Daniel 2:40

2:40 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 ¹  all of these metals, ²  so it will break in pieces and crush the others. ³ 

Daniel 2:43

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.

Daniel 11:41

11:41 Then he will enter the beautiful land. ⁸  Many ⁹  will fall, but these will escape: ¹⁰  Edom, Moab, and the Ammonite leadership.

[2:40]  ¹ tc Theodotion and the Vulgate lack the phrase “and as iron breaks in pieces.”

[2:40]  ² tn The Aramaic text does not have this word, but it has been added in the translation for clarity.

[2:40]  ³ tn The words “the others” are supplied from the context.

[2:43]  ⁴ tc The present translation reads the conjunction, with most medieval Hebrew MSS, LXX, Vulgate, and the Qere. The Kethib lacks the conjunction.

[2:43]  ⁵ sn The reference to people being mixed is usually understood to refer to intermarriage.

[2:43]  ⁶ tn Aram “with the seed of men.”

[2:43]  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.

[11:41]  ⁸ sn The beautiful land is a cryptic reference to the land of Israel.

[11:41]  ⁹ tn This can be understood as “many people” (cf. NRSV) or “many countries” (cf. NASB, NIV, NLT).

[11:41]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “be delivered from his hand.”