And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsSo the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.
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.
And the sentence hath gone forth, and the wise men are being slain, and they have sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.
And the decree went forth that the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to slay them.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentDaniel — A Hebrew exile at Babylonian and Persian courts sees empires rise and fall, a Son of Man coming with clouds, and seventy weeks locating Messiah in time. The canon's densest apocalyptic text — and its most interpretively contested.
- Author
- Daniel (traditional — Jesus cites ‘Daniel the prophet’ in Matt 24:15); critical scholarship dates composition to the 2nd c. BC Maccabean period (§7.9 — both surfaced)
- Date
- Traditional: 6th c. BC. Critical: c. 165 BC. Site default: traditional; critical view surfaced at depth 2