Daniel 6:22

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֱדַ֙יִן֙ דָּנִיֶּ֔אל עִם־מַלְכָּ֖א מַלִּ֑ל מַלְכָּ֖א לְעָלְמִ֥ין חֱיִֽי׃

Transliteration

Then ʾĕdayin dānîyēʾl with the malkāʾ mallil: 'malkāʾ, forever ləʿāləmîn ḥĕyî.'

Grammar Details

• *ʾĕdayin*: Aramaic adverb - then, at that time
• *dānîyēʾl*: proper noun - Daniel
• *malkāʾ*: noun, masculine singular emphatic - the king
• *mallil*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he spoke
• *ləʿāləmîn*: preposition + noun, masculine plural - forever/to ages
• *ḥĕyî*: imperative, 2nd masculine singular - live

Word Meanings

• *ləʿāləmîn* *ḥĕyî*: live forever/may you live forever (formal royal greeting)

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• 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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  My God{H426} hath sent{H7972} his angel,{H4398} and hath shut{H5463} the lions'{H744} mouths,{H6433} and they have not{H3809} hurt{H2255} me; forasmuch as{H3606} before{H6925} him innocency{H2136} was found{H7912} in me; and also{H638} before{H6925} thee, O king,{H4430} have I done{H5648} no{H3809} hurt.{H2248}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  My God{H426} hath sent{H7972}{(H8754)} his angel{H4398}, and hath shut{H5463}{(H8754)} the lions{H744}' mouths{H6433}, that they have not{H3809} hurt{H2255}{(H8745)} me: forasmuch as{H3606}{H6903} before{H6925} him innocency{H2136} was found{H7912}{(H8728)} in me; and also{H638} before{H6925} thee, O king{H4430}, have I done{H5648}{(H8754)} no{H3809} hurt{H2248}.

• 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 subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
• 2 Tim 4:17 : 17 But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be fully preached through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
• Dan 3:28 : 28 Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and they have frustrated the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they should not serve nor worship any god except their own God.
• Ps 91:11-13 : 11 For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. 12 They shall bear you up in their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone. 13 You shall tread upon the lion and the adder: the young lion and the dragon you shall trample underfoot.
• Acts 12:11 : 11 And when Peter had come to himself, he said, 'Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people.'
• Isa 63:9 : 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
• Num 20:16 : 16 When we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice and sent an angel and brought us up out of Egypt; now here we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your border.
• 1 Sam 17:37 : 37 David said moreover, The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine. Saul said to David, Go, and the LORD be with you.
• 2 Sam 22:7 : 7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he heard my voice from his temple, and my cry entered into his ears.
• 2 Chr 32:21 : 21 And the LORD sent an angel who destroyed all the mighty men of valor and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame on his face to his own land. And when he entered the house of his god, his own sons killed him with the sword there.
• Ps 7:1-4 : 1 O LORD my God, in you do I put my trust: save me from all those who persecute me, and deliver me: 2 Lest they tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. 3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there is iniquity in my hands; 4 If I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me; (yes, I have delivered him who without cause is my enemy:)
• Ps 18:19-24 : 19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. 20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has recompensed me. 21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. 22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. 23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from my iniquity. 24 Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
• Ps 31:14 : 14 But I trusted in you, O LORD: I said, You are my God.
• Ps 34:7 : 7 The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.
• Acts 24:16 : 16 And here I exercise myself, to have always a conscience without offense toward God, and toward men.
• Acts 27:23 : 23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
• Mic 7:7 : 7 Therefore 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 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 20 For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, then we have confidence toward God.
• Matt 27:46 : 46 And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
• John 20:17-18 : 17 Jesus said to her, Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God. 18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these things to her.
• Dan 6:20 : 20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice to Daniel: and the king spoke and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?
• Dan 6:23 : 23 Then the king was exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no harm was found upon him because he believed in his God.
• 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
• Acts 25:8-9 : 8 While he answered for himself, I have not offended against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar. 9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a favor, answered Paul and said, Will you go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged regarding these things before me? 10 Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you very well know. 11 For if I am an offender, or have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die: but if there is nothing of these charges against me, no one can deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar.
• Ps 38:21 : 21 Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me.
• Ps 84:11 : 11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD will give grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
• Gen 40:15 : 15 For indeed I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews: and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
• Ps 118:28 : 28 You are my God, and I will praise You; You are my God, I will exalt You.
• Isa 3:10 : 10 Say to the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
• Ps 26:6 : 6 I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will circle Your altar, O LORD,
• 1 Sam 24:9-9 : 9 And David said to Saul, Why do you listen to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeks your harm? 10 Behold, this day your eyes have seen how the LORD delivered you today into my hand in the cave: and some urged me to kill you: but my eye spared you; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S anointed. 11 Moreover, my father, see, yes, see the edge of your robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the edge of your robe and killed you not, know and see that there is neither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you; yet you hunt my soul to take it.
• 1 Sam 26:18 : 18 And he said, "Why does my lord pursue after his servant? What have I done? Or what evil is in my hand?