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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Daniel 6 NET Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/daniel/6.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/daniel/6-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NET Bible</a> > Daniel 6</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../daniel/5.htm" title="Daniel 5">◄</a> Daniel 6 <a href="../daniel/7.htm" title="Daniel 7">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">NET Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/net/esv/daniel/6.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="title">Daniel is Thrown into a Lions’ Den</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>It seemed like a good idea to Darius to appoint over the kingdom 120 satraps who would be in charge of the entire kingdom. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Over them would be three supervisors, one of whom was Daniel. These satraps were accountable to them, so that the king’s interests might not incur damage. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Now this Daniel was distinguishing himself above the other supervisors and the satraps, for he had an extraordinary spirit. In fact, the king intended to appoint him over the entire kingdom. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Consequently the supervisors and satraps were trying to find some pretext against Daniel in connection with administrative matters. But they were unable to find any such damaging evidence, because he was trustworthy and guilty of no negligence or corruption. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So these men concluded, “We won’t find any pretext against this man Daniel unless it is in connection with the law of his God.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So these supervisors and satraps came by collusion to the king and said to him, “O King Darius, live forever! <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>To all the supervisors of the kingdom, the prefects, satraps, counselors, and governors it seemed like a good idea for a royal edict to be issued and an interdict to be enforced. For the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human other than you, O king, should be thrown into a den of lions. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Now let the king issue a written interdict so that it cannot be altered, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So King Darius issued the written interdict.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>When Daniel realized that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. Three times daily he was kneeling and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then those officials who had gone to the king came by collusion and found Daniel praying and asking for help before his God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So they approached the king and said to him, “Did you not issue an edict to the effect that for the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human other than to you, O king, would be thrown into a den of lions?” The king replied, “That is correct, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the captives from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the edict that you issued. Three times daily he offers his prayer.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>When the king heard this, he was very upset and began thinking about how he might rescue Daniel. Until late afternoon he was struggling to find a way to rescue him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then those men came by collusion to the king and said to him, “Recall, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no edict or decree that the king issues can be changed.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So the king gave the order, and Daniel was brought and thrown into a den of lions. The king consoled Daniel by saying, “Your God whom you continually serve will rescue you!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then a stone was brought and placed over the opening to the den. The king sealed it with his signet ring and with those of his nobles so that nothing could be changed with regard to Daniel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then the king departed to his palace. But he spent the night without eating, and no diversions were brought to him. He was unable to sleep.</p> <p class="title">God Rescues Daniel from the Lions</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>In the morning, at the earliest sign of daylight, the king got up and rushed to the lions’ den. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>As he approached the den, he called out to Daniel in a worried voice, “Daniel, servant of the living God, was your God whom you continually serve able to rescue you from the lions?”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then Daniel spoke to the king, “O king, live forever! <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>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.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Then the king was delighted and gave an order to haul Daniel up from the den. So Daniel was hauled up out of the den. He had no injury of any kind, because he had trusted in his God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The king gave another order, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the lions’ den – they, their children, and their wives. They did not even reach the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and language groups who were living in all the land: “Peace and prosperity! <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I have issued an edict that throughout all the dominion of my kingdom people are to revere and fear the God of Daniel.</p><p class="poetry2">“For he is the living God;</p><p class="poetry2">he endures forever.</p><p class="poetry2">His kingdom will not be destroyed;</p><p class="poetry2">his authority is forever.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>He rescues and delivers</p><p class="poetry2">and performs signs and wonders</p><p class="poetry2">in the heavens and on the earth.</p><p class="poetry2">He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions!”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/6-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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