Daniel 6:22

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then Daniel spoke to the king, 'O king, may you live forever!

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, so that they have not hurt me: because innocence was found in me before him; and also before you, O king, have I done no harm.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    My God hath sent his angel, which hath shut the lyons mouthes, so that they might not hurte me. For why: myne vngiltynesse is founde out before him. And as for the (o kynge) I neuer offended the.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    My God hath sent his Angel and hath shut the lyons mouthes, that they haue not hurt mee: for my iustice was founde out before him: and vnto thee, O King, I haue done no hurt.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    My God hath sent his angel, which hath shut the lions mouthes, so that they might not hurt me, for myne vngiltinesse is founde out before him: and as for thee O king, I neuer offended thee.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me; because as before him innocence was found in me; and also before you, O king, have I done no hurt.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    my God hath sent His messenger, and hath shut the lions' mouths, and they have not injured me: because that before Him purity hath been found in me; and also before thee, O king, injury I have not done.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then Daniel said to the king, O King, have life for ever.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me; because as before him innocence was found in me; and also before you, O king, have I done no hurt.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    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.”

Referenced Verses

  • Heb 11:33 : 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions,
  • 2 Tim 4:17 : 17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully made and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion's mouth.
  • Dan 3:28 : 28 Nebuchadnezzar declared, 'Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent his angel and rescued his servants! They trusted in him, defied the king’s command, and were willing to give up their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
  • Ps 91:11-13 : 11 For He will command His angels concerning you, to guard you in all your ways. 12 They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. 13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra; you will trample the young lion and the serpent.
  • Acts 12:11 : 11 When Peter came to himself, he said, 'Now I truly know that the Lord sent His angel and rescued me from Herod's grasp and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.'
  • Isa 63:9 : 9 In all their distress, he too was distressed, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and compassion, he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
  • Num 20:16 : 16 When we cried out to the LORD, he heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now we are here at Kadesh, a town on the edge of your territory.
  • 1 Sam 17:37 : 37 David added, 'The LORD who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.' Saul said to David, 'Go, and may the LORD be with you.'
  • 2 Sam 22:7 : 7 In my distress, I called upon the LORD and cried out to my God. He heard my voice from his temple, and my cry for help reached his ears.
  • 2 Chr 32:21 : 21 And the LORD sent an angel, who annihilated all the fighting men and leaders and officials in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew in disgrace to his own land. When he went into the temple of his god, some of his own sons killed him there with the sword.
  • Ps 7:1-4 : 1 A passionate song of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. 2 O Lord, my God, I take refuge in You; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me. 3 Otherwise, they will tear me apart like a lion, ripping me to pieces with no one to rescue. 4 O Lord, my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice in my hands,
  • Ps 18:19-24 : 19 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support. 20 He brought me out into a spacious place; He rescued me because He delighted in me. 21 The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands He has repaid me. 22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God. 23 All His judgments are before me, and I have not turned away from His statutes. 24 I was blameless before Him and kept myself from my iniquity.
  • Ps 31:14 : 14 For I hear the slander of many; terror surrounds me as they conspire together against me and plot to take my life.
  • Ps 34:7 : 7 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him from all his troubles.
  • Acts 24:16 : 16 In this, I strive to always keep my conscience clear before God and people.
  • Acts 27:23 : 23 Last night, an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me,
  • Mic 7:7 : 7 But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
  • 1 John 3:19-21 : 19 By this we will know that we belong to the truth and will reassure our hearts in His presence. 20 For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God.
  • Matt 27:46 : 46 About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out with a loud voice, 'Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?' (which means, 'My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?').
  • John 20:17-18 : 17 Jesus said to her, 'Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, "I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."' 18 Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, 'I have seen the Lord!' and she told them what he had said to her.
  • Dan 6:20 : 20 At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions’ den.
  • Dan 6:23 : 23 My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him. Also, I have committed no offense against you, O king.'
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For this is our boast: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity, not relying on worldly wisdom but on God's grace.
  • Acts 25:8-9 : 8 Paul defended himself, saying, 'I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews, the temple, or Caesar.' 9 But Festus, wanting to do the Jews a favor, replied to Paul, 'Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and be tried there before me on these charges?' 10 Paul said, 'I am standing before Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you yourself clearly know.' 11 If I am guilty and have done anything deserving of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is nothing to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar.
  • Ps 38:21 : 21 Those who repay evil for good oppose me because I follow what is good.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
  • Gen 40:15 : 15 For I was forcibly taken from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in this pit.
  • Ps 118:28 : 28 You are my God, and I will give You thanks; You are my God, and I will exalt You.
  • Isa 3:10 : 10 Tell the righteous that it will go well for them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.
  • Ps 26:6 : 6 I will wash my hands in innocence, and I will go around Your altar, Lord,
  • 1 Sam 24:9-9 : 9 David got up afterward, went out of the cave, and called after Saul, 'My lord the king!' When Saul looked behind him, David bowed down with his face to the ground and paid homage. 10 David said to Saul, 'Why do you listen to the words of men who say, "David seeks your harm"?' 11 'This day you have seen with your own eyes how the LORD delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you and said, "I will not lay my hand on my lord because he is the LORD’s anointed."'
  • 1 Sam 26:18 : 18 And he added, "Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done, and what wrong is in my hand?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Dan 6:23-28
    6 verses
    86%

    23My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him. Also, I have committed no offense against you, O king.'

