Daniel 6:16

6:16 So the king gave the order, 1  and Daniel was brought and thrown into a den 2  of lions. The king consoled 3  Daniel by saying, “Your God whom you continually serve will rescue you!”

Daniel 6:20-22

6:20 As he approached the den, he called out to Daniel in a worried voice, 4  “Daniel, servant of the living God, was your God whom you continually serve able to rescue you from the lions?”

6:21 Then Daniel spoke to 5  the king, “O king, live forever! 6:22 My God sent his angel and closed the lions’ mouths so that they have not harmed me, because I was found to be innocent before him. Nor have I done any harm to you, O king.”

Daniel 6:27

6:27 He rescues and delivers

and performs signs and wonders

in the heavens and on the earth.

He has rescued Daniel from the power 6  of the lions!”

1 tn Aram “said.” So also in vv. 24, 25.

2 sn The den was perhaps a pit below ground level which could be safely observed from above.

3 tn Aram “answered and said [to Daniel].”

4 tn Aram “The king answered and said to Daniel.” This phrase has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons; it is redundant in English.

5 tn Aram “with.”

6 tn Aram “hand.”