Daniel 6 · Verse 21

Daniel 6:21

Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
Daniel 6:21, King James Version

Daniel 6:21 in other translations

BSBThen Daniel replied, “O king, may you live forever!
WEBThen Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever!
ASVThen said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
YLTThen Daniel hath spoken with the king: ‘O king, to the ages live:
DARBYThen Daniel spoke unto the king, O king, live for ever!
BBEThen Daniel said to the king, O King, have life for ever.
WebsterThen said Daniel to the king, O king, live for ever.

What does Daniel 6:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. Daniel might have indulged in anger at the king, but does not; his sole thought is, God's glory has been set forth in his deliverance.

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

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Daniel 6:21 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.

אֱדַ֙יִן֙'e.Da.yinthenH116
דָּנִיֶּ֔אלda.ni.YelDanielH1841
עִם\־'im-withH5974
מַלְכָּ֖אmal.Ka'king theH4430
מַלִּ֑לma.Lilhe spokeH4449
מַלְכָּ֖אmal.Ka'king OH4430
לְעָלְמִ֥יןle.'al.Minfor everH5957
חֱיִֽי\׃che.Yilive!H2418

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

Cross references for Daniel 6:21

  • Daniel 2:4

    Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.

  • Daniel 6:6

    Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.

  • Nehemiah 2:3

    And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
O king.
6; 2:4; Ne 2:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Daniel 6:20

    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?

  • Daniel 6:21

    Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.

  • Daniel 6:22

    My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

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Daniel 6:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces habló Daniel con el rey: oh rey, para siempre vive.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et comme il approchait de la fosse, il cria à Daniel d’une voix triste. Le roi prit la parole et dit à Daniel: Daniel, serviteur du Dieu vivant, ton Dieu, que tu sers continuellement, a-t-il pu te délivrer des lions?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und als er sich der Grube nahte, rief er mit trauriger Stimme nach Daniel. Der König hob an und sprach zu Daniel: Daniel, Knecht des lebendigen Gottes, hat dein Gott, welchem du ohne Unterlaß dienst, vermocht, dich von den Löwen zu retten?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et Daniel regi respondens ait: Rex, in æternum vive!