Contradictions and Paradoxes in Daniel 2:33

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Daniel 2:33 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Daniel 2:33. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Daniel, this part of the big statue shows how different kingdoms have different strengths. The iron legs are strong, but the feet mixed with clay are weak, meaning some parts are strong and some are not.

Daniel 2:33: His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.

Contradiction with Isaiah 2:22

Daniel 2:33 describes parts of a statue, yet Isaiah 2:22 speaks against reliance on man-made things.

Isaiah 2:22: Cease ye from man, whose breath [is] in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

Contradiction with Jeremiah 10:5

While Daniel 2:33 refers to a statue with strength, Jeremiah 10:5 describes idols as powerless and immobile.

Jeremiah 10:5: They [are] upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also [is it] in them to do good.

Contradiction with Exodus 20:4

Daniel 2:33 describes a statue, but Exodus 20:4 prohibits making images.

Exodus 20:4: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:

Contradiction with Isaiah 44:10

Daniel 2:33 depicts a valuable statue, whereas Isaiah 44:10 speaks to the vanity of creating idols.

Isaiah 44:10: Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image [that] is profitable for nothing?

Contradiction with Acts 17:29

Daniel 2:33 describes metal as precious, but Acts 17:29 emphasizes that God’s nature should not be likened to gold or silver images.

Acts 17:29: Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
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