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Daniel 2:12

Babylon
Anger

10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.

11 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

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

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

14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:

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BSB
This response made the king so furious with anger that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
KJV
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
WEB
Because of this, the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.
ASV
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
DARBY
For this cause the king was irritated and very wroth, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
BLB
All because of this, the king was very angry and he became furious, and he gave a command to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
ÅB
Over dette ble kongen harm og meget vred, og han befalte at alle Babels vismenn skulle drepes.
OTB
Dette svaret gjorde kongen så sint og rasende at han befalte henrettelsen av alle de vise mennene i Babylon.
B1930
Over dette blev kongen harm og meget vred, og han bød at alle Babels vismenn skulde drepes.

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Cross references

  • Daniel 3:13

    Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king.

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  • Psalms 76:10

    Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.

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  • Matthew 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 under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.

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  • Daniel 3:19

    Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

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  • Proverbs 27:3–4

    A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.

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  • Proverbs 29:22

    An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

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  • Proverbs 20:2

    The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

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  • Proverbs 19:12

    The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

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