Daniel 2:15

Daniel chapter 2 · verse 15 in three public-domain English translations with scriptural context

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

he answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Wherefore is the decree so urgent from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

he answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Wherefore is the decree so urgent from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

Context

v.14Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, who was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon;

v.15This passage

v.16And Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation.