Daniel 2:42
And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et digitos pedum ex parte ferreos, et ex parte fictiles : ex parte regnum erit solidum, et ex parte contritum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ οἱ δάκτυλοι τῶν ποδῶν μέρος μέν τι σιδηροῦν, μέρος δέ τι ὀστράκινον, μέρος τι τῆς βασιλείας ἔσται ἰσχυρόν, καὶ ἀπ᾽ αὐτῆς ἔσται συντριβόμενον.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְאֶצְבְּעָת֙ רַגְלַיָּ֔א מנהון פַּרְזֶ֖ל ומנהון חֲסַ֑ף מִן קְצָ֤ת מַלְכוּתָא֙ תֶּהֱוֵ֣ה תַקִּיפָ֔ה וּמִנַּ֖הּ תֶּהֱוֵ֥ה תְבִירָֽה
The Fathers on this verse
St Irenaeus Against Heresies: Book V, Chapter XXVI. John and Daniel have
1. In a still clearer light has John, in the Apocalypse, indicated to the Lord’s disciples what shall happen in the last times, and concerning the ten kings who shall then arise, among whom the empire which now rules [the earth] shall be partitioned. He teaches us what the ten horns shall be which were seen by Daniel, telling us that thus it had been said to him: “And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, who have received no kingdom as yet, but shall receive power as if kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and give their strength and power to the beast. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them, because He is the Lord of lords and the King of kings.” It is manifest, therefore, that of these [potentates], he who is to come shall slay three, and subject the remainder to his power, and that he shall be himself the eighth among them. …