Daniel 6:16

Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. But the king said to Daniel, Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.

LXX2012 (British)

In The King James Version

Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.

In Context

15Then those men said to the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is that we must not change any decree of statue which the king shall make.

17And they brought a stone, and put it on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his ring, and with the ring of his nobles; that the case might not be altered with regard to Daniel.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 3:39And that I am this day a mere kinsman of his, and as it were + 3:39 Gr. appointed by a king. a subject; but these men the sons of Saruia are too hard for me: the Lord reward the evil-doer according to his wickedness.

Psalms 118:8I will keep your ordinances: O forsake me not greatly. 1

Isaiah 43:2And if you pass through water, I am with you; and the rivers shall not overflow you: and if you go through fire, you shall not be burnt; the flame shall not burn you.

Jeremiah 38:5For you⌃ have planted vineyards on the mountains of Samaria: plant you⌃, and praise.

Jeremiah 39:17O ever living Lord! you have made the heaven and the earth by your great power, and with your high and lofty arm: nothing can be hidden from you.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 6:12-18

Daniel in the Den of Lions. ( b. c. 537.) 11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. 12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. 13 Then answered… Read the whole commentary →

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