Daniel 2:13

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

and, the decree, went forth, that, the wise men, should be slain, - and they sought Daniel and his companions that they might be slain.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The decree was issued that the wise men were to be executed, and they searched for Daniel and his friends, to execute them.

Hebrew Names Version
So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniyel and his companions to be slain.

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

English Standard Version
So the decree went out, and the wise men were about to be killed; and they sought Daniel and his companions, to kill them.

New American Standard Bible
So the decree was issued that the wise men be killed; and they looked for Daniel and his friends, to kill them.

New Century Version
So King Nebuchadnezzar's order to kill the wise men was announced, and men were sent to look for Daniel and his friends to kill them.

Amplified Bible
So the decree went out that the wise men were to be killed; and they looked for Daniel and his companions to put them to death.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when sentence was giuen, the wise men were slayne: and they sought Daniel and his fellowes to be put to death.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they looked for Daniel and his friends to kill them.

Berean Standard Bible
So the decree went out that the wise men were to be executed, and men went to look for Daniel and his friends to execute them.

Complete Jewish Bible
When the decree was published that the sages were to be slain, they sought Dani'el and his companions in order to have them put to death.

Darby Translation
And the decree went forth that the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to slay them.

Easy-to-Read Version
King Nebuchadnezzar's order to kill all the wise men was announced. The king's men were sent to look for Daniel and his friends to kill them.

George Lamsa Translation
And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and guards sought Daniel and his companions to slay them.

Good News Translation
So the order was issued for all of them to be killed, including Daniel and his friends.

Lexham English Bible
And the decree was issued, and the wise men were on the verge of being executed, and they searched for Daniel and his companions to be executed.

Literal Translation
And the law went out that the wise men should be killed. And they looked for Daniel and his companions, to be killed.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and ye proclamacion wete forth, that the wyse me shulde be slayne. They sought also to slaye Daniel with his copanyons.

American Standard Version
So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

Bible in Basic English
So the order went out that the wise men were to be put to death; and they were looking for Daniel and his friends to put them to death.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

King James Version (1611)
And the decree went foorth that the wise men should be slaine, and they sought Daniel and his fellowes to be slaine.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
So the decree went foorth, and the wise men were slayne: they sought also to slay Daniel, with his companions.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
So the decree went forth, and they began to slay the wise men; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to slay them.

English Revised Version
So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

World English Bible
So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And bi the sentence goon out, the wise men weren slayn; and Danyel and hise felows weren souyt, that thei schulden perische.

Update Bible Version
So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the decree went forth that the wise [men] should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

New English Translation
So a decree went out, and the wise men were about to be executed. They also sought Daniel and his friends so that they could be executed.

New King James Version
So the decree went out, and they began killing the wise men; and they sought Daniel and his companions, to kill them.

New Living Translation
And because of the king's decree, men were sent to find and kill Daniel and his friends.

New Life Bible
So the law was sent out that the wise men must be killed. They looked for Daniel and his friends, to kill them also.

New Revised Standard
The decree was issued, and the wise men were about to be executed; and they looked for Daniel and his companions, to execute them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the decree being gone forth, the wise men were slain: and Daniel and his companions were sought for, to be put to death.

Revised Standard Version
So the decree went forth that the wise men were to be slain, and they sought Daniel and his companions, to slay them.

Young's Literal Translation
And the sentence hath gone forth, and the wise men are being slain, and they have sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

Contextual Overview

¹ And, in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, - and his spirit, was troubled, and, his sleep, had gone from him. ² So the king gave word to call for the sacred scribes and for the magicians, and for the users of incantations, and for the Chaldeans, that they might tell the king his dreams, - they came in therefore, and stood before the king. ³ And the king, said to them, A dream, have I dreamed, - and my spirit is troubled to know the dream. ⁴ Then spake the Chaldeans to the king, in Aramaic, - O king, to the ages, live! Tell the dream to thy servants, and, the interpretation, we will declare. ⁵ The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The word from me, is unalterable: If ye shall not make known to me the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and, your houses, into a dunghill, shall be turned; ⁶ but, if, the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye will declare, gifts and a present and great dignity, shall ye receive from before me, - therefore, the dream and the interpretation thereof, declare ye unto me. ⁷ They answered again and said, - Let, the king, tell, the dream, to his servants, and, the interpretation thereof, we will declare. ⁸ The king answered and said, Of a certainty, I know, that, time, ye, would gain, - merely because ye see that, unalterable, from me, is the word: ⁹ That, if, the dream, ye shall not make known to me, one and the same, is the decree, and, a lying and wicked word, have ye agreed to speak before me, that meanwhile the time may be changed, - therefore, the dream, tell ye me, so shall I know that, the interpretation thereof, ye can declare for me. ¹⁰ The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man upon the earth, who can declare, the matter of the king, - although indeed, there is no king, chief ruler who, a thing like this, hath asked of any sacred scribe or magician or Chaldean;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the decree: Daniel 6:9-15, Esther 3:12-15, Psalms 94:20, Proverbs 28:15-17, Isaiah 10:1

and they: Daniel 1:19, Daniel 1:20, Daniel 6:12

Reciprocal: Proverbs 19:12 - king's Daniel 2:24 - Destroy Daniel 3:6 - the same Daniel 5:19 - whom he would he slew Matthew 5:22 - That Matthew 20:25 - exercise dominion

Cross-References

Genesis 10:6
And, the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim and Phut and Canaan.

Isaiah 11:11
And it shall come to pass in that day, That My Lord will again a second time set his hand, to possess himself of the remnant of his people, - who shall be left - from Assyria and from Egypt and from Pathros and from Ethiopia and from Elam and from Shinar and from Hamath and from the Coastlands of the sea;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain,.... Or, "and the wise men were slain" h, as the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Syriac versions render it; and so Saadiah: orders were given by the king to his proper officers, and his edict was published, and his will made known in the usual manner; upon which the wise men, at least some of them, were slain; very probably those who were in the king's presence, and at court; and the officers were gone out to slay the rest:

and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain; who had the character of wise men, and might be envied at court, and so the officers took this opportunity, having these orders, to slay them: there was, no doubt, a particular providence, that Daniel and his friends should not be at court at this time; both that the vanity of the Chaldean wisdom and arts might be the more manifest and made known, and the divine and superior wisdom and knowledge of Daniel might be more conspicuous, and his fame be spread in Babylon, and in other provinces.

h וחכימיא מתקטלין "et sapientes interficiebantur", Pagninus, Montanus, Munster, Piscator, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain - The original here will bear a somewhat different translation, meaning, “the decree went forth, “and” the wise men were slain;” that is, the execution of the sentence was actually commenced. So the Vulgate: Et egressa sententia, sapientes interficiebantur. So also the Greek version: καὶ οἱ σοφοί ἀπεκτέννοντο kai hoi sophoi apektennonto - “and the wise men were slain.” This seems to me to be the more probable interpretation, and better to suit the connection. Then it would mean that they had actually begun to execute the decree, and that in the prosecution of their bloody work they sought out Daniel and his companions, and that by his influence with Arioch the execution of the sentence was arrested.

And they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain - His three companions Daniel 1:6, who probably had not been among those who were summoned to court to explain the matter. Had they been consulted at first, the issuing of the decree would have been prevented, but it seems to have been the design of Providence to give the fairest trial of the ability of these sages, and to allow matters to come to a crisis, in order to show that what was done was wholly beyond human power.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 13. They sought Daniel and his fellows — As the decree stated that all the wise men of Babylon should be slain, the four young Hebrews, being reputed among the wisest, were considered as sentenced to death also.