Daniel 2:12 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

¹² Because of this the king flew into a violent rage and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² For this cause the king was angry and very furious and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

Common English Bible

¹² At this, the king exploded in a furious rage and ordered that all Babylon’s sages be wiped out.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² When he heard this, the king commanded, in fury and in great wrath, that all the wise men of Babylon should be destroyed.

English Standard Version 2016

¹² Because of this the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.

Daniel 2:12 Cross References

Job 5:2

Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.

Psalm 76:10

Human wrath serves only to praise you, when you bind the last bit of your wrath around you.

Proverbs 16:14

A king's wrath is a messenger of death, and whoever is wise will appease it.

Proverbs 19:12

A king's anger is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 20:2

The dread anger of a king is like the growling of a lion; anyone who provokes him to anger forfeits life itself.

Proverbs 29:22

One given to anger stirs up strife, and the hothead causes much transgression.

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 2:5

The king answered the Chaldeans, “This is a public decree: if you do not tell me both the dream and its interpretation, you shall be torn limb from limb, and your houses shall be laid in ruins.

Daniel 3:13

Then Nebuchadnezzar in furious rage commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought in; so they brought those men before the king.

Daniel 3:19

Then Nebuchadnezzar was so filled with rage against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that his face was distorted. He ordered the furnace heated up seven times more than was customary,

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.

Matthew 2:16

When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the wise men.

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgment; and if you insult a brother or sister, you will be liable to the council; and if you say, ‘You fool,’ you will be liable to the hell of fire.