Daniel 6:18
Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
Daniel 6:18 in other translations
| BSB | Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him. |
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| WEB | Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting. No musical instruments were brought before him; and his sleep fled from him. |
| ASV | Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep fled from him. |
| YLT | Then hath the king gone to his palace, and he hath passed the night fasting, and dahavan have not been brought up before him, and his sleep hath fled from off him. |
| DARBY | Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were concubines brought before him; and his sleep fled from him. |
| BBE | Then the king went to his great house, and took no food that night, and no... were placed before him, and his sleep went from him. |
| Webster | Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep went from him. |
What does Daniel 6:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Daniel 6:18-24
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Daniel 6:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Daniel 6:18
- Esther 6:1
On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
- Daniel 2:1
And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
- 2 Samuel 12:16-17
David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
- Psalms 77:4
Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
- Jonah 3:3-9
So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey. And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. …
- Amos 6:4-6
That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
- Isaiah 24:8-9
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
- Psalms 137:2
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
- Job 21:12
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
- Ecclesiastes 2:8
I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
- Revelation 18:22
And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
- 1 Kings 21:27
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
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Context
- Daniel 6:17
And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
- Daniel 6:18
Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
- Daniel 6:19
Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.
Daniel 6:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Fuése luego el rey á su palacio, y acostóse ayuno; ni instrumentos de música fueron traídos delante de él, y se le fué el sueño. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et une pierre fut apportée et mise sur l’ouverture de la fosse, et le roi la scella de son cachet et du cachet de ses grands, afin que l’intention à l’égard de Daniel ne soit pas changée. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ein Stein wurde gebracht und auf die Öffnung der Grube gelegt; und der König versiegelte ihn mit seinem Siegelringe und mit dem Siegelringe seiner Gewaltigen, damit hinsichtlich Daniels nichts verändert würde. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et abiit rex in domum suam, et dormivit incœnatus, cibique non sunt allati coram eo, insuper et somnus recessit ab eo. |