Daniel 2:12

Because of this the king was angry and full of wrath, and gave orders for the destruction of all the wise men of Babylon.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

11The king's request is a very hard one, and there is no other who is able to make it clear to the king, but the gods, whose living-place is not with flesh.

13So the order went out that the wise men were to be put to death; and they were looking for Daniel and his friends to put them to death.

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Cross References

Psalms 76:10\76:9\When God took his place as judge, for the salvation of the poor on the earth. (Selah.)

Proverbs 19:12The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 27:3A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.

Daniel 2:5The king made answer and said to the Chaldaeans, This is my decision: if you do not make clear to me the dream and the sense of it, you will be cut in bits and your houses made waste.

Daniel 3:19Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of wrath, and the form of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: and he gave orders that the fire was to be heated up seven times more than it was generally heated.

Matthew 5:22But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 2:2-14

Nebuchadnezzar's Forgotten Dream. ( b. c. 603.) 1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. 2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to show the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. 3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. 4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the… Read the whole commentary →

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