Daniel 2:13 - The Scriptures 2009

So the decree went out, and they began killing the wise ones. And they sought Dani’ĕl and his companions, to kill 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

Would a throne of destruction, Which devises trouble by law, Be joined with You?

Isaiah 10:1

“Woe to those making unrighteous inscriptions, and writers who have prescribed toil,

Daniel 2:24

So Dani’ĕl went to Aryoḵ, whom the sovereign had appointed to destroy the wise ones of Baḇel. He went and said this to him, “Do not destroy the wise ones of Baḇel. Bring me in before the sovereign, and I shall show the interpretation to the sovereign.”

Daniel 5:19

“And because of the greatness which He gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. Whomever he wished he killed, and whomever he wished he kept alive, and whomever he wished he raised up, and whomever he wished he made low.