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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Because of this the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.
• 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.

Context of Daniel 2:12

10The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can tell the king what he asks. No other king, no matter how great and powerful, has ever asked such a thing of any magician, psychic, or astrologer. 11What you ask is difficult, Your Majesty. No one can tell what you dreamed except the gods, and they don’t live with humans.” This made the king so angry and furious that he gave an order to destroy all the wise advisers in Babylon. 13So 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. 14While Arioch, the captain of the royal guard, was leaving to kill the wise advisers in Babylon, Daniel spoke to him using shrewd judgment.

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, in a fit of rage and anger, Nebuchadnezzar summoned Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Immediately, they were brought to the king.
• Job 5:2Certainly, anger kills a stubborn fool, and jealousy murders a gullible person.
• Psalms 76:10Even angry mortals will praise you. You will wear the remainder of ⌞their⌟ anger.
• Proverbs 16:14A king’s anger announces death, but a wise man makes peace with him.
• Proverbs 19:12The rage of a king is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
• Proverbs 20:2The rage of a king is like the roar of a lion. Whoever makes him angry forfeits his life.
• Proverbs 27:3A stone is heavy, and sand weighs a lot, but annoyance caused by a stubborn fool is heavier than both.
• Proverbs 29:22An angry person stirs up a fight, and a hothead does much wrong.
• Matthew 2:16When Herod saw that the wise men had tricked him, he became furious. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys two years old and younger in or near Bethlehem. This matched the exact time he had learned from the wise men.
• Matthew 5:22But I can guarantee that whoever is angry with another believer will answer for it in court. Whoever calls another believer an insulting name will answer for it in the highest court. Whoever calls another believer a fool will answer for it in hellfire.

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