Daniel 6:17

Daniel 6:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
• New International Version (NIV)A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that Daniel’s situation might not be changed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet and with the signet of his lords, that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signets of his lords, that the purpose concerning Daniel might not be changed.

Context of Daniel 6:17

15Then the officers agreed together and they went back to the king. They said, ‘Remember, sir, that nobody can change a law that the king has made. It is a law of the Medes and the Persians.’ 16So the king sent his servants to fetch Daniel. Then they threw Daniel into the cave where the lions lived. The king said to Daniel, ‘You have always continued to serve your God. I am sure that he will save you.’ They took a big stone and they covered the top of the lions' cave. The king put a mark on the stone with his ring of authority. He also marked it with the rings of his important men. This meant that nobody could move the big stone to save Daniel. 18Then the king returned to his palace. He ate no food. Nobody brought anything to him to give him pleasure. He was unable to sleep. 19The king got up very early in the morning, at sunrise. He hurried to the cave where the lions were.

Daniel 6:17 word by word

וְהֵיתָ֙יִת֙ אֶ֣בֶן חֲדָ֔ה וְשֻׂמַ֖ת עַל־פֻּ֣ם גֻּבָּ֑א וְחַתְמַ֨הּ מַלְכָּ֜א בְּעִזְקְתֵ֗הּ וּבְעִזְקָת֙ רַבְרְבָנ֔וֹהִי דִּ֛י לָא־תִשְׁנֵ֥א צְב֖וּ בְּדָנִיֵּֽאל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And aחַדchad · oneH2298
• stoneאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH69
• was broughtאֲתָה'âthâh 'âthâ' · to comeH858
• and laidשׂוּםώûm · to set: put/giveH7761
• uponעַל‛al · uponH5922
• the mouthפֻּםpûm · mouthH6433
• of the denגֹּבgôb · denH1358
• and the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4430
• sealedחֲתַםchătham · to sealH2857
• it with his own signetעִזְקָה‛izqâ' · signet ringH5824
• of his lordsרַבְרְבָןrabrebân · nobleH7261
• that the purposeצְבוּtsebû · thingH6640
• might notלָאlâ' lâh · notH3809
• be changedשְׁנָאshenâ' · to changeH8133
• concerning Danielדָּנִיֵּאל, דָּנִאֵלdânîyê'l · DanielH1841

Cross-references for Daniel 6:17

• Lamentations 3:53They put me alive into the well, and they threw stones down on me.
• Matthew 27:60Then he put the body in a large hole in a rock. He had made the hole for his own body when he died. After he put Jesus' body there, he rolled a very big stone across the front of the hole to shut it. Then he went away.
• Acts 12:4After the soldiers caught Peter, they put him in prison. While he was in prison, four different groups of soldiers guarded him. There were four soldiers in each group. Herod wanted to judge Peter in front of everybody. After the Passover festival had finished, he would bring Peter out of the prison to do this.
• Acts 16:23The soldiers hit Paul and Silas many times. Then they took hold of them and they pushed them into the prison. The officers said to the prison guard, ‘Lock the prison door carefully so that these men cannot get free.’

Commentaries on Daniel 6:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17A stone was brought - All this precaution served the purposes of the Divine Providence. There could be no trick nor collusion here; if Daniel be preserved, it must be by the power of the Supreme God. The same precaution was taken by the Jews, in the case of the burial of our blessed Lord; and this very thing has served as one of the strongest proofs of the certainty of his resurrection and their unmixed wickedness.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den - Probably a large flat stone sufficient to cover the mouth of the cave, and so heavy that Daniel could not remove it from within and escape. It was usual then, as it is now, to close up the entrance to sepulchres with a large stone. See John 11:38; Matthew 27:60. It would be natural to endeavor to secure this vault or den in the same way - on the one hand so that Daniel could not escape from…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-17Verses 11-17 It is no new thing for what is done faithfully, in conscience toward God, to be misrepresented as done obstinately, and in contempt of the civil powers. Through want of due thought, we often do that which afterwards, like Darius, we see cause a thousand times to wish undone again. Daniel, that venerable man, is brought as the vilest of malefactors, and is thrown into the den of lions, to be devoured, only for worshipping his God. No doubt the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles: Sealing the lions' den with multiple seals made a secret rescue impossible. The king and officials could not open the den without breaking the seals and alerting others.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. stone ... sealed--typical of Christ's entombment under a seal (Mt 27:66). Divinely ordered, that the deliverance might be the more striking. his own signet, and ... of his lords--The concurrence of the lords was required for making laws. In this kingly power had fallen since it was in Nebuchadnezzar's hands. The Median king is a puppet in his lords' hands; they take the security of their own seal as well as his, that he should not release Daniel. The…Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 6:17

• Babylon
• Civil Service
• Conspiracy
• Daniel
• Faith
• Indictments
• Lion
• Religion
• Seal

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Daniel 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings