Daniel 6:17 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 6:17

A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that nothing concerning Daniel could be changed.

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ASV

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 nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER SIX (420)

Verse 17. "A single stone was brought and placed over the opening of the pit, and the king sealed it with his ring..." He sealed with his ring the rock by which the opening of the pit was shut up, so that the enemies of Daniel might not make any attempt to harm him. For he had entrusted him to the power of God, and although not worried about lions, he was fearful of men. He also sealed it with the ring of his nobles, in order to avoid all ground for suspicion so far as they were concerned.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den - Probably a large flat stone sufficient to cover the mouth of the cave, and so heavy that Daniel could not remove it from within and escape. It was usual then, as it is now, to close up the entrance to sepulchres with a large stone. See Joh 11:38; Mat 27:

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהֵיתָ֙יִת֙	ve.hei.Ta.yit	and it was brought	H858 →
אֶ֣בֶן	'E.ven	a stone	H69 →
חֲדָ֔ה	cha.Dah	one	H2298 →
וְשֻׂמַ֖ת	ve.su.Mat	and it was set	H7761 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5922 →
פֻּ֣ם	pum	[the] mouth of	H6433 →
גֻּבָּ֑א	gu.Ba'	den the	H1358 →
וְחַתְמַ֨הּ	ve.chat.Mah	and he sealed it	H2857 →
מַלְכָּ֜א	mal.Ka'	king the	H4430 →
בְּעִזְקְתֵ֗הּ	be.'iz.ke.Teh	with signet-ring his	H5824 →
וּבְעִזְקָת֙	u.ve.'iz.Kat	and with [the] signet-rings of	H5824 →
רַבְרְבָנ֔וֹהִי	rav.re.va.No.hi	nobles his	H7261 →
דִּ֛י	di	that	H1768 →
לָא־	la'-	not	H3809 →
תִשְׁנֵ֥א	tish.Ne'	it will change	H8133 →
צְב֖וּ	tze.Vu	anything	H6640 →
בְּדָנִיֵּֽאל׃	be.da.ni.Yel	with Daniel	H1841 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 12:4
He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
leads to
- Proverbs 19:21
  Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
- Luke 22:33
  “Lord,” said Peter, “I am ready to go with You even to prison and to death.”
- Luke 21:12
  But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.
- John 13:36–38
  “Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”
- Acts 4:28
  They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
Through
Lamentations 3:53
They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.
leads to
- Jeremiah 38:9
  “My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there…
- Jeremiah 38:6
  So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no…
- Jeremiah 37:16
  So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Daniel

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Where the connections lead

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About Daniel