10 The Chaldeans answered [a]the king and said, “There is no person on earth who could declare the matter [b]to the king, because no great king or ruler has ever asked anything like this of any (A)soothsayer priest, sorcerer, or Chaldean. 11 Moreover, the thing which the king demands is difficult, and there is no one else who could declare it [c]to the king except (B)gods, whose (C)dwelling place is not with mortal flesh.”

12 Because of this, the king became (D)angry and extremely furious, and he gave orders to kill all the wise men of Babylon.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 2:10 Lit before the
  2. Daniel 2:10 Lit of
  3. Daniel 2:11 Lit before

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