Daniel 2:40

2:40 Then there will be a fourth kingdom, one strong like iron. Just like iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything, and as iron breaks in pieces ¹  all of these metals, ²  so it will break in pieces and crush the others. ³ 

Daniel 2:43

2:43 And ⁴  in that you saw iron mixed with wet clay, so people will be mixed ⁵  with one another ⁶  without adhering to one another, just as ⁷  iron does not mix with clay.

Daniel 4:37

4:37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all his deeds are right and his ways are just. He is able to bring down those who live ⁸  in pride.

Daniel 9:14

9:14 The LORD was mindful of the calamity, and he brought it on us. For the LORD our God is just ⁹  in all he has done, ¹⁰  and we have not obeyed him. ¹¹ 

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¹ tc Theodotion and the Vulgate lack the phrase “and as iron breaks in pieces.”

² tn The Aramaic text does not have this word, but it has been added in the translation for clarity.

³ tn The words “the others” are supplied from the context.

⁴ tc The present translation reads the conjunction, with most medieval Hebrew MSS, LXX, Vulgate, and the Qere. The Kethib lacks the conjunction.

⁵ sn The reference to people being mixed is usually understood to refer to intermarriage.

⁶ tn Aram “with the seed of men.”

⁷ tc The present translation reads הֵיךְ דִּי (hekh diy) rather than the MT הֵא־כְדִי (he’-khÿdi). It is a case of wrong word division.

⁸ tn Aram “walk.”

⁹ tn Or “righteous.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “in all his deeds which he has done.”

¹¹ tn Heb “we have not listened to his voice.”