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Daniel 6:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

All night long the king could not sleep. He did not eat anything, and he would not let anyone come in to entertain him.

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Mephibosheth, the grandson of Saul, also came to meet David. He had missed David so much that he had not taken a bath or trimmed his beard or washed his clothes the whole time David was gone.

That night the king could not sleep, and he got a servant to read him the records of what had happened since he had been king.

These people sing and celebrate to the sound of tambourines, small harps, and flutes,

We hung our small harps on the willow trees.

Because of you, Lord God, I can't sleep. I am restless and can't even talk.

Foreign rulers brought me silver, gold, and precious treasures. Men and women sang for me, and I had many wives who gave me great pleasure.

Then they tried to kill me by tossing me into a pit and throwing stones at me.

I ate no fine food or meat, I drank no wine, and I put no olive oil on my face or hair.

During the second year that Nebuchadnezzar was king, he had such horrible nightmares that he could not sleep.

At daybreak the king got up and ran to the pit.

The music of harps and singers and of flutes and trumpets will no longer be heard. No workers will ever set up shop in that city, and the sound of grinding grain will be silenced for ever.




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