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The Chaldeans answer that no one can show the king’s matter, and the king commands that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed

갈대아 술사들이 왕의 그 일을 보일 자가 없다고 대답하고 왕이 바벨론 모든 박사를 멸하라 명함

Daniel 2:7–13: they answer the second time, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.” 2:7 names those who answer only as “They” (the Korean Revised Version: 그들이). The king answers, “I know of a certainty that you are trying to gain time, because you see the thing has gone from me. But if you don’t make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the situation changes. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can show me its interpretation.” The Chaldeans answer the king, “There is not a man on the earth who can show the king’s matter, because no king, lord, or ruler has asked such a thing of any magician, enchanter, or Chaldean. It is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is no other who can show it before the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.” Because of this, the king is angry and very furious, and commands that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed. The text says, “So the decree went out, and the wise men were to be slain. They sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.” These verses do not say that any of the wise men was slain. The Korean Revised Version reads 나의 명령이 내렸음을 (that my command has gone out) at 2:8, where WEB reads “the thing has gone from me”; 크고 권력 있는 왕이 (a great and mighty king) at 2:10, where WEB reads “no king, lord, or ruler”; and gives 2:13 no subject for the seeking (다니엘과 그 동무도 죽이려고 찾았더라, Daniel and his companions too were sought to be killed), where WEB reads “They”.

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DAN 2:7–13, engwebp
⁷They answered the second time and said, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.”
⁸The king answered, “I know of a certainty that you are trying to gain time, because you see the thing has gone from me.
⁹But if you don’t make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the situation changes. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can show me its interpretation.”
¹⁰The Chaldeans answered the king and said, “There is not a man on the earth who can show the king’s matter, because no king, lord, or ruler has asked such a thing of any magician, enchanter, or Chaldean.
¹¹It is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is no other who can show it before the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.”
¹²Because of this, the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.
¹³So the decree went out, and the wise men were to be slain. They sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.
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Evidence: Daniel 2:7–13

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Entry: The Chaldeans answer that no one can show the king’s matter, and the king commands that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed (event-dan-2-the-king-commands-that-all-the-wise-men-of-babylon-be-destroyed)
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Current wording: Daniel 2:7–13: they answer the second time, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.” 2:7 names those who answer only as “They” (the Korean Revised Version: 그들이). The king answers, “I know of a certainty that you are trying to gain time, because you see the thing has gone from me. But if you don’t make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the situation changes. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can show me its interpretation.” The Chaldeans answer the king, “There is not a man on the earth who can show the king’s matter, because no king, lord, or ruler has asked such a thing of any magician, enchanter, or Chaldean. It is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is no other who can show it before the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.” Because of this, the king is angry and very furious, and commands that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed. The text says, “So the decree went out, and the wise men were to be slain. They sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.” These verses do not say that any of the wise men was slain. The Korean Revised Version reads 나의 명령이 내렸음을 (that my command has gone out) at 2:8, where WEB reads “the thing has gone from me”; 크고 권력 있는 왕이 (a great and mighty king) at 2:10, where WEB reads “no king, lord, or ruler”; and gives 2:13 no subject for the seeking (다니엘과 그 동무도 죽이려고 찾았더라, Daniel and his companions too were sought to be killed), where WEB reads “They”.
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