    24At the king’s command, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the lions' den, along with their wives and children. Before they reached the floor of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

    25Then King Darius wrote to all the nations, peoples, and languages who live throughout the earth: 'May your prosperity abound!

    26I issue a decree that in all my royal dominion, people are to tremble and fear before the God of Daniel. For He is the living God and He endures forever; His kingdom will never be destroyed, and His dominion will have no end.

    27He rescues and delivers; He performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth, for He rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.'

    28So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

  • Dan 6:10-21
    12 verses
    80%

    10So King Darius signed the written decree and the edict.

    11When Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went to his house. He had windows in his upstairs room that opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees to pray, giving thanks to his God, just as he had always done.

    12Then these men came as a group and found Daniel petitioning and pleading before his God.

    13So they approached the king and said, 'Did you not sign a decree that for thirty days, anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the lions’ den?' The king answered, 'The decree stands, in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.'

    14Then they said to the king, 'Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the decree you signed. He still prays three times a day.'

    15When the king heard this, he was greatly distressed. He set his mind on rescuing Daniel and worked until sunset to find a way to save him.

    16Then the men went as a group to the king and said, 'Remember, O king, that according to the law of the Medes and Persians, no decree or edict that the king issues can be changed.'

    17So the king gave the command, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions’ den. The king said to Daniel, 'May your God, whom you continually serve, rescue you!'

    18A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and the rings of his nobles, so that nothing could be changed in regard to Daniel.

    19Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting. No diversions were brought to him, and he could not sleep.

    20At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions’ den.

    21When he approached the den, he called out to Daniel with a distressed voice. The king said to Daniel, 'Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you continually serve, been able to rescue you from the lions?'

  • Dan 6:4-7
    4 verses
    73%

    4Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the administrators and satraps because an excellent spirit was in him, and the king planned to set him over the entire kingdom.

    5At this, the administrators and satraps sought to find a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no charge or fault because he was faithful. No negligence or corruption was found in him.

    6Then these men said, 'We will not find any ground for complaint against this Daniel unless it is connected with the law of his God.'

    7So the administrators and satraps went as a group to the king and said to him, 'King Darius, may you live forever!

  • Dan 3:27-29
    3 verses
    71%

    27The satraps, prefects, governors, and the king’s officials gathered around and saw that the fire had had no effect on the bodies of these men. Their hair was not singed, their clothes were not burned, and there was no smell of fire on them.

    28Nebuchadnezzar declared, 'Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent his angel and rescued his servants! They trusted in him, defied the king’s command, and were willing to give up their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.

    29Therefore I issue a decree that any people, nation, or language that speaks against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego shall be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble, for no other god can save in this way.'

  • 2 Tim 4:17
    71%

    17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully made and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion's mouth.

  • Dan 1:19
    70%

    19The king spoke with them, and among all of them, no one was found to be like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they entered the king's service.

  • Dan 2:23-26
    4 verses
    69%

    23To You, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, for You have given me wisdom and might, and now You have made known to me what we asked of You, for You have made known to us the king’s matter.

    24Therefore, Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said to him, "Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me before the king, and I will reveal the interpretation to the king."

    25Then Arioch hurriedly brought Daniel before the king and said to him, "I have found a man from among the exiles of Judah who will reveal the interpretation to the king."

    26The king said to Daniel, who was also called Belteshazzar, "Are you able to make known to me the dream which I saw and its interpretation?"

  • Dan 1:8-11
    4 verses
    69%

    8But Daniel resolved in his heart not to defile himself with the royal food or wine. So he requested permission from the chief official not to defile himself.

    9God caused the chief official to show favor and compassion toward Daniel.

    10But the chief official said to Daniel, 'I fear my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. Why should he see you looking worse than the other youths your age? You would endanger my life before the king.'

    11Daniel said to the steward whom the chief of the officials had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

  • Ps 7:2-3
    2 verses
    68%

    2O Lord, my God, I take refuge in You; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me.

    3Otherwise, they will tear me apart like a lion, ripping me to pieces with no one to rescue.

  • Heb 11:33
    68%

    33who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions,

  • Dan 5:13
    68%

    13So Daniel was brought before the king, and the king said to him, 'Are you Daniel, one of the exiles from Judah, whom my father the king brought from Judah?'

  • Dan 10:12
    68%

    12Then he said, 'Do not be afraid, Daniel. From the first day that you set your heart to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come because of your words.'

  • Dan 2:19
    68%

    19Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision during the night. And Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

  • Dan 4:8
    67%

    8The tree grew large and strong, its top reached the heavens, and it was visible to the ends of the earth.

  • Dan 6:2
    67%

    2It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom.

  • Ps 56:11
    67%

    11In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,

  • Dan 3:17
    67%

    17If the God we serve exists, he is able to rescue us from the blazing fiery furnace and deliver us from your hand, O king.

  • Nah 2:11
    67%

    11Devastation, desolation, and destruction! Hearts melt, knees tremble, loins shake, and all faces turn pale.

  • Acts 28:5
    67%

    5But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no harm.

  • Dan 5:17
    67%

    17Then Daniel answered the king, 'You may keep your gifts or give your rewards to someone else; nevertheless, I will read the writing for the king and tell him what it means.'

  • 2 Sam 22:22
    66%

    22For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not acted wickedly by turning away from my God.