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Daniel 2:15

American Standard Version

he answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Wherefore is the decree so urgent from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

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Daniel 2:15 in other translations

He answered Arioch the king’s captain, “Why is the decree so urgent from the king?” Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

Daniel 2:15 · World English Bible

Daniel 2:15 in context

  1. 13So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.
  2. 14Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, who was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon;
  3. 15he answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Wherefore is the decree so urgent from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
  4. 16And Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation.
  5. 17Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: