Daniel 2 · Verse 33

Daniel 2:33

His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
Daniel 2:33, King James Version

Daniel 2:33 in other translations

BSBits legs were iron, and its feet were part iron and part clay.
WEBits legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay.
ASVits legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and part of clay.
YLTits legs of iron, its feet, part of them of iron, and part of them of clay.
DARBYits legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay.
BBEIts legs of iron, its feet were in part of iron and in part of potter's earth.
WebsterHis legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.

What does Daniel 2:33 mean?

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 Psa 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 33 His 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Daniel 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…

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Daniel 2:33 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שָׁק֖וֹהִיsha.Ko.hilegs itsH8243
דִּ֣יdiofH1768
פַרְזֶ֑לfar.ZelironH6523
רַגְל֕וֹהִיrag.Lo.hifeet itsH7271
מִנְּהֵין֙mi.ne.hinsome of themH4481
דִּ֣יdiofH1768
פַרְזֶ֔לfar.ZelironH6523
וּמִנְּהֵ֖יןu.mi.ne.honand some of themH4481
דִּ֥יdiofH1768
חֲסַֽף\׃cha.SafclayH2635

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Cross references for Daniel 2:33

  • Daniel 7:7-8

    After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.

  • Daniel 7:19-26

    Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. …

  • Daniel 2:40-43

    And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. And whereas thou sawest 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, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. 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. 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
40-43; 7:7,8,19-26

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Context

  • Daniel 2:32

    This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,

  • Daniel 2:33

    His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.

  • Daniel 2:34

    Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.

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Daniel 2:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Sus piernas de hierro; sus pies, en parte de hierro, y en parte de barro cocido.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		ses jambes, de fer; ses pieds, en partie de fer et en partie d’argile.
German
Elberfelder 1871		seine Schenkel von Eisen; seine Füße teils von Eisen und teils von Ton.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		tibiæ autem ferreæ: pedum quædam pars erat ferrea, quædam autem fictilis.