Daniel 2:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The decree was issued, and the wise men were about to be executed, and they looked for Daniel and his companions, to execute them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So the decree went forth that the wise men were to be killed, and [the officers] sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

American Standard Version (1901)

So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

Common English Bible

So the command went out: The sages were to be killed. Daniel and his friends too were hunted down; they were to be killed as well.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And when the decree had gone forth, the wise men were put to death; and Daniel and his companions were sought, to be destroyed.

English Standard Version 2016

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

Daniel 2:13 Cross References

Psalm 94:20

Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who contrive mischief by statute?

Isaiah 10:1

Woe to those who make iniquitous decrees, who write oppressive statutes,

Daniel 2:24

Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, “Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will give the king the interpretation.”

Daniel 5:19

And because of the greatness that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. He killed those he wanted to kill, kept alive those he wanted to keep alive, honored those he wanted to honor, and degraded those he wanted to degrade.