Daniel 2:12

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

13And the sentence hath 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 praiseth Thee, The remnant of fierceness Thou girdest on.

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

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

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

Daniel 3:19Then Nebuchadnezzar hath been full of fury, and the expression of his face hath 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 — I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the 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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