King James Version

Daniel 2:24

Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.

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כָּלkalas allכֹּלconjunction, conjunction — “as all”H3606{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}all, any, + (forasmuch) as, + be-(for this) cause, every, + no (manner, -ne), + there (where) -fore, + though, what (where, who) -soever, (the) whole.קֳבֵ֣לqovelbeforeקְבֵלconjunction — “before”H6903(adverbially) in front of; usually (with other particles) on account of, so as, since, hence[phrase] according to, [phrase] as, [phrase] because, before, [phrase] for this cause, [phrase] forasmuch as, [phrase] by this means, over against, by reason of, [phrase] that, [phrase] therefore, [phrase] though, [phrase] wherefore.דְּנָ֗הdenahthisדֵּןconjunction — “this”H1836this(afore-) time, [phrase] after this manner, here (-after), one...another, such, there(-fore), these, this (matter), [phrase] thus, where(-fore), which.דָּֽנִיֵּאל֙daniyelDanielדָּנִיֵּאלnoun, proper name — “Daniel”H1841Danijel, the Hebrew prophetDaniel.עַ֣לalbring inעֲלַלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bring in”, a completed actionH5954to enter; causatively, to introducebring in, come in, go in.עַלalagainstעַלpreposition — “against”H5922{above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications}about, against, concerning, for, (there-) fore, from, in, [idiom] more, of, (there-, up-) on, (in-) to, [phrase] why with.אַרְי֔וֹךְaryokheAriochאֲרְיוֹךְnoun, proper name — “Arioch”H746Arjok, the name of two BabyloniansArioch.דִּ֚יdithatדִּיparticle, relative — “that”H1768that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of[idiom] as, but, for(-asmuch [phrase]), [phrase] now, of, seeing, than, that, therefore, until, [phrase] what (-soever), when, which, whom, whose.מַנִּ֣יmaninumberמְנָאverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “number”, a completed actionH4483to count, appointnumber, ordain, set.מַלְכָּ֔אmalkakingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “king”, the definite formH4430a kingking, royal.לְהוֹבָדָ֖הlehovadahto destroyאֲבַדpreposition, verb, hiphil, infinitive construct — “to destroy”, the to-form of the verbH7{properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)}destroy, perish.לְחַכִּימֵ֣יlechakimeto wiseחַכִּיםparticle, direct object marker, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “to wise”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2445wise, i.e. a Magianwise.בָבֶ֑לvavelBabylonבַּבֶלnoun, proper name — “Babylon”H895{Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire}Babylon.אֲזַ֣לazalgoאֲזַלverb, qal, participle, absolute — “go”, a verb used as a describing wordH236to departgo (up).וְכֵ֣ןvekhenand thusכֵּןconjunction, adverb — “and thus”H3652sothus.אֲמַרamarsayאֲמַרverb, qal, participle, absolute — “say”, a verb used as a describing wordH560{to say (used with great latitude)}command, declare, say, speak, tell.לֵ֗הּlehtoלֵ֗הּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toלְחַכִּימֵ֤יlechakimeto wiseחַכִּיםparticle, direct object marker, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “to wise”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2445wise, i.e. a Magianwise.בָבֶל֙vavelBabylonבַּבֶלnoun, proper name — “Babylon”H895{Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire}Babylon.אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H409{not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing}not.תְּהוֹבֵ֔דtehoveddestroyאֲבַדverb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “destroy”, an unfinished actionH7{properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)}destroy, perish.הַעֵ֨לְנִי֙haelenibring inעֲלַלverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “bring in”, a commandH5954to enter; causatively, to introducebring in, come in, go in.קֳדָ֣םqodambeforeקֳדָםpreposition — “before”H6925beforebefore, [idiom] from, [idiom] I (thought), [idiom] me, [phrase] of, [idiom] it pleased, presence.מַלְכָּ֔אmalkakingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “king”, the definite formH4430a kingking, royal.וּפִשְׁרָ֖אufishraand interpretationפְּשַׁרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “and interpretation”, the definite formH6591an interpretationinterpretation.לְמַלְכָּ֥אlemalkato kingמֶלֶךְpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “to king”, the definite formH4430a kingking, royal.אֲחַוֵּֽאachaveshewחֲוָאverb, piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “shew”, an unfinished actionH2324to showshew.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus unto him: 'Destroy not the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will declare unto the king the interpretation.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus unto him: Destroy not the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will show unto the king the interpretation.

Young’s Literal Translation

Therefore Daniel hath gone up unto Arioch, whom the king hath appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he hath gone, and thus hath said to him, 'The wise men of Babylon thou dost not destroy, bring me up before the king, and the interpretation to the king I do shew.'

World English Bible

Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said this to him: “Don’t destroy the wise men of Babylon. Bring me in before the king, and I will show to the king the interpretation.”

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

After this Daniel went in to Arioch, to whom the king had given orders to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and he spoke thus to him: Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will tell the solution to the king.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Daniel came to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and said to him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon, but bring me in before the king, and I will declare the interpretation to the king.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἦλθε Δανιὴλ πρὸς Ἀριὼχ, ὃν κατέστησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ἀπολέσαι τοὺς σοφοὺς Βαβυλῶνος, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, τοὺς σοφοὺς Βαβυλῶνος μὴ ἀπολέσῃς, εἰσάγαγε δέ με ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ τὴν σύγκρισιν τῷ βασιλεῖ ἀναγγελῶ.