Daniel 2:12 - The Scriptures 2009

¹² Because of this the sovereign was enraged and very wroth, and gave orders to destroy all the wise ones of Baḇel.

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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

For wrath kills the fool, and envy slays the simple.

Psalm 76:10

For the wrath of mankind praises You, With the remainder of wrath You gird Yourself!

Proverbs 16:14

The sovereign’s wrath is a messenger of death, But a wise man appeases it.

Proverbs 19:12

The sovereign’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, But his delight is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 20:2

The dread of a sovereign is like the roaring of a lion; Whoever provokes him sins against his own life.

Proverbs 29:22

A man of displeasure stirs up strife, And a master of rage has many a transgression.

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 2:5

The sovereign answered and said to the Kasdim, “My decision is firm: if you do not make known the dream and its interpretation to me, your limbs shall be taken from you, and your houses made dunghills.

Daniel 3:13

Then Neḇuḵaḏnetstsar, in rage and wrath, gave orders to bring Shaḏraḵ, Mĕyshaḵ, and Aḇĕḏ-Neḡo. Then they brought these men before the sovereign.

Daniel 3:19

Then Neḇuḵaḏnetstsar was filled with wrath, and the expression on his face changed toward Shaḏraḵ, Mĕyshaḵ, and Aḇĕḏ-Neḡo. He responded and gave orders that they heat the furnace seven times more than it was usual to heat it.

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.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herodes, having seen that he was fooled by the Magi, was greatly enraged, and he sent forth and slew all the male children in Bĕyth Leḥem and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learnt from the Magi.

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that whoever is wroth with his brother without a cause shall be liable to judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raka!’ shall be liable to the Sanhedrin. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be liable to fire of GĕHinnom.