Daniel 2:33 its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of baked clay.

◄ Daniel 2:33 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of baked clay.

English Standard Version
its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.

New American Standard Bible
its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.

King James Bible
His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
its legs were iron, and its feet were partly iron and partly fired clay.

International Standard Version
its legs made of iron, and its feet made partly of iron and partly of clay.

American Standard Version
its legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and part of clay.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the legs of iron, the feet part of iron and part of clay.

Darby Bible Translation
its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay.

Young's Literal Translation
its legs of iron, its feet, part of them of iron, and part of them of clay.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's 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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

33. As the two arms of silver denote the kings of the Medes and Persians [Josephus]; and the two thighs of brass the Seleucidæ of Syria and Lagidæ of Egypt, the two leading sections into which Græco-Macedonia parted, so the two legs of iron signify the two Roman consuls [Newton]. The clay, in Da 2:41, "potter's clay," Da 2:43, "miry clay," means "earthenware," hard but brittle (compare Ps 2:9; Re 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 (Da 2:34), the iron intermixed not retarding, but hastening, such a result.