Daniel 2:33

His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
legs	שָׁק֖וֹהִי sha.Ko.hi	H8243	the leg · noun, common both genders dual construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
iron	פַרְזֶ֑ל far.Zel	H6523	iron · noun, common both genders singular absolute
feet	רַגְל֕וֹהִי rag.Lo.hi	H7271	a foot · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
part	מִנְּהֵין֙ mi.ne.hin	H4481	properly · preposition + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine plural
iron	פַרְזֶ֔ל far.Zel	H6523	iron · noun, common both genders singular absolute
part	וּמִנְּהֵ֖ין u.mi.ne.hon	H4481	properly · conjunction + preposition + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine plural
clay	חֲסַֽף cha.Saf	H2635	a clod · noun, common both genders singular absolute

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Cross-references

Daniel 7:7-8 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth…
Daniel 7:19-26 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and hi…
Daniel 2:40-43 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Daniel 2:31-45

Daniel here gives full satisfaction to Nebuchadnezzar concerning his dream and the interpretation of it. That great prince had been kind to this poor prophet in his maintenance and education; he had been brought up at the king's cost, preferred at court, and the land of his captivity had hereby been made much easier to him than to others of his brethren. And now the king is abundantly repaid for all the expense he had been at upon him; and for receiving this prophet, though not in the name of a prophet, he had a prophet's reward, such a reward as a prophet only could give, and for which that wealthy mighty prince was now glad to be beholden to him. Here is, I. The dream itself, Dan 2:31, Dan…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 2:33

As the two arms of silver denote the kings of the Medes and Persians [JOSEPHUS]; and the two thighs of brass the SeleucidÃ&brvbr of Syria and LagidÃ&brvbr of Egypt, the two leading sections into which GrÃ&brvbrco-Macedonia parted, so the two legs of iron signify the two Roman consuls [NEWTON]. The clay, in Dan 2:41, "potter's clay," Dan 2:43, "miry clay," means "earthenware," hard but brittle (compare Psa 2:9; Rev 2:27, where the same image is used of the same event); the feet are stable while bearing only direct pressure, but easily "broken" to pieces by a blow (Dan 2:34), the iron intermixed not retarding, but hastening, such a result.

Adam Clarke on Daniel 2:33

His legs of iron - The Roman government. His feet part of iron and part of clay - The same, mixed with the barbaric nations, and divided into ten kingdoms. See at the end of the chapter.

John Gill on Daniel 2:33

His legs of iron,.... A coarser metal than the former, but very strong; and designs the strong and potent monarchy of the Romans, the last of the four monarchies, governed chiefly by two consuls: and was divided, in the times of Theodosius, into the eastern and western empire, which may be signified by the two legs: his feet part of iron and part of clay (b); or some "of them of iron, and some of them of clay" that is, the ten toes of the feet, which represent the ten kingdoms the western empire was divided into, some of which were potent, others weak; for this cannot be understood of the same feet and toes being a mixture, composed partly of one, and partly of the other; since iron and cla…

The Church Fathers

"His feet," etc. Hippolytus: In the vision of the prophet, the ten horns are the things that are yet to be.
— Hippolytus of Rome, Hippolytus Exegetical Fragments - Scholia on Daniel

The iron is Alexander, the conqueror of all nations. Indeed, as iron submits all bodies, so he broke the forces of all princes and kings, and subjected their authorities. And the toes … these are the ten Hellenistic kings which originated from Alexander's empire: some of them were strong and powerful like iron; others were weak and humble. And even though they tried to settle peace and friendship among them with mutual marriages, they were never able to reach an agreement nor to stay firm in their decisions.
— Ephrem the Syrian, COMMENTARY ON DANIEL 2:40

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Dictionary and topics

Babylon — The Greek form of BABEL; Semitic form Babilu, meaning “The Gate of God.” In the Assyrian tablets it means “The city of the dispersion of the tribes.” The monumental list of its kings reaches back to…
Prayer — Is converse with God; the intercourse of the soul with God, not in contemplation or meditation, but in direct address to him. Prayer may be oral or mental, occasional or constant, ejaculatory or…
Babylon · .Prophecies concerning — .Prophecies concerning
Clay · SYMBOLI — SYMBOLI
Iron · Idols — Idols
Metals · Comparative value of — Comparative value of
Persia · Prophecies concerning — Prophecies concerning
Roman Empire, The · Represented by the: Legs of iron in Nebuchadnezzar’s vision — Represented by the: Legs of iron in Nebuchadnezzar’s vision

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Daniel 2:33

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Daniel 2:31-45

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 2:33

Adam Clarke on Daniel 2:33

John Gill on Daniel 2:33

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Daniel 2:33

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Daniel 2:31-45

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 2:33

Adam Clarke on Daniel 2:33

John Gill on Daniel 2:33

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Daniel 2:31-35

Keil & Delitzsch on Daniel 2:14-45

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Daniel 2:32-33

Rashi on Daniel 2:33