^2:43And⁶⁶ in that you saw iron mixed with wet clay, so people will be mixed⁶⁷ with one another⁶⁸ without adhering to one another, just as⁶⁹ iron does not mix with clay.

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Footnotes

66 The present translation reads the conjunction, with most medieval Hebrew , , , and the Qere. The Kethib lacks the conjunction.
67 The reference to people being mixed is usually understood to refer to intermarriage.
68 Aram “with the seed of men.”
69 The present translation reads הֵיךְ דִּי (hekh diy) rather than the הֵא־כְדִי (he’-khédi). It is a case of wrong word division.

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.

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

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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