Verse 33
Daniel 2:33
New Living Translation
33
its legs were iron, and its feet were a combination of iron and baked clay.
Original Language Text
hebrew
שָׁק֖וֹ/הִי דִּ֣י פַרְזֶ֑ל רַגְל֕וֹ/הִי מנ/הון מִנְּ/הֵין֙ דִּ֣י פַרְזֶ֔ל ו/מנ/הון וּ/מִנְּ/הֵ֖ין דִּ֥י חֲסַֽף
English Translation
The ground is like iron; his feet are like bronze, and it does not matter that it is iron and it does not matter that it is brass.
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Chapter 2 Context
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One night during the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had such disturbing dreams that he cou...
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He called in his magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers, and he demanded that they tell h...
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he said, “I have had a dream that deeply troubles me, and I must know what it means.”
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Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “Long live the king! Tell us the dream, and we wi...
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But the king said to the astrologers, “I am serious about this. If you don’t tell me what my dream w...
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But if you tell me what I dreamed and what the dream means, I will give you many wonderful gifts and...
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They said again, “Please, Your Majesty. Tell us the dream, and we will tell you what it means.”
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The king replied, “I know what you are doing! You’re stalling for time because you know I am serious...
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‘If you don’t tell me the dream, you are doomed.’ So you have conspired to tell me lies, hoping I wi...
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The astrologers replied to the king, “No one on earth can tell the king his dream! And no king, howe...
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The king’s demand is impossible. No one except the gods can tell you your dream, and they do not liv...
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The king was furious when he heard this, and he ordered that all the wise men of Babylon be executed...
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And because of the king’s decree, men were sent to find and kill Daniel and his friends.
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When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, came to kill them, Daniel handled the situation with...
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He asked Arioch, “Why has the king issued such a harsh decree?” So Arioch told him all that had happ...
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Daniel went at once to see the king and requested more time to tell the king what the dream meant.
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Then Daniel went home and told his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah what had happened.
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He urged them to ask the God (Elohim) of heaven to show them his mercy by telling them the secret, s...
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That night the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God (Elohim) of he...
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He said, “Praise the name of God (Elohim) forever and ever,<br>for he has all wisdom and power.<br>
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He controls the course of world events;<br>he removes kings and sets up other kings.<br>He gives wis...
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He reveals deep and mysterious things<br>and knows what lies hidden in darkness,<br>though he is sur...
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I thank and praise you, God (Elohim) of my ancestors,<br>for you have given me wisdom and strength.<...
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Then Daniel went in to see Arioch, whom the king had ordered to execute the wise men of Babylon. Dan...
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Arioch quickly took Daniel to the king and said, “I have found one of the captives from Judah who wi...
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The king said to Daniel (also known as Belteshazzar), “Is this true? Can you tell me what my dream w...
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Daniel replied, “There are no wise men, enchanters, magicians, or fortune-tellers who can reveal the...
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But there is a God (Elohim) in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what...
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“While Your Majesty was sleeping, you dreamed about coming events. He who reveals secrets has shown...
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And it is not because I am wiser than anyone else that I know the secret of your dream, but because...
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“In your vision, Your Majesty, you saw standing before you a huge, shining statue of a man. It was a...
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The head of the statue was made of fine gold. Its chest and arms were silver, its belly and thighs w...
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its legs were iron, and its feet were a combination of iron and baked clay.
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As you watched, a rock was cut from a mountain, but not by human hands. It struck the feet of iron a...
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The whole statue was crushed into small pieces of iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold. Then the win...
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“That was the dream. Now we will tell the king what it means.
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Your Majesty, you are the greatest of kings. The God (Elohim) of heaven has given you sovereignty, p...
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He has made you the ruler over all the inhabited world and has put even the wild animals and birds u...
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“But after your kingdom comes to an end, another kingdom, inferior to yours, will rise to take your...
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Following that kingdom, there will be a fourth one, as strong as iron. That kingdom will smash and c...
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The feet and toes you saw were a combination of iron and baked clay, showing that this kingdom will...
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But while some parts of it will be as strong as iron, other parts will be as weak as clay.
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This mixture of iron and clay also shows that these kingdoms will try to strengthen themselves by fo...
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“During the reigns of those kings, the God (Elohim) of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never...
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That is the meaning of the rock cut from the mountain, though not by human hands, that crushed to pi...
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Then King Nebuchadnezzar threw himself down before Daniel and worshiped him, and he commanded his pe...
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The king said to Daniel, “Truly, your God (Elohim) is the greatest of gods, the Lord over kings, a r...
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Then the king appointed Daniel to a high position and gave him many valuable gifts. He made Daniel r...
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At Daniel’s request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to be in charge of all the a...
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