Daniel 6:22
My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut up the mouths of the lions, and they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him justice hath been found in me: yea and before thee, O king, I have done no offence.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
21And Daniel answering the king, said: O king, live for ever:
Cross References
Genesis 40:15dummy verses inserted by amos
1 Samuel 17:37And David said: The Lord who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said to David: Go, and the Lord be with thee.
1 Samuel 26:18And he said: Wherefore doth my lord persecute his servant? What have I done? or what evil is there in my hand?
1 Kings 13:28And he was gone, he found the dead body cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcass: the lion had not eaten of the dead body, nor hurt the ass.
Psalms 7:1The psalm of David which he sung to the Lord for the words of Chusi the son of Jemini. [2 Kings 16.]
Psalms 26:6I will wash my hands among the innocent; and will compass thy altar, O Lord:
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 →