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Daniel 2:39-41
New English Translation
Daniel 2:39-41
New English Translation
39 Now after you another kingdom[a] will arise, one inferior to yours. Then a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule in all the earth. 40 Then there will be a fourth kingdom, one strong like iron. Just like iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything, and as iron breaks in pieces[b] all these metals,[c] so it will break in pieces and crush the others.[d] 41 In that you were seeing feet and toes[e] partly of wet clay[f] and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom. Some of the strength of iron will be in it, for you saw iron mixed with wet clay.[g]
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- Daniel 2:39 sn The identity of the first kingdom is clearly Babylon. The identification of the following three kingdoms is disputed. The common view is that they represent Media, Persia, and Greece. Most conservative scholars identify them as Media-Persia, Greece, and Rome.
- Daniel 2:40 tc Theodotion and the Vulgate lack the phrase “and as iron breaks in pieces.”
- Daniel 2:40 tn The Aramaic text does not have this word, but it has been added in the translation for clarity.
- Daniel 2:40 tn The words “the others” are supplied from the context.
- Daniel 2:41 tc The LXX lacks “and toes.”
- Daniel 2:41 tn Aram “potter’s clay.”
- Daniel 2:41 tn Aram “clay of clay” (also in v. 43).
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