Daniel 2:12–13
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2:12Because of this the king got furiously angry23 and gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. 2:13So a decree went out, and the wise men were about24 to be executed. They also sought25 Daniel and his friends so that they could be executed.
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- 23 Aram “was angry and very furious.” The expression is a hendiadys (two words or phrases expressing a single idea).
- 24 The Aramaic participle is used here to express the imminent future.
- 25 The impersonal active plural (“they sought”) of the Aramaic verb could also be translated as an English passive: “Daniel and his friends were sought” (cf. ).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Because of this the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed. So the decree went out, and the wise men were about to be killed; and they sought Daniel and his companions, to kill them.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
This made the king so angry and furious that he ordered the execution of all the wise men of Babylon. So the decree was issued to put the wise men to death, and men were sent to look for Daniel and his friends to put them to death.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Because of this, the king became violently angry and gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. The decree was issued that the wise men were to be executed, and they searched for Daniel and his friends, to execute them.
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NLTNew Living Translation
The king was furious when he heard this, and he ordered that all the wise men of Babylon be executed. And because of the king’s decree, men were sent to find and kill Daniel and his friends.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Because of this the king became angry, and he became very much enraged, and he said that all the wise men of Babylon are to be destroyed. And the decree was issued, and the wise men were on the verge of being executed, and they searched for Daniel and his companions to be executed.
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KJV 1900King James Version
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
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