Daniel 6:16

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Then the king commaunded, and they brought Daniel, and they cast him into the lions denne. Nowe the king spake vnto Daniel, & saide: Thy God whom thou alway seruest, euen he wyll deliuer thee.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בֵּאדַ֙יִן֙ גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֔ךְ הַרְגִּ֖שׁוּ עַל־מַלְכָּ֑א וְאָמְרִ֣ין לְמַלְכָּ֗א דַּ֤ע מַלְכָּא֙ דִּֽי־דָת֙ לְמָדַ֣י וּפָרַ֔ס דִּֽי־כָל־אֱסָ֥ר וּקְיָ֛ם דִּֽי־מַלְכָּ֥א יְהָקֵ֖ים לָ֥א לְהַשְׁנָיָֽה׃

Transliteration

Then bēʾdayin those gubrāyāʾ ʾillēk hargîšû concerning the malkāʾ and ʾāmərîn to the malkāʾ, 'Know, malkāʾ, that dî dāt to māday and pāras that dî any ʾĕsār and qəyām which dî the malkāʾ yəhāqēym not ləhašnāyāh.'

Grammar Details

• *bēʾdayin*: Aramaic adverb - then, at that time
• *gubrāyāʾ*: noun, masculine plural emphatic - the men
• *ʾillēk*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine plural - these/those
• *hargîšû*: perfect, 3rd plural - they assembled/hurried/pressed
• *malkāʾ*: noun, masculine singular emphatic - the king
• *ʾāmərîn*: participle, masculine plural - speaking/saying
• *dāt*: noun, feminine singular construct - law/decree of
• *māday*: proper noun - Media
• *pāras*: proper noun - Persia
• *dî*: relative particle - that/which
• *ʾĕsār*: noun, masculine singular - decree/ban/interdict
• *qəyām*: noun, masculine singular - statute/decree
• *yəhāqēym*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he establishes/confirms
• *ləhašnāyāh*: infinitive construct - to be changed/altered

Word Meanings

• *hargîšû*: assembled/hurried together/pressed
• *ʾĕsār*: interdict/ban/decree
• *qəyām*: statute/decree/ordinance
• *yəhāqēym*: establishes/confirms/sets up

