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Daniel 2:43
New English Translation
Daniel 2:43
New English Translation
43 And[a] in that you saw iron mixed with wet clay, so people will be mixed[b] with one another[c] without adhering to one another, just as[d] iron does not mix with clay.
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- Daniel 2:43 tc The present translation reads the conjunction, with most medieval Hebrew mss, LXX, Vulgate, and the Qere. The Kethib lacks the conjunction.
- Daniel 2:43 sn The reference to people being mixed is usually understood to refer to intermarriage.
- Daniel 2:43 tn Aram “with the seed of men.”
- Daniel 2:43 tc The present translation reads הֵיךְ דִּי (hekh di) rather than the MT הֵא־כְדִי (heʾ khedi, “even as which”). It is a case of wrong word division.
Daniel 2:43
New International Version
Daniel 2:43
New International Version
43 And just as you saw the iron mixed with baked clay, so the people will be a mixture and will not remain united, any more than iron mixes with clay.
Daniel 2:43
King James Version
Daniel 2:43
King James Version
43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
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