Daniel 2:12

For this cause the king was angrie and in great furie, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babel.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

11For it is a rare thing that the King requireth, and there is none other that can declare it before the King, except the gods whose dwelling is not with flesh.

13And when sentence was giuen, the wise men were slayne: and they sought Daniel and his fellowes to be put to death.

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Cross References

Psalms 76:10Surely the rage of man shall turne to thy praise: the remnant of the rage shalt thou restrayne.

Proverbs 19:12The Kings wrath is like the roaring of a lyon: but his fauour is like the dewe vpon ye grasse.

Proverbs 27:3A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.

Daniel 2:5And the King answered and sayd to the Caldeans, The thing is gone from me. If ye will not make me vnderstande the dreame with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be drawen in pieces, and your houses shall be made a iakes.

Daniel 3:19Then was Nebuchad-nezzar full of rage, and the forme of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore hee charged and commanded that they should heate the fornace at once seuen times more then it was wont to be heat.

Matthew 5:22But I say vnto you, whosoeuer is angry with his brother vnaduisedly, shalbe culpable of iudgment. And whosoeuer sayth vnto his brother, Raca, shalbe worthy to be punished by the Councill. And whosoeuer shall say, Foole, shalbe worthy to be punished with hell 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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