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Daniel 2:12

For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

KJV

Quo audito, rex, in furore et in ira magna, præcepit ut perirent omnes sapientes Babylonis.

Vulgate

τότε ὁ βασιλεὺς στυγνὸς γενόμενος καὶ περίλυπος προσέταξεν ἐξαγαγεῖν πάντας τοὺς σοφοὺς τῆς Βαβυλωνίας.

LXX

For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

ASV

כָּ/ל קֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָ֔ה מַלְכָּ֕/א בְּנַ֖ס וּ/קְצַ֣ף שַׂגִּ֑יא וַ/אֲמַר֙ לְ/ה֣וֹבָדָ֔ה לְ/כֹ֖ל חַכִּימֵ֥י בָבֶֽל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א
'
noun · 179×
אָמַ֗ר
'mr
verb · 71×
בָבֶֽל
bbl
proper_noun · 25×
בְּנַ֖ס
bns
verb · 1×
דְנָה֙
dnh
pronoun · 57×
הוֹבָדָ֖ה
hvbdh
verb · 7×
חַכִּימֵ֣י
chkymy
noun · 14×
כָל
kl
verb · 101×
קְצַ֣ף
qtsp
verb · 1×
קֳבֵ֣ל
qbl
preposition · 29×
שַׂגִּ֔יא
shgy'
adjective · 13×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Dan 2:24 — Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, a
  • Dan 3:13 — Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.
  • Dan 3:13 — Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.
  • Dan 3:19 — Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven time
  • Dan 5:19 — And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom
  • Esth 1:13 — Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king’s manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
  • Esth 6:13 — And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast
  • Matt 2:16 — Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and
  • Prov 19:12 — The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
  • Ps 76:10 — Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.