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Daniel 2:14

AriochDanielBabylon
Wisdom

12 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.

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:

15 He answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.

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BSB
When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon, Daniel replied with discretion and tact.
KJV
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:
WEB
Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon.
ASV
Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king`s guard, who was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon;
DARBY
Then Daniel answered with counsel and prudence to Arioch the chief of the king's bodyguard, who had gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:
BLB
Then Daniel responded with counsel and discretion to Arioch the captain of the guard of the king, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon.
ÅB
Da sa Daniel et klokt og forstandig ord til Arjok, høvdingen for kongens livvakt, som hadde draget ut for å drepe Babels vismenn.
OTB
Da talte Daniel med visdom og diskresjon til Arjok, kapteinen for kongens vakt, som hadde gått ut for å henrette de vise mennene i Babylon.
B1930
Da sa Daniel et klokt og forstandig ord til Arjok, høvdingen for kongens livvakt, som hadde draget ut for å drepe Babels vismenn.

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  • Daniel 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, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.

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  • Jeremiah 52:12

    Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,

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  • Genesis 37:36

    And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.

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  • Ecclesiastes 9:13–18

    This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:

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  • Jeremiah 52:14

    And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.

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  • 2 Samuel 20:16–22

    Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

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  • Jeremiah 39:9

    Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained.

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