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Daniel 2:16

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And Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation.

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Daniel 2:16 in other translations

Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation.

Daniel 2:16 · World English Bible

Daniel 2:16 in context

  1. 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;
  2. 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.
  3. 16And Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation.
  4. 17Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
  5. 18that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.