Verse | Translation | Text |
Da 6:20 | Strong Concordance | And when he came [07127] to the den [01358], he cried [02200] with a lamentable [06088] voice [07032] unto Daniel [01841]: and the king [04430] spake [06032] and said [0560] to Daniel [01841], O Daniel [01841], servant [05649] of the living [02417] God [0426], is thy God [0426], whom thou servest [06399] continually [08411], able [03202] to deliver [07804] thee from [04481] the lions [0744]? |
King James | 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? |
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
living God--having life Himself, and able to preserve thy life; contrasted with the lifeless idols. Darius borrowed the phrase from Daniel; God extorting from an idolater a confession of the truth. thou servest continually--in times of persecution, as well as in times of peace. is thy God . . . able--the language of doubt, yet hope. |