King James Version with Apocrypha
"For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon."
— Daniel 2:12, King James Version with Apocrypha
“For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.”
“For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. ”
“For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.”
“Because of this the king got furiously angry and gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.”
“Upon hearing this, the king in fury, and in great wrath, commanded that all the wise men of Babylon should be put to death.”
“Because of this the king was angry and full of wrath, and gave orders for the destruction of all the wise men of Babylon.”
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.
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.
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.
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
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:
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.