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


In Context

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.

15 And he asked him that had received the orders of the king, why so cruel a sentence was gone forth from the face of the king. And when Arioch had told the matter to Daniel,

Daniel 2:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:13And the decree went forth that the wise [men] should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:13So the decree was issued to put the wise men to death, and men were sent to look for Daniel and his friends to put them to death.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:13So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:13And the decree went forth that the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to slay them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:13So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:13And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:13So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:13And the sentence hath gone forth, and the wise men are being slain, and they have sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:13And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.