Daniel 2:43

Daniel 2:43

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.

a. ASV: 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.

b. YLT: Because thou hast seen iron mixed with miry clay, they are mixing themselves with the seed of men: and they are not adhering one with another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

c. Classic Amplified: And as you saw the iron mixed with miry and earthen clay, so they shall mingle themselves in the seed of men [in marriage bonds]; but they will not hold together [for two such elements or ideologies can never harmonize], even as iron does not mingle itself with clay.

d. Septuagint: Whereas thou sawest the iron mixed with earthenware, they shall be mingled with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave together, as the iron does not mix itself with earthenware.

e. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/ Writings: That you saw iron mixed with clay-like earthenware: They will mix with the offspring of men, but they will not cling to one another, just as iron does not mix with earthenware.

1. “And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men…”

a. [And] whereas [Strong: 1768 diy dee (Aramaic) apparently for 1668; that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of:--X as, but, for(-asmuch +), + now, of, seeing, than, that, therefore, until, + what (-soever), when, which, whom, whose.]

b. [thou] sawest [Strong: 2370 chaza' khaz-aw' (Aramaic) or chazah (Aramaic) {khaz-aw'}; corresponding to 2372; to gaze upon; mentally to dream, be usual (i.e. seem):--behold, have (a dream), see, be wont.]

c. iron [Strong: 6523 parzel par-zel' (Aramaic) corresponding to 1270; iron:--iron.]

d. mixed [Strong: 6151 `arab ar-ab' (Aramaic) corresponding to 6148; to commingle:--mingle (self), mix.]

e. [with miry] clay [Strong: 2635 chacaph khas-af' (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to that of 2636; a clod:--clay.]

f. [Strong: 2917 tiyn teen (Aramaic) perhaps, by interchange, for a word corresponding to 2916; clay:--miry.]

g. they will [Strong: 1934 hava' hav-aw' (Aramaic) orhavah (Aramaic) {hav-aw'}; corresponding to 1933; to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words):--be, become, + behold, + came (to pass), + cease, + cleave, + consider, + do, + give, + have, + judge, + keep, + labour, + mingle (self), + put, + see, + seek, + set, + slay, + take heed, tremble, + walk, + would.]

h. mingle [themselves] [Strong: 6151 `arab ar-ab' (Aramaic) corresponding to 6148; to commingle:--mingle (self), mix.]

h. [with the] seed [Strong: 2234 zra` zer-ah' (Aramaic) corresponding to 2233; posterity:--seed.]

i. [of] men [Strong: 606 'enash en-awsh' (Aramaic) or renash (Aramaic) {en-ash'}; corresponding to 582; a man:--man, + whosoever.]

1). Barnes Commentary: And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men - Various explanations have been given of this verse, and it certainly is not of easy interpretation. The phrase "seed of men," would properly denote something different from the original stock that was represented by iron; some foreign admixture that would be so unlike that, and that would so little amalgamate with it, as to be properly represented by clay as compared with iron. Prof. Stuart interprets this of matrimonial alliances, and supposes that the idea expressed is, that, "while the object of such alliances was union, or at least a design to bring about a peaceable state of things, that object was, in a peculiar manner, defeated." The word rendered "men" (אנשׁא 'ănâshâ') is employed in Hebrew and in Chaldee to denote men of an inferior class - the lower orders, the common herd - in contradistinction from the more elevated and noble classes, represented by the word אישׁ 'ı̂ysh. See Isaiah 2:9; Isaiah 5:15; Proverbs 8:4.

2. “...but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.”

a. [but] they shall [Strong: 1934 hava' hav-aw' (Aramaic) orhavah (Aramaic) {hav-aw'}; corresponding to 1933; to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words):--be, become, + behold, + came (to pass), + cease, + cleave, + consider, + do, + give, + have, + judge, + keep, + labour, + mingle (self), + put, + see, + seek, + set, + slay, + take heed, tremble, + walk, + would.]

b. not [Strong: 3809 la' law (Aramaic) or lah (Aramaic) (Dan. 4:32) {law}; corresponding to 3808:--or even, neither, no(-ne, -r), ((can-))not, as nothing, without.]

c. cleave [Strong: 1693 dbaq deb-ak' (Aramaic) corresponding to 1692; to stick to:--cleave.]

d. one [Strong: 1836 den dane (Aramaic) an orthographical variation of 1791; this:-- (afore-)time, + after this manner, here (-after), one...another, such, there(-fore), these, this (matter), + thus, where(-fore), which.]

e. to [Strong: 5974 `im eem (Aramaic) corresponding to 5973:--by, from, like, to(-ward), with.]

f. another [Strong: 1836 den dane (Aramaic) an orthographical variation of 1791; this:-- (afore-)time, + after this manner, here (-after), one...another, such, there(-fore), these, this (matter), + thus, where(-fore), which.]

g. even [Strong: 1888 he' hay (Aramaic) or har (Aramaic) {haw}; corresponding to 1887:--even, lo.]

h. as [Strong: 1768 diy dee (Aramaic) apparently for 1668; that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of:--X as, but, for(-asmuch +), + now, of, seeing, than, that, therefore, until, + what (-soever), when, which, whom, whose.]

i. iron [Strong: 6523 parzel par-zel' (Aramaic) corresponding to 1270; iron:--iron.]

j. [is] not [Strong: 3809 la' law (Aramaic) or lah (Aramaic) (Dan. 4:32) {law}; corresponding to 3808:--or even, neither, no(-ne, -r), ((can-))not, as nothing, without.]

k. mixed [Strong: 6151 `arab ar-ab' (Aramaic) corresponding to 6148; to commingle:--mingle (self), mix.]

l. [with] clay [Strong: 2635 chacaph khas-af' (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to that of 2636; a clod:--clay.]