Daniel 2:41

And just as you saw that the feet and toes were made partly of fired clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom, yet some of the strength of iron will be in it—just as you saw the iron mixed with clay.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Daniel addresses King Nebuchadnezzar while interpreting the vision of the statue’s feet and toes during a royal audience.

The words — חֲסַף (cha.Saf) translates literally as clay, and פֶחָר (fe.Char) denotes a potter, describing the materials that form the statue’s lower extremities.

The thread — The vision of mixed iron and clay feet first appears in Daniel 2:33 and reappears in the immediate context at Daniel 2:42, while the ten horns motif connects to Revelation 17:12.

Why it lands — The text states that the kingdom will be divided yet retain some iron-like strength, requiring a reader to recognize that political powers retain partial durability even while fractured.

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The Hebrew words

וְדִֽי־ve./di-and/ that חֲזַ֜יְתָהcha.Zay.tahyou saw רַגְלַיָּ֣אrag.lai.Ya/'feet/ the וְאֶצְבְּעָתָ֗אve./'etz.be.'a.Ta/'and/ toes/ the מִנְּהֵ֞ןmi.ne./hensome of/ them חֲסַ֤ףcha.Safclay דִּֽי־di-of פֶחָר֙fe.Chara potter וּמִנְּהֵ֣יןu./mi.ne./honand/ some of/ them פַּרְזֶ֔לpar.Zeliron מַלְכ֤וּmal.Khua kingdom פְלִיגָה֙fe.li.Gahdivided תֶּהֱוֵ֔הte.he.Vehit will be וּמִן־u./min-and/ some of נִצְבְּתָ֥אnitz.be.Ta/'firmness/ the דִ֥יdiof פַרְזְלָ֖אfar.ze.La/'iron/ the לֶֽהֱוֵא־le.he.ve'-it will beבַ֑הּVa/hin/ itכָּל־ko/l-as/ toקֳבֵל֙ko.Velbecause דִּ֣יdithat חֲזַ֔יְתָהcha.Zay.tahyou saw פַּ֨רְזְלָ֔אpar.ze.La/'iron/ the מְעָרַ֖בme.'a.Ravmixed בַּחֲסַ֥ףba./cha.Safwith/ [the] clay of טִינָֽא׃ti.Na/'clay/ the

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Revelation 17:12 The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive one hour of authority as kings along with the beast.
Daniel 2:33 its legs were iron, and its feet were part iron and part clay.
Daniel 7:7 After this, as I watched in my vision in the night, suddenly a fourth beast appeared, and it was terrifying—dreadful and extremely strong—with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed; then it trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the beasts before it, and it had ten horns.
Daniel 7:24 And the ten horns are ten kings who will rise from this kingdom. After them another king, different from the earlier ones, will rise and subdue three kings.
Revelation 12:3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.
Revelation 13:1 Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.