Daniel 2:12

Daniel 2:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
• New International Version (NIV)This made the king so angry and furious that he ordered the execution of all the wise men of Babylon.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For this reason the king was angry and very furious, and gave the command to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The king was furious when he heard this, and he ordered that all the wise men of Babylon be executed.

Context of Daniel 2:12

10The Chaldeans answered the king and said, "There is not a man on earth who can meet the king's demand, for no great and powerful king has asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or Chaldean. 11The thing that the king asks is difficult, and no one can show it to the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh." Because of this the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed. 13So the decree went out, and the wise men were about to be killed; and they sought Daniel and his companions, to kill them. 14Then Daniel replied with prudence and discretion to Arioch, the captain of the king's guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 2:12 word by word

כָּל־קֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָ֔ה מַלְכָּ֕א בְּנַ֖ס וּקְצַ֣ף שַׂגִּ֑יא וַאֲמַר֙ לְה֣וֹבָדָ֔ה לְכֹ֖ל חַכִּימֵ֥י בָבֶֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forקֳבֵלqebêl qŏbêl · before: becauseH6903
• thisדְּנָהdên · thisH1836
• causeכֹּלkôl · allH3606
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4430
• was angryבְּנַסbenas · be angryH1149
• and veryשַׂגִּיאώaggîy' · greatH7690
• furiousקְצַףqetsaph · be angryH7108
• and commandedאֲמַר'ămar · to sayH560
• to destroyאֲבַד'ăbad · to destroyH7
• the wiseחַכִּיםchakkîym · wiseH2445
• of Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH895

Cross-references for Daniel 2:12

• Daniel 3:13Then Nebuchadnezzar in furious rage commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought. So they brought these men before the king.
• Job 5:2Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.
• Psalms 76:10Surely the wrath of man shall praise you; the remnant of wrath you will put on like a belt.
• Proverbs 16:14A king's wrath is a messenger of death, and a wise man will appease it.
• Proverbs 19:12A king's wrath is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
• Proverbs 20:2The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life.
• Proverbs 27:3A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
• Proverbs 29:22A man of wrath stirs up strife, and one given to anger causes much transgression.
• Matthew 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.
• Matthew 5:22But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire.

Commentaries on Daniel 2:12

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12For this cause the king was angry - Because they failed in explaining the subject which had been referred to them. It is true that his anger was unjust, for their profession did not imply that they would undertake to explain what he demanded, but his wrath was not unnatural. His mind was alarmed, and he was troubled. He believed that what he had seen in his dream foreboded some important events, and, as an arbitrary sovereign, unaccustomed to restrain his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12The king was furious because contradicting or refusing his command was an offense punishable by death. eople were expected to treat the king like a god. By saying he was not, they broke the rules of the king’s court. The king’s sages were also expected to have a connection with the divine, but they admitted they did not. The offense against the king was so severe that he ordered all the wise men of Babylon to be executed. The king’s anger points ahead to…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1312-13. Daniel and his companions do not seem to have been actually numbered among the Magi or Chaldeans, and so were not summoned before the king. Providence ordered it so that all mere human wisdom should be shown vain before His divine power, through His servant, was put forth. Da 2:24 shows that the decree for slaying the wise men had not been actually executed when Daniel interposed.Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 2:12

• Government
• Magician
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Babylon
• Babylon, Babylonia, Babylonian
• Wise men
• Ask
• Iron
• Terrible
• Abed-Nego
• Aramaic; Aramaic Language
• Bible, the
• Cause

Commentaries on Daniel 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings