Daniel 2:41-43 New English Translation
41 In that you were seeing feet and toes[a] partly of wet clay[b] and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom. Some of the strength of iron will be in it, for you saw iron mixed with wet clay.[c] 42 In that the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, the latter stages of this kingdom will be partly strong and partly fragile. 43 And[d] in that you saw iron mixed with wet clay, so people will be mixed[e] with one another[f] without adhering to one another, just as[g] iron does not mix with clay.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Daniel 2:41 tc The LXX lacks “and toes.”
- Daniel 2:41 tn Aram “potter’s clay.”
- Daniel 2:41 tn Aram “clay of clay” (also in v. 43).
- Daniel 2:43 tc The present translation reads the conjunction, with most medieval Hebrew mss, LXX, Vulgate, and the Qere. The Kethib lacks the conjunction.
- Daniel 2:43 sn The reference to people being mixed is usually understood to refer to intermarriage.
- Daniel 2:43 tn Aram “with the seed of men.”
- Daniel 2:43 tc The present translation reads הֵיךְ דִּי (hekh di) rather than the MT הֵא־כְדִי (heʾ khedi, “even as which”). It is a case of wrong word division.
New English Translation (NET)
NET Bible® copyright ©1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com All rights reserved.