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Daniel 2:12

Therefore the king has been furious and very angry, and has said to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

Literal Standard Version

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

11and the thing that the king is asking [is] precious, and there are no others that show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.”

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

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Cross References

Psalms 76:10For the fierceness of man praises You, || You gird on the remnant of fierceness.

Proverbs 19:12The wrath of a king [is] a growl as of a young lion, || And his goodwill as dew on the herb.

Proverbs 27:3A stone [is] heavy, and the sand [is] heavy, || And the anger of a fool || Is heavier than them both.

Daniel 2:5The king has answered and said to the Chaldeans, “The thing is gone from me; if you do not cause me to know the dream and its interpretation, you are made pieces, and your houses are made dunghills;

Daniel 3:19Then Nebuchadnezzar has been full of fury, and the expression of his face has been changed concerning Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego; he answered and said to heat the furnace seven times above that which it is seen to be heated;

Matthew 5:22but I say to you that everyone who is angry at his brother without cause will be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Stupid, will be in danger of the Sanhedrin, and whoever may say, Moron, will be in danger of the Gehenna 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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