Daniel 2:33

2:33 Its legs were of iron; its feet were partly of iron and partly of clay. ¹ 

Daniel 2:41-43

2:41 In that you were seeing feet and toes ²  partly of wet clay ³  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. ⁴  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 ⁵  in that you saw iron mixed with wet clay, so people will be mixed ⁶  with one another ⁷  without adhering to one another, just as ⁸  iron does not mix with clay.

[2:33]  ¹ sn Clay refers to baked clay, which – though hard – was also fragile. Cf. the reference in v. 41 to “wet clay.”

[2:41]  ² tc The LXX lacks “and toes.”

[2:41]  ³ tn Aram “potter’s clay.”

[2:41]  ⁴ tn Aram “clay of clay” (also in v. 43).

[2:43]  ⁵ tc The present translation reads the conjunction, with most medieval Hebrew MSS, LXX, Vulgate, and the Qere. The Kethib lacks the conjunction.

[2:43]  ⁶ sn The reference to people being mixed is usually understood to refer to intermarriage.

[2:43]  ⁷ tn Aram “with the seed of men.”

[2:43]  ⁸ 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.