12Upon hearing this, the king in fury, and in great wrath, commanded that all the wise men of Babylon should be put to death.


In Context

9 If therefore you tell me not the dream, there is one sentence concerning you, that you have also framed a lying interpretation, and full of deceit, to speak before me till the time pass away. Tell me therefore the dream, that I may know that you also give a true interpretation thereof.

10 Then the Chaldeains answered before the king, and said: There is no man upon earth, that can accomplish thy word, O king, neither doth any king, though great and mighty, ask such a thing of any diviner, or wise man, or Chaldean.

11 For the thing that thou askest, O king, is difficult; nor can any one be found that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose conversation is not with men.

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

13 And the decree being gone forth, the wise men were slain: and Daniel and his companions were sought for, to be put to death.

14 Then Daniel inquired concerning the law and the sentence, of Arioch the general of the king's army, who was gone forth to kill the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 2:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:12For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise [men] of Babylon.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:12This made the king so angry and furious that he ordered the execution of all the wise men of Babylon.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:12For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12For this cause the king was irritated and very wroth, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:12For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12Therefore the king hath been angry and very wroth, and hath said to destroy all the wise men of Babylon;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:12For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.