“So the decree went out, and the wise men were to be slain. They sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Daniel 2 contains 49 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.