Daniel 6:20
And coming near to the den, cried with a lamentable voice to Daniel, and said to him: Daniel, servant of the living God, hath thy God, whom thou servest always, been able, thinkest thou, to deliver thee from the lions?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
19Then the king rising very early in the morning, went in haste to the lions' den:
21And Daniel answering the king, said: O king, live for ever:
Cross References
Genesis 18:14Is there any thing hard to God? according to appointment I will return to thee at this same time, life accompanying, and Sara shall have a son.
Numbers 14:15May hear that thou hast killed so great a multitude as it were one man and may say:
Psalms 71:14But I will always hope; and will add to all thy praise.
Proverbs 23:17Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long:
Daniel 3:15Now therefore if you be ready at what hour soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, flute, harp, sackbut, and psaltery, and symphony, and of all kind of music, prostrate yourselves, and adore the statue which I have made: but if you do not adore, you shall be cast the same hour into the furnace of burning fire: and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hand?
Matthew Henry on Daniel 6:19-25
Daniel's Preservation and Deliverance. ( b. c. 537.) 18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep went from him. 19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. 20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from… Read the whole commentary →