Daniel 6:21

New Living Translation

Daniel answered, "Long live the king!

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Daniel spoke with the king: “May the king live forever.

Hebrew Names Version
Then said Daniyel to the king, O king, live forever.

King James Version
Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.

English Standard Version
Then Daniel said to the king, "O king, live forever!

New American Standard Bible
Then Daniel spoke to the king, "O king, live forever!

New Century Version
Daniel answered, "O king, live forever!

Amplified Bible
Then Daniel spoke to the king, "O king, live forever!

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then saide Daniel vnto the King, O King, liue for euer.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Daniel spoke to the king, "O king, live forever!

Berean Standard Bible
Then Daniel replied, "O king, may you live forever!

Contemporary English Version
Daniel answered, "Your Majesty, I hope you live forever!

Complete Jewish Bible
On approaching the pit where Dani'el was, the king cried in a pained voice to Dani'el, "Dani'el, servant of the living God! Has your God, whom you are always serving, been able to save you from the lions?"

Darby Translation
Then Daniel spoke unto the king, O king, live for ever!

Easy-to-Read Version
Daniel answered, "King, live forever!

George Lamsa Translation
Then Daniel spoke to the king and said, O king, live for ever!

Good News Translation
Daniel answered, "May Your Majesty live forever!

Lexham English Bible
Then Daniel spoke to the king, "O king, live forever!

Literal Translation
Then Daniel said to the king, O king, live forever.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Daniel sayde vnto the kynge: O kynge, God saue thy life for euer:

American Standard Version
Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.

Bible in Basic English
Then Daniel said to the king, O King, have life for ever.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And when he came near unto the den to Daniel, he cried with a pained voice; the king spoke and said to Daniel: 'O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?'

King James Version (1611)
Then said Daniel vnto the king, O king, liue for euer.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then Daniel saide vnto the king: O king, liue for euer.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Daniel said to the king, O king, live for ever.

English Revised Version
Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.

World English Bible
Then said Daniel to the king, O king, live forever.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Danyel answeride the kyng, and seide, King, lyue thou with outen ende.

Update Bible Version
Then said Daniel to the king, O king, live forever.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then said Daniel to the king, O king, live for ever.

New English Translation
Then Daniel spoke to the king, "O king, live forever!

New King James Version
Then Daniel said to the king, "O king, live forever!

New Life Bible
Then Daniel said to the king, "O king, live forever!

New Revised Standard
Daniel then said to the king, "O king, live forever!

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then, Daniel, with the king, spake, - O king! for ages, live!

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Daniel answering the king, said: O king, live for ever:

Revised Standard Version
Then Daniel said to the king, "O king, live for ever!

Young's Literal Translation
Then Daniel hath spoken with the king: `O king, to the ages live:

THE MESSAGE
"O king, live forever!" said Daniel. "My God sent his angel, who closed the mouths of the lions so that they would not hurt me. I've been found innocent before God and also before you, O king. I've done nothing to harm you."

Contextual Overview

¹⁸ Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting. He refused his usual entertainment and couldn't sleep at all that night. ¹⁹ Very early the next morning, the king got up and hurried out to the lions' den. ²⁰ When he got there, he called out in anguish, "Daniel, servant of the living God! Was your God, whom you serve so faithfully, able to rescue you from the lions?" ²¹ Daniel answered, "Long live the king! ²² My God sent his angel to shut the lions' mouths so that they would not hurt me, for I have been found innocent in his sight. And I have not wronged you, Your Majesty." ²³ The king was overjoyed and ordered that Daniel be lifted from the den. Not a scratch was found on him, for he had trusted in his God. ²⁴ Then the king gave orders to arrest the men who had maliciously accused Daniel. He had them thrown into the lions' den, along with their wives and children. The lions leaped on them and tore them apart before they even hit the floor of the den.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

O king: Daniel 6:6, Daniel 2:4, Nehemiah 2:3

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 16:16 - God save the king 1 Kings 1:31 - Let my 2 Kings 11:12 - and said Ezra 5:7 - all peace Daniel 3:9 - O King Daniel 5:10 - O king

Cross-References

Job 38:41
Who provides food for the ravens when their young cry out to God and wander about in hunger?

Job 40:20
The mountains offer it their best food, where all the wild animals play.

Psalms 35:6
Make their path dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.

Psalms 136:25
He gives food to every living thing. His faithful love endures forever.

Psalms 145:16
When you open your hand, you satisfy the hunger and thirst of every living thing.

Psalms 147:9
He gives food to the wild animals and feeds the young ravens when they cry.

Matthew 6:26
Look at the birds. They don't plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren't you far more valuable to him than they are?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said Daniel unto the king,.... Whose voice he knew, though the tone of it was so much altered:

O king, live for ever; he does not reproach him for delivering him into the hands of his enemies, and suffering him to be cast into that place, which he might have prevented, had he had more resolution; he knew it was done with reluctance, though with weakness; which he does not upbraid him with, but freely forgives him, and wishes him health, long life, and prosperity.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live forever - The common form of salutation in addressing the king. See the note at Daniel 2:4. There might be more than mere form in this, for Daniel may have been aware of the true source of the calamities that had come upon him, and of the innocence of the king in the matter; and he doubtless recalled the interest which the king had shown in him when about to be cast into the den of lions, and his expression of confidence that his God would be able to deliver him Daniel 6:16, and he could not but have been favorably impressed by the solicitude which the monarch now showed for his welfare in thus early visiting him, and by his anxiety to know whether he were still alive.