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Daniel 2

Daniel 2:43

Daniel Interprets the Dream · Daniel 2:24–45
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Translations

Modern
As you saw the iron mixed with clay, so the peoples will mix with one another but will not hold together any more than iron mixes with clay.
Traditional
And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
Literal
And as you saw the iron mixed with common clay, they will be mixing together with the seed of man; they will not be adhering this to that, as iron does not mix with clay.
Latin
Quod autem vidisti ferrum mistum testæ ex luto, commiscebuntur quidem humano semine, sed non adhærebunt sibi, sicut ferrum misceri non potest testæ.

Original

Hebrew
English
As you saw the iron mixed with clay, so the peoples will mix with one another but will not hold together any more than iron mixes with clay.

Notes

Daniel 2:43

Just as iron and clay do not mix, marriage between different groups could weaken political alliances instead of creating real or lasting unity. This empire would be divided.

Daniel 2:1–49

God gave a dream that showed the course of world history over the centuries, and Daniel explained its mysterious images. This dream and its interpretation highlight a key theme of the book—the certain final establishment of the kingdom of God as the ultimate goal of history (Daniel 2:44–45; 7:9–14, 26–27). This chapter also shows that paganism cannot understand the actions and plans of Israel’s God.

Daniel 2:1–6:28

This section contains stories and dreams from the experiences of Daniel and his friends in Babylon. Daniel used his special gift to understand dreams and showed great skill in the study of literature and science (Daniel 1:17). Chapter 2 provides a broad overview of history until God's kingdom appears (Daniel 2:44–49). Daniel 3–6 describes the fall of Babylon and the rise of Persia. History is moving toward a clear goal. That goal is the everlasting kingdom of God (Daniel 2:44; 4:2–3, 34; 6:26).

Events

Glossary

Apocalyptic Aramaic Book of Daniel Book of Jeremiah Dreams Foreknowledge Interpreter Minerals and Metals Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadrezzar Prophecy Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

Topics

Gold: Symbolical Metals: Comparative Value of New World Order NWO Persia: Prophecies Concerning The Roman Empire: Predictions Respecting: Its Division Into Ten Parts