Bel and the Snake 1:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then the king was enraged, and he arrested the priests and their wives and children. They showed him the secret doors through which they used to enter to consume what was on the table.

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Common English Bible

Then the king became angry. He arrested the priests, their wives, and children. They showed him the hidden doors through which they regularly entered to eat what was on the table.

Good News Bible (Anglicised)

and he became so angry that he had the priests and their families arrested and brought to him. They showed him the secret doors through which they had come in each night to eat the food placed on the table.

King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

and took the priests with their wives and children, who showed him the privy doors, where they came in, and consumed such things as were upon the table.

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And took the priests with their wives and children, who shewed him the privy doors, where they came in, and consumed such things as were upon the table.

Bel and the Snake 1:21 Cross References