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


In Context

10 The Chaldeans have answered before the king, and are saying, 'There is not a man on the earth who is able to shew the king's matter; therefore, no king, chief, and ruler, hath asked such a thing as this of any scribe, and enchanter, and Chaldean;

11 and the thing that the king is asking is precious, and others are there not that do shew it before the king, save the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.'

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

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

14 Then Daniel hath replied with counsel and discretion to Arioch chief of the executioners of the king, who hath gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon.

15 He hath answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, 'Wherefore is the sentence so urgent from before the king?' Then Arioch hath made the thing known 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:13And the decree being gone forth, the wise men were slain: and Daniel and his companions were sought for, to be put 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 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.