suppose the fifty righteous lack five. Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five? ’ He replied, ‘I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.’
Daniel 2:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised urging them to ask the God of the heavens for mercy concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be destroyed with the rest of Babylon’s wise men. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So that they would desire and request mercy of the God of heaven concerning this secret, that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. American Standard Version (1901) that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. Common English Bible so that they would ask the God of heaven for help about this mystery, in hopes that Daniel and his friends wouldn’t die with the rest of Babylon’s sages. Catholic Public Domain Version so that they would seek mercy before the face of the God of heaven, about this mystery, and so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the other wise men of Babylon. English Standard Version 2016 and told them to seek mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions might not be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. |
suppose the fifty righteous lack five. Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five? ’ He replied, ‘I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.’
Perhaps the Lord your God will hear all the words of the royal spokesman, whom his master the king of Assyria sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke him for the words that the Lord your God has heard. Therefore offer a prayer for the surviving remnant.” ’
Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and incomprehensible things you do not know.
‘ “This is what the Lord God says: I will respond to the house of Israel and do this for them: I will multiply them in number like a flock.
I offer thanks and praise to you, God of my ancestors, because you have given me wisdom and power. And now you have let me know what we asked of you, for you have let us know the king’s mystery.
If the God we serve exists, then he can rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire, and he can rescue us from the power of you, the king.
As for the command to leave the tree’s stump with its roots, your kingdom will be restored to you as soon as you acknowledge that Heaven rules.
He answered them, ‘I’m a Hebrew. I worship the Lord, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.’
So you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
What do you think? If someone has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, won’t he leave the ninety-nine on the hillside and go and search for the stray?
Again, truly I tell you, if two of you on earth agree about any matter that you pray for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.
After the arrest, he put him in prison and assigned four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in prayers to God on my behalf.
then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgement,
Then David said, ‘The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.’ Saul said to David, ‘Go, and may the Lord be with you.’