Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by statute?
Daniel 2:13 - English Standard Version 2016 So the decree went out, and the wise men were about to be killed; and they sought Daniel and his companions, to kill them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So the decree went forth that the wise men were to be killed, and [the officers] sought Daniel and his companions to be slain. American Standard Version (1901) So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain. Common English Bible So the command went out: The sages were to be killed. Daniel and his friends too were hunted down; they were to be killed as well. Catholic Public Domain Version And when the decree had gone forth, the wise men were put to death; and Daniel and his companions were sought, to be destroyed. Good News Translation So the order was issued for all of them to be killed, including Daniel and his friends. |
Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by statute?
Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression,
Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said thus to him: “Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will show the king the interpretation.”
And because of the greatness that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. Whom he would, he killed, and whom he would, he kept alive; whom he would, he raised up, and whom he would, he humbled.