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.
Daniel 2:43 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised You saw the iron mixed with clay #– #the peoples will mix with one another but will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with fired clay. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And as you saw the iron mixed with miry and earthen clay, so they shall mingle themselves in the seed of men [in marriage bonds]; but they will not hold together [for two such elements or ideologies can never harmonize], even as iron does not mingle itself with clay. American Standard Version (1901) And whereas thou sawest the 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 doth not mingle with clay. Common English Bible Just as you saw the iron mixed with earthy clay, they will join together by intermarrying, but they will not bond to each other, just as iron does not fuse with clay. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet, because you saw the iron mingled with pottery from the earth, they will indeed be combined together with the offspring of man, but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron cannot be mixed with earthenware. English Standard Version 2016 As you saw the iron mixed with soft clay, so they will mix with one another in marriage, but they will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with clay. |
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.
‘In the days of those kings, the God of the heavens will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, and this kingdom will not be left to another people. It will crush all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself endure for ever.