Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded 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.
New American Standard Bible
So 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.
Holman Bible
The decree was issued that the wise men were to be executed, and they searched for Daniel and his friends, to execute them.
International Standard Version
When the order went out to kill the advisors, they searched for Daniel and his friends to kill them, too.
A Conservative Version
So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain. And they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.
American Standard Version
So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.
Amplified
So the decree went out that the wise men were to be killed; and they looked for Daniel and his companions to put them to death.
Bible in Basic English
So the order went out that the wise men were to be put to death; and they were looking for Daniel and his friends to put them to death.
Darby Translation
And the decree went forth that the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to slay them.
Julia Smith Translation
And the edict went forth and the wise men being killed; and they sought Daniel and his associates to be killed.
King James 2000
And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
Modern King James verseion
And the law went out that the wise men should be killed. And they sought Daniel and his fellows to be killed.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and the proclamation went forth that the wise men should be slain. They sought also to slay Daniel with his companions.
NET Bible
So a decree went out, and the wise men were about to be executed. They also sought Daniel and his friends so that they could be executed.
New Heart English Bible
So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be killed; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be killed.
The Emphasized Bible
and, the decree, went forth, that, the wise men, should be slain, - and they sought Daniel and his companions that they might be slain.
Webster
And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
World English Bible
So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the sentence hath gone forth, and the wise men are being slain, and they have sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.
Themes
Government » Monarchical » By nebuchadnezzar
Rulers' » Wicked » Instances of » Nebuchadnezzar, commanding to destroy the wise men
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Daniel 2:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
The King's Troubling Dream
12 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. 13 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. 14 Then Daniel responded prudently and discretely to Arioch, the commander of the imperial guard of the king, who had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon.
Cross References
Daniel 1:19-20
And the king spoke with them, {and among all of them no one was found like} Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; then they stood {before} the king.
Esther 3:12-15
And the king's secretaries were called in the first month on the thirteenth day, and [a decree] was issued, according to all that Haman commanded, to the satraps of the king and to the governors who [were] over all the provinces, and to [the] officials of all the people, to each province according to [its own] script and to all people according to their own language; [it was] written in the name of King Ahasuerus and [was] sealed with the king's ring.
Psalm 94:20
Can there be allied with you a throne of destruction, one that forms trouble based on statute?
Proverbs 28:15-17
[Like] a roaring lion and a charging bear [is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.
Isaiah 10:1
Ah! Those who decree decrees of evil, and writers who have written harm,
Daniel 6:9-15
{So} the king, Darius, signed the writing and the interdict.