Daniel 2:33

What does Daniel 2:33 mean?

A plain-English look at Daniel 2:33 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

its legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and part of clay.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

its legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and part of clay.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Its legs of iron, its feet were in part of iron and in part of potter's earth.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

its legs of iron, its feet, part of them of iron, and part of them of clay.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the legs of iron, the feet part of iron and part of clay.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay.

Context

v.32As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,

v.33This passage

v.34Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon its feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them in pieces.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Daniel 7:7

    After this I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, a fourth beast, terrible and powerful, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

  • Daniel 7:19

    Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which was diverse from all of them, exceeding terrible, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet;

  • Daniel 2:40

    And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things; and as iron that crusheth all these, shall it break in pieces and crush.

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