23 Now there was a dragon in the same place, and the Babylonians worshipped (it).

¶(23) And in that same place there was a great dragon, which they of Babylon worshipped.

24 And the king said to Daniel, Thou wilt not, wilt thou, say of this also that it is bronze? Lo, he liveth, eateth, and drinketh: do homage to him.

(24) And the king said unto Daniel, Wilt thou also say that this is of brass? lo, he liveth, and eateth and drinketh: thou canst not say that he is no living God: therefore worship him.

(25) Then said Daniel, I will worship the Lord my God: for he is a living God.

¶26 But Daniel said, Give me the power and I will destroy the dragon without sword or staff. So the king conceded this to him, and said, It is granted thee.

¶(26) But give me leave, O king, and I shall slay this dragon without sword or staff. The king said, I give thee leave.

27 Then Daniel took thirty minas of pitch, fat, and hair, and boiled them together, and made a cake (out of them) and threw (it) into the dragon’s mouth; and after it had eaten (the cake) it burst asunder. And he showed it to the king, saying, Is it not the case that ye worship these (fragments)?

(27) Then Daniel took pitch, and fat, and hair, and did seethe them together, and made lumps thereof: this he put in the dragon’s mouth, so the dragon did eat and burst in sunder: and Daniel said, Lo, these are the gods ye worship.

¶28 Then there assembled against the king all the inhabitants of the country, and they said, The king has become a Jew; Bel he has overthrown and slain the dragon.

¶(28) When they of Babylon heard that, they took great indignation, and conspired against the king, saying, The king is become a Jew, and he hath pulled down Bel, and slain the dragon, and put the priests to the sword.

(29) So they came to the king, and said, Deliver us Daniel, or else we will destroy thee and thine house.

¶30 And when the king saw that the mob from the country was gathered against him he called his companions, and said, I give (up) Daniel to be destroyed.

(30)Now when the king saw that they pressed him sore, being constrained, the king delivered Daniel unto them: who cast him into the lions’ den:

¶31 Now there, was a den in which seven lions were kept to which those who plotted against the king used to be delivered up, two bodies of persons condemned to death being provided for them daily (as food).

(31) where he was six days.

32 So the crowds cast Daniel into that den that he might be devoured and find no burial. And Daniel was in the lions’ den six days.

(32) And in the den there were seven lions, and they had given them every day two carcases, and two sheep: which then were not given to them, to the intent that they might devour Daniel.

33 Now it happened on the sixth day that Habakkuk had wheaten loaves crumbled in a bowl, cooked, and an earthen jar of mixed wine, and that he was proceeding into the field to the reapers.

¶(33) Now there was in Jewry the prophet Habakkuk, who had made pottage, and had broken bread into a bowl, and was going into the field, for to bring it to the reapers.

34 Then the angel of the Lord spake to Habakkuk, saying, Thus says the Lord God to thee: The dinner which thou holdest, take it away to Daniel to the lions’ den in Babylon.

(34) But the angel of the Lord said unto Habakkuk, Go carry the dinner that thou hast into Babylon unto Daniel, in the lions’ den.

¶35 But Habakkuk said, O Lord God, I have not seen Babylon and the den—I do not know where (it) is.

¶(35) And Habakkuk said, Lord, I never saw Babylon; neither do I know where the den is.

36 Then the angel of the Lord laid hold of Habakkuk by the hair of his head and set him over the den in Babylon.

(36) Then the angel of the Lord took him by the crown, and lifted him up by the hair of his head, and with the blast of his breath set him in Babylon over the den.

37 And Habakkuk said to Daniel, Arise, and eat the dinner which the Lord God has sent thee.

(37) And Habakkuk cried, saying, O Daniel, Daniel, take the dinner which God hath sent thee.

38 Then said Daniel, (Yea), for the Lord God who forsakes not those who love Him has remembered me.

(38) And Daniel said, Thou hast remembered me, O God: neither hast thou forsaken them that love thee.

¶39 So Daniel ate; and the angel of the Lord set Habakkuk down (in the place) whence he had taken him on the same day. But the Lord God remembered Daniel.

¶(39) So Daniel arose, and did eat: and the angel of God set Habakkuk in his own place again immediately.

40 (Then) the king after these things went forth bewailing Daniel; and as he stooped to pry into the den he saw him sitting (there).

(40) Upon the seventh day the king came to bewail Daniel: and when he came to the den, he looked in, and, behold, Daniel was sitting.

41 So the king cried out and said, Great is the Lord God, and there is no other (god) besides Him.

(41) Then cried the king with a loud voice, saying, Great art thou, O Lord, thou God of Daniel, and there is none other beside thee.