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 Chaldeans answered the king and said, “There is not a man on earth who could declare the matter for the king, inasmuch as no great king or ruler has ever asked anything like this of any magician, conjurer or Chaldean. 11Moreover, the thing which the king demands is difficult, and there is no one else who could declare it to the king except gods, whose dwelling place is not with mortal flesh.” Because of this the king became indignant and very furious and gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. 13So the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they looked for Daniel and his friends to kill them. 14Then Daniel replied with discretion and discernment to Arioch, the captain of the king’s bodyguard, who had gone forth to slay 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

• Becauseכֹּלkôl · allH3606
• Becauseקֳבֵלqebêl qŏbêl · before: becauseH6903
• of thisדְּנָהdên · thisH1836
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4430
• becameבְּנַסbenas · be angryH1149
• and veryשַׂגִּיאώaggîy' · greatH7690
• furiousקְצַףqetsaph · be angryH7108
• and gaveאֲמַר'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 rage and anger gave orders to bring Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego; then these men were brought before the king.
• Job 5:2For anger slays the foolish man, And jealousy kills the simple.
• Psalms 76:10For the wrath of man shall praise You; With a remnant of wrath You will gird Yourself.
• Proverbs 16:14The fury of a king is like messengers of death, But a wise man will appease it.
• Proverbs 19:12The king’s wrath is like the roaring 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; He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
• Proverbs 27:3A stone is heavy and the sand weighty, But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.
• Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirs up strife, And a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
• Matthew 2:16Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi.
• Matthew 5:22But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘You good-for-nothing,’ shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.

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