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


In Context

9 But if ye will not make known to 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 show me the interpretation of it.

10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can show the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that hath asked such things of any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.

11 And 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.

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

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

14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, who had gone forth to slay 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:12Upon hearing this, the king in fury, and in great wrath, commanded that all the wise men of Babylon should be put to death.

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 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.