Daniel 6:20
When he came near it, he was very worried. He called out, “Daniel, you who serve the all-powerful God! Was your God, whom you worship regularly, able to save you from the lions?”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
19At dawn the next morning, the king got up and went quickly to the pit where the lions were.
21I answered, “◄Your Majesty/O king►, I hope that you will live a long time!
Cross References
Genesis 18:14I am Yahweh! ◄Is there anything too difficult for me?/There is nothing too difficult for me!► [RHQ] I will return about this time next year in the springtime, and Sarah will have an infant son.”
Numbers 14:15If you kill these people all at one time, the people-groups who have heard about your power will say,
Psalms 71:14But as for me, I will continually and confidently expect you to do great things for me, and I will praise you more and more.
Psalms 119:112I ◄have decided/am determined► [IDM] to obey ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do► until the day that I die [MTY].
Proverbs 23:17Do not envy sinful people; instead, revere Yahweh all of your life.
Daniel 3:15If that is true, I will give you one more chance. If you bow down to worship the statue that I have set up when you hear the sounds of the musical instruments, fine. But if you refuse, you will be thrown immediately into the blazing furnace. Then ◄what god will be able to rescue you from my power?/no god will be able to rescue you from my power!►” [RHQ]
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 →