Daniel 2:42
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New International Version (©2011)
As the toes were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle.

New Living Translation (©2007)
But while some parts of it will be as strong as iron, other parts will be as weak as clay.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly brittle.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"As the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of pottery, so some of the kingdom will be strong and part of it will be brittle.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
and that the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly fired clay--part of the kingdom will be strong, and part will be brittle.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Just as their toes and feet are part iron and part clay, so will the kingdom be both strong and brittle.

NET Bible (©2006)
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The toes were partly iron and partly clay. Part of the kingdom will be strong, and part will be brittle.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

American King James Version
And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

American Standard Version
And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

Darby Bible Translation
And as the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of clay, the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile.

English Revised Version
And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

Webster's Bible Translation
And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

World English Bible
As the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

Young's Literal Translation
As to the toes of the feet, part of them iron, and part of them clay: some part of the kingdom is strong, and some part of it is brittle.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

2:31-45 This image represented the kingdoms of the earth, that should successively rule the nations, and influence the affairs of the Jewish church. 1. The head of gold signified the Chaldean empire, then in being. 2. The breast and arms of silver signified the empire of the Medes and Persians. 3. The belly and thighs of brass signified the Grecian empire, founded by Alexander. 4. The legs and feet of iron signified the Roman empire. The Roman empire branched into ten kingdoms, as the toes of these feet. Some were weak as clay, others strong as iron. Endeavours have often been used to unite them, for strengthening the empire, but in vain. The stone cut out without hands, represented the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, which should be set up in the kingdoms of the world, upon the ruins of Satan's kingdom in them. This was the Stone which the builders refused, because it was not cut out by their hands, but it is become the head stone of the corner. Of the increase of Christ's government and peace there shall be no end. The Lord shall reign, not only to the end of time, but when time and days shall be no more. As far as events have gone, the fulfilling this prophetic vision has been most exact and undeniable; future ages shall witness this Stone destroying the image, and filling the whole earth.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And as the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of clay,.... Or some of them of iron, and so were strong and powerful, as some of these kingdoms were; and some of clay, and so were weak and easily crushed, and did not stand long:

so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken; this is not unfitly interpreted by some of the two fold power which has prevailed in these ten kingdoms, through the policy of the pope of Rome, the secular and ecclesiastic power; the latter often encroaching upon and prevailing over the other, which has tended to the weakening of these states.

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Daniel Interprets the Dream
…41And whereas you saw 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, for as much as you saw the iron mixed with miry clay. 42And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. 43And whereas you saw iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not join one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. …

Daniel 2:41 Just as you saw that the feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom; yet it will have some of the strength of iron in it, even as you saw iron mixed with clay.
Daniel 2:43 And just as you saw the iron mixed with baked clay, so the people will be a mixture and will not remain united, any more than iron mixes with clay.