Daniel 2:12

12 This made the king so angry and furious that he ordered the execution of all the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 2:12 in Other Translations

12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

12 Because of this the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.

12 The king was furious when he heard this, and he ordered that all the wise men of Babylon be executed.

12 That set the king off. He lost his temper and ordered the whole company of Babylonian wise men killed.

12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

12 This made the king so angry and furious that he gave an order to destroy all the wise advisers in Babylon.

12 Because of this, the king became violently angry and gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

12 That made the king very angry. He ordered that all of the wise men in Babylon be put to death.

Daniel 2:12 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 2:12

For this cause the king was angry, and very furious
Not only because they could not tell his dream, and the interpretation of it; but because they represented him as requiring a thing unreasonable and impossible, which had never been done by any potentate but himself, and could never be answered but by the gods: this threw him into an excess of wrath and fury; which in those tyrannical and despotic princes was exceeding great and terrible: and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon;
not only those that were now in his presence, but all others; concluding from this instance that they were an useless set of men, yea, deceivers and impostors.

Daniel 2:12 In-Context

10 The astrologers answered the king, “There is no one on earth who can do what the king asks! No king, however great and mighty, has ever asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or astrologer.

11 What the king asks is too difficult. No one can reveal it to the king except the gods, and they do not live among humans.”

12 This made the king so angry and furious that he ordered the execution of all the wise men of Babylon.

13 So the decree was issued to put the wise men to death, and men were sent to look for Daniel and his friends to put them to death.

14 When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, had gone out to put to death the wise men of Babylon, Daniel spoke to him with wisdom and tact.

Cross References

• 1. Daniel 3:13,19
• 2. ver 5