Daniel 2:13 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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

Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?

Isaiah 10:1

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness:

Daniel 2:24

Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.

Daniel 5:19

and because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down.