Daniel 2:13

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

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12Therefore the king has been furious and very angry, and has said to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

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

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Cross References

Psalms 94:20Is a throne of mischief joined [with] You? A framer of perverseness by statute?

Isaiah 10:1“Woe [to] those decreeing decrees of iniquity, || And writers who have prescribed perverseness,

Daniel 6:9Therefore King Darius has signed the writing and interdict.

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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