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32 As for that statue, its head was of fine gold, its chest and arms were of silver, its belly and thighs were of bronze. 33 Its legs were of iron; its feet were partly of iron and partly of clay.[a] 34 You were watching as[b] a stone was cut out,[c] but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its iron and clay feet, breaking them in pieces.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 2:33 sn Clay refers to baked clay, which despite being hard was also fragile. Compare the reference in v. 41 to “wet clay.”
  2. Daniel 2:34 tn Aram “until.”
  3. Daniel 2:34 tc The LXX, Theodotion, and the Vulgate have “from a mountain,” though this is probably a harmonization with v. 45.