Daniel 2:12New Messianic Version BibleFor this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise [men] of Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion]. See the chapter |
Then Herod [heroic] saw that the Astronomers had outwitted him and was very displeased. Being grieved at heart, he commanded that word be sent to all his princes to kill all the male children who were in Beit-Lechem [house of bread] and its borders who had been born from the time when the star appeared, which he had determined when the Astronomers spoke to him concerning the birth of the Boy.
Then was N’vukhadnetzar [May Nebo protect the crown] full of fury, and the form of his visage (appearance; face; look of a person) was changed against Shadrakh [royal, or the great scribe], Meishakh [guest of the king], and ‘Aved-N’go [servant of Nebo]: [therefore] he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont (used to; in the habit of) to be heated.
Therefore Dani’el [God is Judge] went in unto Aryokh [lion-like], whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise [men] of Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion]: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise [men] of Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion]: bring me in before the king, and I will show unto the king the interpretation.