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Daniel 2:13

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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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  1. 24 The Aramaic participle is used here to express the imminent future.
  2. 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. ).

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So the decree went out, and the wise men were about to be killed; and they sought Daniel and his companions, to kill them.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The decree was issued that the wise men were to be executed, and they searched for Daniel and his friends, to execute them.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

And because of the king’s decree, men were sent to find and kill Daniel and his friends.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

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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