Revised Version 1895

Daniel 6:20-27

20And when he came near unto thedenH1358to Daniel, he cried with a lamentable voice: thekingH4430spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God,whomH1768thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from thelionsH744?

21Thensaidוְאָמַ֣רve.'a.MarH560DanielH1841unto thekingH4430, OkingH4430, live for ever.

22My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, OkingH4430, have I done no hurt.

23Then was thekingH4430exceeding glad, and commanded that they should take Danielupקָֽדָמ֙וֹהִי֙ka.da.Mo.hiH6925outH5648of the den.SoH1768Daniel was takenupקָֽדָמָךְ֙ka.da.ma.yikhH6925outH5648of the den, andnoH3809manner of hurt wasfoundH7912upon him,becauseקֳבֵ֗לko.VelH6903he had trusted in hisGodH426.

24And thekingH4430commandedH560, and they broughtthoseH1768menwhichH1768had accusedDanielH1841, and they cast them into thedenH1358of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brakeallH3606their bones in pieces, or ever they came at the bottom of thedenH1358.

25ThenkingH4430Darius wrote untoallH3606the peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell inallH3606the earth; Peace be multiplied untoyouH1768.

26I make a decree, that inallH3606the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is thelivingדָיְרִ֥יןda.'a.rinH1753God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom thatwhichH1768shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall beevenH1768unto the end:

27He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth; who hath deliveredDanielH1841from the power of the lions.

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Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain