Daniel 6 · Verse 18

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, King James Version

Daniel 6:18 in other translations

BSBThen the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.
WEBThen the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting. No musical instruments were brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.
ASVThen 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.
YLTThen 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.
DARBYThen the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were concubines brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.
BBEThen 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.
WebsterThen 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
18. neither were instruments of music, &c.--Gesenius translates, "concubines." Daniel's mentioning to us as an extraordinary thing of Darius, that he neither approached his table nor his harem, agrees with Xenophon's picture of him as devoted to wine and women, vain, and without self-control. He is sorry for the evil which he himself had caused, yet takes no steps to remedy it. There are many such halters between good and bad, who are ill at ease in their sins, yet go forward in them, and are drawn on by others.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 Passed the night fasting - He neither ate nor drank, had no music to solace, nor sweet odors burnt or brought before him, and he passed the night without sleep. All this points out his great sincerity; and when it is considered that Darius could not be less than sixty-two or sixty-three years of age at this time, it shows more fully the depth of his concern.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Daniel 6:18-24
The best way to have a good night, is to keep a good conscience. We are sure of what the king doubted, that the servants of the living God have a Master well able to protect them. See the power of God over the fiercest creatures, and believe his power to restrain the roaring lion that goeth about continually seeking to devour. Daniel was kept perfectly safe, because he believed in his God. Those who boldly and cheerfully trust in God to protect them in the way of duty, shall always find him a present help. Thus the righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. The short triumph of the wicked will end in their ruin.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Daniel 6:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֱ֠דַיִן'E.da.yinthenH116
אֲזַ֨ל'a.Zalhe wentH236
מַלְכָּ֤אmal.Ka'king theH4430
לְהֵֽיכְלֵהּ֙le.hei.khe.Lehto palace hisH1965
וּבָ֣תu.Vatand he passed [the] nightH956
טְוָ֔תte.VatfastingH2908
וְדַחֲוָ֖ןve.da.cha.Vanand thrusting [women]H1761
לָא\־la'-notH3809
הַנְעֵ֣לhan.'Elhe brought inH5954
קָֽדָמ֑וֹהִיka.da.Mo.hibefore himH6925
וְשִׁנְתֵּ֖הּve.shin.Tehand sleep hisH8139
נַדַּ֥תna.Datit fledH5075
עֲלֽוֹהִי\׃a.Lo.hion himH5922

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
and passed.
2Sa 12:16,17; 19:24; 1Ki 21:27; Job 21:12; Ps 137:2; Ec 2:8
Isa 24:8,9; Am 6:4-6; Jon 3:3-9; Re 18:22
instruments. or, table. and.
2:1; Es 6:1; Ps 77:4

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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.

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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.
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.