Daniel 2:41

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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
sawest	חֲזַ֜יְתָה cha.Zay.tah	H2370	to gaze upon · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
feet	רַגְלַיָּ֣א rag.lai.Ya'	H7271	a foot · noun, common masculine plural determined + particle of affirmation
toes	וְאֶצְבְּעָתָ֗א ve.'etz.be.'a.Ta'	H677	something to sieze with · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural determined + particle of affirmation
part	מִנְּהֵ֞ן mi.ne.hen	H4481	properly · preposition + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine plural
potters’	פֶחָר֙ fe.Char	H6353	a potter · noun, common both genders singular absolute
clay	חֲסַ֤ף cha.Saf	H2635	a clod · noun, common both genders singular absolute
part	וּמִנְּהֵ֣ין u.mi.ne.hon	H4481	properly · conjunction + preposition + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine plural
iron	פַּרְזֶ֔ל par.Zel	H6523	iron · noun, common both genders singular absolute
kingdom	מַלְכ֤וּ mal.Khu	H4437	dominion (abstractly or concretely) · noun, common both genders singular absolute
be	תֶּהֱוֵ֔ה te.he.Veh	H1934	to exist · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
divided	פְלִיגָה֙ fe.li.Gah	H6386	to split (literally or figuratively) · verb, active participle, feminine singular absolute
but	וּמִן u.min-	H4481	properly · conjunction + preposition
be	לֶֽהֱוֵא le.he.ve'-	H1934	to exist · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
of	מִן min	H4481	properly
strength	נִצְבְּתָ֥א nitz.be.Ta'	H5326	fixedness · noun, common feminine singular determined + particle of affirmation
iron	פַרְזְלָ֖א far.ze.La'	H6523	iron · noun, common both genders singular determined + particle of affirmation
as	כֹּל kôl	H3606	properly
sawest	חֲזַ֔יְתָה cha.Zay.tah	H2370	to gaze upon · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
iron	פַּ֨רְזְלָ֔א par.ze.La'	H6523	iron · noun, common both genders singular determined + particle of affirmation
mixed	מְעָרַ֖ב me.'a.Rav	H6151	to commingle · verb, piel active participle, masculine singular absolute
miry	טִינָֽא ti.Na'	H2917	clay · noun, common both genders singular determined + particle of affirmation
clay	בַּחֲסַ֥ף ba.cha.Saf	H2635	a clod · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct

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Cross-references

Revelation 17:12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast…
Daniel 2:33-35 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
Daniel 7:7 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 7:24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the fi…
Revelation 12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his head…
Revelation 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crown…

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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 2:41

feet . . . toes . . . part . . . clay . . . iron--explained presently, "the kingdom shall be partly strong, partly broken" (rather, "brittle," as earthenware); and Dan 2:43, "they shall mingle . . . with the seed of men," that is, there will be power (in its deteriorated form, iron) mixed up with that which is wholly of man, and therefore brittle; power in the hands of the people having no internal stability, though something is left of the strength of the iron [TREGELLES]. 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 a…

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Adam Clarke on Daniel 2:38

Thou art this head of gold - See on Dan 2:31-34 (note), and at the end.

John Gill on Daniel 2:41

And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potter's clay, and part of iron,.... That is, some of the toes of the feet were of iron, and others of them of clay: these toes, which are ten, as the toes of men are, design the ten kings or kingdoms, into which the western Roman empire was divided, by the coming in of the Goths, and Hunns, and Vandals, into it; and are the same with the ten horns of the beast, and the ten kings which gave their kingdoms to it, Revelation 13:1; see Gill on Revelation 17:12, Revelation 17:13, Revelation 17:17, Daniel 7:24, some of which were strong like iron, and continued long; others were like clay, and of a less duration: the kingdom shall be divided; wh…

The Church Fathers

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.
— Jerome, St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER TWO

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Dictionary and topics

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…
Clay · SYMBOLI — SYMBOLI
Feet, The · Parts of, mentioned in scripture: Toes — Parts of, mentioned in scripture: Toes
Metals · Comparative value of — Comparative value of
Persia · Prophecies concerning — Prophecies concerning
Pottery · .Of weakness, in the idol in Nebuchadnezzars vision — .Of weakness, in the idol in Nebuchadnezzars vision
Roman Empire, The · Predictions respecting: Its division into ten parts — Predictions respecting: Its division into ten parts

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Daniel 2:41

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Daniel 2:31-45

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 2:41

Adam Clarke on Daniel 2:38

John Gill on Daniel 2:41

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Daniel 2:41

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Daniel 2:31-45

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 2:41

Adam Clarke on Daniel 2:38

John Gill on Daniel 2:41

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Daniel 2:40-43

Keil & Delitzsch on Daniel 2:14-45

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Daniel 2:41-42

Rashi on Daniel 2:41