Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

So the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they looked for Daniel and his friends to kill them.

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.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the decree
דּת 
Dath (Aramaic) 
Usage: 14

נפק 
N@phaq (Aramaic) 
Usage: 11

that the wise
חכּים 
Chakkiym (Aramaic) 
Usage: 14

קטל 
Q@tal (Aramaic) 
Usage: 7

and they sought
בּעה בּעא 
B@`a' (Aramaic) 
Usage: 12

דּניּאל 
Daniye'l (Aramaic) 
Usage: 52

and his fellows
חבר 
Chabar (Aramaic) 
Usage: 3

Context Readings

The King's Troubling Dream

12 Therefore the king hath been angry and very wroth, and hath said to destroy all the wise men of Babylon; 13 And the sentence hath gone forth, and the wise men are being slain, and they have sought Daniel and his companions to be slain. 14 Then Daniel hath replied with counsel and discretion to Arioch chief of the executioners of the king, who hath gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon.

Cross References

Daniel 1:19-20

And the king speaketh with them, and there hath none been found among them all like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, and they stand before the king;

Esther 3:12-15

And scribes of the king are called, on the first month, on the thirteenth day of it, and it is written according to all that Haman hath commanded, unto lieutenants of the king, and unto the governors who are over province and province, and unto the heads of people and people, province and province, according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, in the name of the king Ahasuerus it hath been written and sealed with the signet of the king,

Psalm 94:20

Is a throne of mischief joined with Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?

Proverbs 28:15-17

A growling lion, and a ranging bear, Is the wicked ruler over a poor people.

Isaiah 10:1

Woe to those decreeing decrees of iniquity, And writers who have prescribed perverseness.

Daniel 6:9-15

Therefore king Darius hath signed the writing and interdict.

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