KJV King James Version
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise [men] of Babylon.
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Daniel 2:12
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise [men] of Babylon.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
This response made the king so angry and furious that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
WEB World English Bible
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
ASV American Standard Version
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Therefore the king hath been angry and very wroth, and hath said to destroy all the wise men of Babylon;
Surrounding context — Daniel 2
9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, [there is but] one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.
10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore [there is] no king, lord, nor ruler, [that] asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
11 And [it is] a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise [men] of Babylon.
13 And the decree went forth that the wise [men] should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise [men] of Babylon:
15 He answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Why [is] the decree [so] hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
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כָּל־H9005 · lto/forקֳבֵ֣לH6903 · qe.velbeforeדְּנָ֔הH1836 · de.nahthisמַלְכָּ֕אH4430 · me.lekhkingבְּנַ֖סH1149 · be.nasbe angryוּקְצַ֣ףH7108 · qe.tsaphbe angryשַׂגִּ֑יאH7690 · sag.gigreatlyוַאֲמַר֙H560 · a.marto sayלְה֣וֹבָדָ֔הH7 · a.vadto destroyלְכֹ֖לH3606 · kolallחַכִּימֵ֥יH2445 · chak.kimwiseבָבֶֽל׃H895 · ba.velBabylon
Cross-references
Daniel 3:13Then Nebuchadnezzar in [his] rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.Psalm 76:10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.Daniel 3:19Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: [therefore] he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.Matthew 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.Job 5:2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.Daniel 2:5The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.Proverbs 16:14The wrath of a king [is as] messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.Proverbs 19:12The king’s wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his favour [is] as dew upon the grass.Proverbs 27:3-4A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath [is] heavier than them both.Proverbs 20:2The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.Matthew 5:22But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
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