Daniel 2:16

A Conservative Version

And Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation.

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

Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions,

The wrath of a king is messengers of death, but a wise man will pacify it.