Dan 2:43 | NET2full | STEP | And in that you saw iron mixed with wet clay , so people will be mixed with one another without adhering to one another , just as iron does not mix with clay .

‏ Daniel 2:43

43 And ^{▼▼tc The present translation reads the conjunction, with most medieval Hebrew mss, LXX, Vulgate, and the Qere. The Kethib lacks the conjunction.} in that you saw iron mixed with wet clay, so people will be mixed ^{▼▼sn The reference to people being mixed is usually understood to refer to intermarriage.} with one another ^{▼▼tn Aram “with the seed of men.”} without adhering to one another, just as ^{▼▼tc The present translation reads הֵיךְ דִּי (hekh di) rather than the MT הֵא־כְדִי (heʾ khedi, “even as which”). It is a case of wrong word division.} iron does not mix with clay.