Daniel 2:12

What does Daniel 2:12 mean?

A plain-English look at Daniel 2:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Because of this the king was angry and full of wrath, and gave orders for the destruction of all the wise men of Babylon.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Therefore the king hath been angry and very wroth, and hath said to destroy all the wise men of Babylon;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Upon hearing this, the king in fury, and in great wrath, commanded that all the wise men of Babylon should be put to death.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

For this cause the king was irritated and very wroth, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

Context

v.11And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is no other that can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

v.12This passage

v.13So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 76:10

    Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: The residue of wrath shalt thou gird upon thee.

  • Proverbs 27:3

    A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both.

  • Daniel 3:19

    Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

  • Proverbs 19:12

    The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.

  • Matthew 2:16

    Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise-men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned of the Wise-men.

  • Daniel 3:13

    Then Nebuchadnezzar inhisrage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king.

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