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 you don't make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can show me its interpretation.

10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man on the earth who can show the king's matter, because no king, lord, or ruler, has asked such a thing of any magician, or enchanter, or Chaldean.

11 It is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is no other who 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 So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

14 Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, 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 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 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 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.