¹⁶Then the king gave the command, and Daniel was brought and thrown into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you faithfully serve, deliver you!”^* ¹⁷A stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet ring of his lords, so that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel. ¹⁸Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; no entertainment was brought to him, and sleep fled from him.^*

Daniel Saved from the Lions

¹⁹Then at dawn, the king got up and at first light hurried to the den of lions. ²⁰When he came near the den where Daniel was, he cried out anxiously to Daniel, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God whom you faithfully serve been able to deliver you from the lions?”^* ²¹Daniel then said to the king, “O king, live forever! ²²My God sent his angel and shut the lions’ mouths so that they would not hurt me, because I was found blameless before him; also before you, O king, I have done no wrong.”^* ²³Then the king was exceedingly glad and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him because he had trusted in his God.^*

Read in Logos

Daniel 6:16: Then the king commanded, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. The king declared to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!”

Cross references

*vv 7, 20; Ps 37; 39; 40; Jer 38:5
*2 Sam 12:16, 17; Esth 6:1; Dan 2:1
*vv 26, 27; Jer 32:17; Dan 3:17
*1 Sam 24:10; Acts 12:11; 2 Tim 4:17; Heb 11:33
*vv 14, 18; Isa 26:3; Dan 3:25, 27; Heb 11:33