¹⁹ “Then I desired to know the truth about ^(A)the fourth beast, which was different from all the rest, exceedingly terrifying, with its teeth of iron and claws of bronze, and which devoured and broke in pieces and stamped what was left with its feet,

⁷ After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, ^(A)terrifying and dreadful and exceedingly strong. It had great iron teeth; ^(B)it devoured and broke in pieces ^(C)and stamped what was left with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and ^(D)it had ten horns.

⁴⁰ And ^(A)there shall be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron, because iron ^(B)breaks to pieces and shatters all things. And like iron that crushes, it shall ^(C)break and crush all these. ⁴¹ And as you saw ^(D)the feet and toes, partly of potter's clay and partly of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom, but some of the ^(E)firmness of iron shall be in it, just as you saw iron mixed with the soft clay. ⁴² And as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly brittle. ⁴³ As you saw the iron mixed with soft clay, so they will mix with one another in marriage,^[a] but they will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with clay.