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Daniel 2:43

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43And whereas thou sawest viron mixed with miry clay, wthey shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave †one to another, veven as iron is not mixed with clay.

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Footnotes

  1. vver. 43.
  2. wComp. Gen. 6:2. Neh. 13:23.
  3. †Chald. this with this.
  4. vver. 43.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

As you saw the iron mixed with soft clay, so they will mix with one another in marriage, but they will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with clay.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You saw the iron mixed with clay—the peoples will mix with one another but will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with fired clay.

NLTNew Living Translation

This mixture of iron and clay also shows that these kingdoms will try to strengthen themselves by forming alliances with each other through intermarriage. But they will not hold together, just as iron and clay do not mix.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And in that you saw the iron was mixed with wet clay, so they will mix in marriage and they will not cling to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay.