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Daniel 2:33
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its legs were iron, and its feet were partly iron and partly fired clay.
its legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and part of clay.
His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.
its legs of iron, and its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.
The lower part of the legs were made of iron, while its feet were made partly of iron and partly of baked clay.
its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay [pottery].
His legges of yron, and his feete were part of yron, and part of clay.
its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.
its legs were iron, and its feet were part iron and part clay.
From there to its ankles it was iron, and its feet were a mixture of iron and clay.
its legs of iron, and its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.
its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay.
The lower part of the legs was made from iron. Its feet were made partly of iron and partly of clay.
Its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay.
its legs of iron, and its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.
its legs of iron, its feet, part of them of iron and part of them of clay.
its legs were of iron, its feet were partly of iron and partly of clay.
his legges were off yron, his fete were parte off yron, and parte of earth.
its legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and part of clay.
Its legs of iron, its feet were in part of iron and in part of potter's earth.
its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay.
His legs of yron, his feete part of yron, and part of clay.
its legs of iron, its feet, part of iron and part of earthenware.
his legs of iron, his feet part of iron, and part of clay.
its legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and part of clay.
but the leggis weren of irun; forsothe sum part of the feet was of irun, sum was of erthe.
its legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and part of clay.
His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
Its legs were of iron; its feet were partly of iron and partly of clay.
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its legs were iron, and its feet were a combination of iron and baked clay.
Its legs were made of iron, and its feet were part iron and part clay.
its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.
its legs, of iron, - and, its feet, part of them, of iron, and, part of them, of clay.
And the legs of iron, the feet part of iron and part of clay.
its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.
its legs of iron, its feet, part of them of iron, and part of them of clay.
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Daniel 2:40-43, Daniel 7:7, Daniel 7:8, Daniel 7:19-26
Reciprocal: Daniel 2:41 - the feet Daniel 7:3 - four Zechariah 6:3 - grisled
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 clay will not mix together, Daniel 2:43 and will not agree with the form of expression. Jerom interprets this part of the vision of the image to the same sense, who lived about the time when it was fulfilling; for in his days was the irruption of the barbarous nations into the empire; who often speaks of them in his writings c, and of the Roman empire being in a weak and ruinous condition on the account of them. His comment on this text is this,
"the fourth kingdom, which clearly belongs to the Romans, is the iron that breaks and subdues all things; but his feet and toes are partly iron, and partly clay, which is most manifestly verified at this time; for as in the beginning nothing was stronger and harder than the Roman empire, so in the end of things nothing weaker; when both in civil wars, and against divers nations, we stand in need of the help of other barbarous people.''
And whereas he had been blamed for giving this sense of the passage, he vindicates himself elsewhere by saying d,
"if, in the exposition of the image, and the difference of its feet and toes, I interpret the iron and clay of the Roman kingdom, which the Scripture foreshows should be first and then weak, let them not impute, it to me, but to the prophet; for so we must not flatter princes, as that the truth of the holy Scriptures should be neglected; nor is the general disputation of one person an injury;''
that is, of any great moment to the government.
b מנהון די פרזל ומנהון די חסף "ex illis quidam ex ferro, et excillis quidam ex luto", Gejerus. c Opera, tom. 1. in Epitaph. Nepotian. fol. 9. I. ad Gerontiam, fol 32. E. & in Epitaph. Fabiolae, fol. 68. H. d Prooem. in Comment. in Esaiam. I. 11. fol. 65.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
His legs of iron - The portion of the lower limbs from the knees to the ankles. This is undoubtedly the usual meaning of the English word “legs,” and it as clearly appears to be the sense of the original word here. Iron was regarded as inferior to either of the other metals specified, and yet was well adapted to denote a kingdom of a particular kind - less noble in some respects, and yet hardy, powerful, and adapted to tread down the world by conquest. On the application of this, see the notes at Daniel 2:40.
His feet part of iron and part of clay - As to his feet; or in respect to his feet, they were partly of iron and partly of clay - a mixture denoting great strength, united with what is fragile and weak. The word rendered “clay” in this place (חסף chăsaph) is found nowhere else except in this chapter, and is always rendered “clay,” Daniel 2:33-35, Daniel 2:41 (twice), 42, 43 (twice), 45. In some instances Daniel 2:41, Daniel 2:43, the epithet “miry” is applied to it. This would seem to imply that it was not “burnt or baked clay,” or “earthenware,” as Professor Bush supposes, but clay in its natural state. The idea would seem to be, that the framework, so to speak, was iron, with clay worked in, or filling up the interstices, so as to furnish an image of strength combined with what is weak. That it would be well adapted represent a kingdom that had many elements of permanency in it, yet that was combined with things that made it weak - a mixture of what was powerful with what was liable to be crushed; capable of putting forth great efforts, and of sustaining great shocks, and yet having such elements of feebleness and decay as to make it liable to be overthrown. For the application of this, see the notes at Daniel 2:41-43.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 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. Daniel 2:49.
