¹¹ What the king asks is too difficult. No one can reveal it to the king except the gods,^(A) and they do not live among humans.”

¹² This made the king so angry and furious^(B) that he ordered the execution^(C) of all the wise men of Babylon. ¹³ So the decree was issued to put the wise men to death, and men were sent to look for Daniel and his friends to put them to death.^(D)