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 the lions?
Parallel translations
- WEB When he came near to the den to Daniel, he cried with a lamentable voice; the king spoke and said to Daniel, Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?
- BSB When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”
- NKJV And when he came to the den, he cried out with a lamenting voice to Daniel. The king spoke, saying to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”
- NASB And when he had come near the den to Daniel, he cried out with a troubled voice. The king began speaking and said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you continually serve, been able to rescue you from the lions?”
- NLT When he got there, he called out in anguish, “Daniel, servant of the living God! Was your God, whom you serve so faithfully, able to rescue you from the lions?”
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Quick answer
The king cries out, asking whether Daniel's God has been able to deliver him. His desperate question centers on the power of the living God.
Overview
Darius calls Daniel the servant of the living God and asks whether that God has saved him from the lions. The title living God contrasts sharply with the dead idols of Babylon condemned in chapter 5. The king's anguished question invites a demonstration of God's power that will resound throughout his empire.
Cross-references & the web
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- Dan 6:27He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
- 1 Chr 16:11Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
- Heb 7:25Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
- Dan 6:16Then 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.
- 2 Tim 4:16–18At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
- Dan 3:17If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
- 1 Th 5:17–18Pray without ceasing.
- Jas 1:25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
- Prov 23:17–18Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
- 2 Cor 1:10Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
- Jer 32:17Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
- Ps 71:14–18But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
- Num 11:23And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD’s hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
- Hos 12:6Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
- Gen 18:14Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
- Luke 18:1And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
- 2 Tim 1:12For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
- Luke 1:37For with God nothing shall be impossible.
- Col 4:2Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
- Dan 3:15Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
- Dan 3:28–29Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
- Jude 1:24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
- Ps 73:23Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
- Ps 146:2While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
- Num 14:15–16Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
- Rom 2:7To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
- Ps 119:112I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
- Acts 6:4But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
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