti.Na'	clay the	H2917 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
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 independent 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.
Through
Daniel 7:7
After 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…
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 independent paths from here.
Through
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.
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 independent 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 independent 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 independent paths from here.