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22 My God sent his angel and he shut the mouth of the lions and they did not[a] hurt me, because[b] before him I was found[c] blameless, and also before you, O king, I have not done any wrong.”

23 Then the king was exceedingly glad over it[d] and commanded that Daniel be lifted up from the pit; and there was not any wound found on him, because he had trusted in his God. 24 The king then commanded, and these men were brought who had accused Daniel,[e] and they threw them and their children and their wives into the lion pit,[f] and they had not reached the floor of the pit before[g] the lions had overpowered them and they had crushed all of their bones.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 6:22 Aramaic “would not”
  2. Daniel 6:22 Literally “all of because that”
  3. Daniel 6:22 Literally “it was found for me”
  4. Daniel 6:23 That is, the situation
  5. Daniel 6:24 Literally “they ate his pieces of Daniel”
  6. Daniel 6:24 Literally “pit of lions”
  7. Daniel 6:24 Literally “until that”