Daniel 2:16

Modern King James Version

Then Daniel went in and asked of the king that he would give him time, and that he would make known the meaning to the king.

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

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.

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