Daniel 2:13 Parallel Translations

So a decree was issued that the wise advisers were to be killed, and some men were sent to find Daniel and his friends and kill them.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

ASV:

So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

BBE:

So the order went out that the wise men were to be put to death; and they were looking for Daniel and his friends to put them to death.

DBY:

And the decree went forth that the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to slay them.

ERV:

So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

JPS:

So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

WBS:

And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

WEB:

So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

YLT:

And the sentence hath gone forth, and the wise men are being slain, and they have sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

Daniel 2:13 Cross References

XREF:

Daniel 1:19 The king talked with them, and out of them all not one was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah; so they entered the king's personal service.

Daniel 1:20 As for every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and conjurers who were in all his realm. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

2:13 And the decree went forth that the wise [men] should be slain; and they {i} sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
(i) Which declares that God would not have his servant united in the company of these sorcerers and astrologers, whose arts were wicked, and therefore justly ought to die, even though the king did it upon a rage and not from zeal.

WES:

2:13 Daniel and his fellows - Daniel and his fellows were not called, because of their youth, which the Chaldeans despised. Here it is observable: The magicians confessed, that knowledge and revelation must come from God, and therefore what Daniel did, was not of any human strength. That the Lord held the governor's hands, so that he did not slay Daniel presently with the first. That Daniel by his prudence and piety, saved all the magicians lives.

MHC:

2:1-13 The greatest men are most open to cares and troubles of mind, which disturb their repose in the night, while the sleep of the labouring man is sweet and sound. We know not the uneasiness of many who live in great pomp, and, as others vainly think, in pleasure also. The king said that his learned men must tell him the dream itself, or they should all be put to death as deceivers. Men are more eager to ask as to future events, than to learn the way of salvation or the path of duty; yet foreknowledge of future events increases anxiety and trouble. Those who deceived, by pretending to do what they could not do, were sentenced to death, for not being able to do what they did not pretend to.

CONC:

Companions Daniel Death Decree Fellows Forth Friends Issued Kill Order Sentence Slain Slay Sought Wise

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