Daniel 2:41-43

2:41 In that you were seeing feet and toes ¹  partly of wet clay ²  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. ³  2:42 In that the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, the latter stages of this kingdom will be partly strong and partly fragile. 2:43 And ⁴  in that you saw iron mixed with wet clay, so people will be mixed ⁵  with one another ⁶  without adhering to one another, just as ⁷  iron does not mix with clay.

¹ tc The LXX lacks “and toes.”

² tn Aram “potter’s clay.”

³ tn Aram “clay of clay” (also in v. 43).

⁴ tc The present translation reads the conjunction, with most medieval Hebrew MSS, LXX, Vulgate, and the Qere. The Kethib lacks the conjunction.

⁵ sn The reference to people being mixed is usually understood to refer to intermarriage.

⁶ tn Aram “with the seed of men.”

⁷ tc The present translation reads הֵיךְ דִּי (hekh diy) rather than the MT הֵא־כְדִי (he’-khÿdi). It is a case of wrong word division.