Daniel 6:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ When he came near the den where Daniel was, he cried out anxiously to Daniel, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God whom you faithfully serve been able to deliver you from the lions?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ And when he came to the den and to Daniel, he cried out in a voice of anguish. The king said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, Whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ And when he came near unto the den to Daniel, he cried with a lamentable voice; the king spake 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?

Common English Bible

²⁰ As he approached it, he called out to Daniel, worried: “Daniel, servant of the living God! Was your God—the one you serve so consistently—able to rescue you from the lions?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ And coming near to the den, he cried out with a tearful voice to Daniel and spoke to him. "Daniel, servant of the living God, your God, whom you serve always, do you believe he has prevailed to free you from the lions?"

English Standard Version 2016

²⁰ As he came near to the den where Daniel was, he cried out in a tone of anguish. The king declared to Daniel, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”

Daniel 6:20 Cross References

Genesis 18:14

Is anything too wonderful for the Lord? At the set time I will return to you, in due season, and Sarah shall have a son.”

1 Chronicles 16:11

Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually.

Psalm 119:112

I incline my heart to perform your statutes forever, to the end.

Psalm 146:2

I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God all my life long.

Psalm 73:23

Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand.

Jeremiah 32:17

“Ah Lord God! It is you who made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.

Daniel 3:15

Now if you are ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, drum, and entire musical ensemble, you should fall down and worship the statue that I have made. But if you do not worship, you shall immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire, and who is the god who will deliver you out of my hands?”

Daniel 3:17

If our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire and out of your hand, O king, let him deliver us.

Daniel 6:16

Then the king gave the command, and Daniel was brought and thrown into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you faithfully serve, deliver you!”

Daniel 6:19

Then at dawn, the king got up and at first light hurried to the den of lions.

Daniel 6:26

I make a decree, that in all my royal dominion people shall tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: For he is the living God, enduring forever. His kingdom shall never be destroyed, and his dominion has no end.

Daniel 6:27

He delivers and rescues; he works signs and wonders in heaven and on earth; he has saved Daniel from the power of the lions.”

Hosea 12:6

But as for you, return to your God; hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God.

Numbers 11:23

The Lord said to Moses, “Is the Lord’s power limited? Now you shall see whether my word will come true for you or not.”

Luke 1:37

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Luke 18:1

Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart.

Acts 6:4

while we, for our part, will devote ourselves to prayer and to serving the word.”

Romans 2:7

to those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life,

2 Corinthians 1:10

He who rescued us from so deadly a peril will continue to rescue us; on him we have set our hope that he will rescue us again,

Colossians 4:2

Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.

2 Timothy 1:12

and for this reason I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that day the deposit I have entrusted to him.

Hebrews 7:25

Consequently, he is able for all time to save those who approach God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

James 1:25

But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act—they will be blessed in their doing.

Jude 1:24

Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to make you stand without blemish in the presence of his glory with rejoicing,