Referenced Verses

• Ps 37:39-40 : 39 But saluation of the righteous commeth of God: whiche is also their strength in time of trouble. 40 And God wyll ayde them and deliuer them, he wyl deliuer them from the vngodly: and he wyll saue them, because they put their trust in him.
• Job 5:19 : 19 He shall deliuer thee in sixe troubles, & in the seuenth there shall no euil come to thee.
• Dan 3:28 : 28 Then spake Nabuchodonozor, and sayde: Blessed be the God of Sidrach, Misach, and Abednego, which hath sent his angel, and deliuered his seruauntes that put their trust in him, and haue altered the kinges commaundement, and ieoparded their bodies, rather then they would serue or worship any God, except their owne God onely.
• Dan 3:17 : 17 Beholde, our God whom we serue, is able to deliuer vs from the hot firie fornace: and he wil deliuer vs out of thy hande O king.
• Ps 91:14-16 : 14 Because he hath set greatly his loue vpon me, therfore wyll I deliuer hym: I wyll set hym vp out of all daunger, because he hath knowen my name. 15 He shall call vpon me, and I wyll heare hym: yea I am with hym in trouble, I wyll deliuer hym, and bryng hym to honour. 16 I wyll satisfie hym with a long lyfe: and I wyll cause hym to see my saluation.
• Ps 118:8-9 : 8 It is better to trust in God: then to put any confidence in man. 9 It is better to trust in God: then to put any confidence in princes.
• Isa 43:2 : 2 If thou goest thorow ye water, I wyl be with thee, the strong fluddes shal not ouerwhelme thee: and if thou walkest thorowe the fire, it shall not burne thee, & the flambe shal not kindle vpon thee:
• Dan 6:20 : 20 Now as he came nye vnto the denne, he cryed with a pitious voyce vnto Daniel, yea the king spake and saide vnto Daniel: O Daniel, thou seruaut of the liuing God, is not thy God whom thou seruest alway, able to deliuer thee from ye lions?
• Jer 26:14 : 14 Nowe as for me I am in your handes, do with me as you thinke expedient and good:
• Jer 38:5 : 5 Zedekia the kyng aunswered, and sayde, Lo, he is in your handes: for the kyng may denie you nothyng.
• Prov 29:25 : 25 He that feareth men shall haue a fall: but who so putteth his trust in the Lorde, is without daunger.
• Acts 25:11 : 11 For yf I had done any hurt, or committed any thyng worthy of death, I refuse not to dye: But yf there be none of these thinges, wherof they accuse me, no man may delyuer me to them. I appeale vnto Caesar.
• 2 Sam 3:39 : 39 And I am this day tender and newly annoynted king, and these men the sonnes of Zaruia be to hard for me: The Lorde rewarde the doer of euyll, according to his wickednesse.
• Dan 6:7 : 7 All the rulers of thy kingdome, the officers and gouernours, the counsellers and dukes, haue consulted together to make a decree for the king, & to establish a statute, That who so desireth any petition either of any god or man within these thirtie dayes, except of thee O king, he shalbe cast into the lions denne.
• Acts 27:23-24 : 23 For there stoode by me this nyght, the Angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serue, 24 Saying: Feare not Paul, thou must be brought before Caesar. And lo, God hath geuen thee all them that sayle with thee.
• Rom 13:3 : 3 For rulers are not fearefull to good workes, but to the euyll. Wylt thou not feare the power? Do well, and thou shalt haue prayse of the same.
• Dan 3:15 : 15 Nowe therfore be redy when ye heare the sound of the cornet, trumpet, harpe, shawme, psaltries, dulcimers, and al instrumentes of musicke, to fal downe and worship the image whiche I haue made: for if ye worship it not, ye shalbe cast immediatly into the mids of a hot firie fornace: for who is that God that can deliuer you out of my handes?
• Matt 14:8-9 : 8 And she, beyng instruct of her mother before, sayde: geue me here Iohn Baptistes head in a platter. 9 And the kyng was sory: Neuerthelesse, for the othes sake, and them which sate also at the table, he commaunded it to be geuen her: 10 And sent, and beheaded Iohn in the pryson.
• Matt 27:23-26 : 23 The deputie sayde: What euyll hath he done? But they cryed the more, saying: let hym be crucified. 24 When Pilate sawe that he coulde preuayle nothyng, but that more busynesse was made, he toke water, and washed his handes before the people, saying: I am innocent of the blood of this iust person, see ye to it. 25 Then aunswered all the people, and sayde: His blood be on vs, and on our chyldren. 26 Then let he Barabbas loose vnto them, and scourged Iesus, and deliuered hym to be crucified.
• Mark 6:25-28 : 25 And she came in strayghtwaye, with haste, vnto the kyng, and asked, saying: I wyll, that thou geue me by and by in a charger, the head of Iohn Baptist. 26 And the kyng was sory, howebeit, for his othes sake, & for their sakes whiche sate at supper also, he woulde not caste her of. 27 And immediatlye the kyng sent the hangman, and commaunded his head to be brought in: And he went, and beheaded hym in the pryson, 28 And brought his head in a charger, & gaue it to the damsell, and the damsell gaue it to her mother.
• Mark 15:14-15 : 14 Pilate sayde vnto them: What euyll hath he done? And they cryed the more feruently, crucifie hym. 15 And so Pilate, wyllyng to content the people, let loose Barabbas vnto them, and deliuered vp Iesus, when he had scourged hym, for to be crucified.
• John 19:12-16 : 12 And from thencefoorth sought Pilate meanes to loose hym. But the Iewes cryed, saying: Yf thou let hym go, thou art not Caesers friend. For whosoeuer maketh hym selfe a kyng, speaketh agaynst Caesar. 13 When Pilate hearde that saying, he brought Iesus foorth, & he sate downe in the iudgement seate, in a place that is called the pauement, but in the Hebrue tounge, Gabbatha. 14 It was the preparyng of ye Passouer, and about the sixt houre: And he sayth vnto the Iewes, beholde your kyng. 15 They cryed, away with hym, away with hym, crucifie hym. Pilate sayth vnto them: Shall I crucifie your king? The hye priestes aunswered: We haue no king but Caesar. 16 Then deliuered he hym vnto them, to be crucified. And they toke Iesus, & ledde hym away.
• Acts 24:27 : 27 But after two yere, Porcius Festus came into Felix rowme: And Felix wyllyng to shewe the Iewes a pleasure, left Paul bounde.
• Acts 25:9 : 9 But Festus wyllyng to do ye Iewes a pleasure; aunswered Paul, and sayde: Wylt thou go vp to Hierusalem, & there be iudged of these thynges before me?