Daniel 2:33

Daniel 2:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
• New International Version (NIV)its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of baked clay.
• English Standard Version (ESV)its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.
• New King James Version (NKJV)its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.

Context of Daniel 2:33

31“Your Majesty, you had a vision. You saw a large statue. This statue was very bright. It stood in front of you, and it looked terrifying. 32The head of this statue was made of fine gold. Its chest and arms were made of silver. Its stomach and hips were made of bronze. Its legs were made of iron. Its feet were made partly of iron and partly of clay. 34While you were watching, a stone was cut out, but not by humans. It struck the statue’s iron-and-clay feet and smashed them. 35Then all at once, the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were smashed. They became like husks on a threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a large mountain which filled the whole world.

Daniel 2:33 word by word

שָׁק֖וֹהִי דִּ֣י פַרְזֶ֑ל רַגְל֕וֹהִי מִנְּהֵין֙ דִּ֣י פַרְזֶ֔ל וּמִנְּהֵ֖ין דִּ֥י חֲסַֽף׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• His legsשָׁקshâq · legH8243
• of ironפַּרְזֶלparzel · ironH6523
• his feetרְגַלregal · footH7271
• partמִן־min · fromH4481
• of clayחֲסַףchăsaph · clayH2635

Cross-references for Daniel 2:33

• Daniel 2:40There will also be a fourth kingdom. It will be as strong as iron. (Iron smashes and shatters everything.) As iron crushes things, this fourth kingdom will smash and crush all the other kingdoms.
• Daniel 7:7After this, I saw a fourth animal in my vision during the night. It was terrifying, dreadful, extraordinarily strong, and had large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed its victims and trampled whatever was left. It acted differently from all the other animals that I had seen before. It had ten horns.

Commentaries on Daniel 2:33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33His 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33His 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-45Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32-33There were different types of gold. Fine gold was the best quality. thighs: The area above the knees. legs: The area below the knees.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3333. 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 Psa 2:9; Re 2:27, where the same image is used of the same event); the…Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 2:33

• Babylon
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• Gold
• Iron
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Commentaries on Daniel 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings