Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
its legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and part of clay.
WEB
its legs were iron, and its feet were part iron and part clay.
YLT
its legs of iron, its feet, part of them of iron, and part of them of clay.
DBT
its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentDaniel — A Hebrew exile at Babylonian and Persian courts sees empires rise and fall, a Son of Man coming with clouds, and seventy weeks locating Messiah in time. The canon's densest apocalyptic text — and its most interpretively contested.
- Author
- Daniel (traditional — Jesus cites ‘Daniel the prophet’ in Matt 24:15); critical scholarship dates composition to the 2nd c. BC Maccabean period (§7.9 — both surfaced)
- Date
- Traditional: 6th c. BC. Critical: c. 165 BC. Site default: traditional; critical view surfaced at depth 2