Daniel 2:15 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹⁵ he answered and said to Ar´i-och the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Ar´i-och made the thing known to Daniel.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ he answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ He said to Arioch, the king's captain, Why is the decree so urgent and hasty from the king? Then Arioch explained the matter to Daniel.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ he answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Wherefore is the decree so urgent from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ He said to Arioch the king’s royal officer, “Why is the king’s command so unreasonable?” After Arioch explained the situation to Daniel,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ And he asked him, who had received the orders of the king, for what reason such a cruel sentence had gone forth from the face of the king. And so, when Arioch had revealed the matter to Daniel,

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁵ He declared to Arioch, the king’s captain, “Why is the decree of the king so urgent?” Then Arioch made the matter known to Daniel.

Daniel 2:15 Cross References

Daniel 2:14

Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Ar´i-och the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:

Daniel 2:16

Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would show the king the interpretation.

Daniel 3:22

Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed´nego.

John 13:27

And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.