Bel and the Dragon 33–39

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.