Daniel 2:42 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.k ”

Daniel 2:42 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And as the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken - Margin, “brittle.” The margin is the more correct rendering of the Chald...
Daniel 2:42 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Interpretation of the Dream. According to Daniel's interpretation the colossal statue is a pictorial representation of the course of history. Four empires succeed each other and are finally des...
Daniel 2:42 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

part . a portion [of them], or some of them. Chaldee. min . partly . in part, or at the end. Chaldee. ketzath, as in Daniel 4:29 (Hebrew, verse 26), Daniel 4:34 (Hebrew, verse 31). Occurs o...
Daniel 2:42 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
Daniel 2:42 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, &c.— This description agrees well with the Roman empire, and the event answered this prediction; for the Roman was vastly more strong and extensive t...
Daniel 2:42 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest th...
Daniel 2:42 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nebuchandezzar's Dream-Image Nebuchadnezzar in his second year had a dream, which he required the wise men of his court to describe and interpret on pain of death. They said this was beyond their...
Daniel 2:42 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

So the kingdom. — This strength, however, is only apparent. There are certain discordant elements in the fourth empire. These are here represented by the iron and clay, which cannot be made to cohe...
Daniel 2:42 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE DREAM-IMAGE OF RUINED EMPIRES "With thee will I break in pieces rulers and captains." - Jeremiah 51:23 THE Book of Daniel is constructed with consummate skill to teach the mighty lessons wh...
Daniel 2:42 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Kingdom Triumphant Daniel 2:36-49 Our Lord probably refers to these five empires when He speaks of “the times of the Gentiles.” The empire of Babylon was followed by that of Medo-Persia u...
Daniel 2:42 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the second year of his reign Nebuchadnezzar, troubled by dreams and unable to sleep, called together his enchanters and sorcerers to explain his dreams one of which troubled him especially. Their...
Daniel 2:42 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Think, Reader! what astonishment must have overwhelmed the mind of Babylon's monarch, when beholding a poor captive youth of Israel's race, not only bringing to his recollection all the circumstances...
Daniel 2:42 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And as the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of clay ,.... Or some of them of iron, and so were strong and powerful, as some of these kingdoms were; and some of clay, and so were weak and...
Daniel 2:42 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And [as] the toes of the feet [were] part of iron, and part of clay, [so] the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. Ver. 42. So the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken....
Daniel 2:42 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron , &c. This description agrees well with the Roman empire, and the event answered the prediction; for the Roman was vastly more strong and extensive tha...
Daniel 2:42 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nebuchadnezzar's Dream Interpreted. B. C. 603. 31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a g...
Daniel 2:42 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This was plain in the civil wars of the Romans, the falling off of some countries, especially in and towards the end of it.
Daniel 2:42 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“And the fourth kingdom will be as strong as iron, forasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and subdues all things. And as iron that crushes all these, will it break in pieces and crush. And whereas you sa...
Daniel 2:42 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

HOMILETICS SECT. IX.—THE INTERPRETATION OF THE DREAM (Chap. Daniel 2:36-46 ) In the interpretation of the king’s dream we come to the prophecies of Daniel. Some of these prophecies were communic...
Daniel 2:42 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Daniel 2:29-49 I take the severance of the stone from the mountain to denote the coming of Christ into the world, and the collision of the stone with the image to mean the founding by the Lord of...
Daniel 2:42 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 2:1 . In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar, after he ascended the throne, according to the Chaldaic account, which was the fourth according to the Hebrew account. Nebuchadnezzar is thought...
Daniel 2:42 - The Biblical Illustrator

Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands. The Dream Recovered and Interpreted The vision suggests to us many interesting things concerning the Kingdom of Christ. 1. Its superh...
Daniel 2:42 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Daniel 2:1-27 DANIEL FIRST BECOMES DISTINGUISHED . Daniel 2:1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spi...
Daniel 2:42 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Dream Interpreted; Daniel Advanced
Daniel 2:42 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 7:24 ; Revelation 13:1
Daniel 2:42 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Broken — This was plain in the civil wars of the Romans, and the falling off of some countries, especially towards the end of it.

Daniel 2:42 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Daniel 2:42 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 2:42 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Daniel 2:42 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Daniel 2:42 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Daniel 2:42 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Daniel 2:42 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 2:42 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Daniel 2:42 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Daniel 2:42 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Daniel 2:42 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Daniel 2:42 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Daniel 2:42 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Daniel 2:42 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Daniel 2:42 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 2:42 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Daniel 2:42 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Daniel 2:42 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 2:42 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Daniel 2:42 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Daniel 2:42 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 2:42 - The Biblical Illustrator

Daniel 2:42 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Daniel 2:42 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Daniel 2:42 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 2:42 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes