Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.
WEB
At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the den of lions.
YLT
Then doth the king rise in the early morning, at the light, and in haste to the den of lions he hath gone;
DBT
Then the king arose with the light at break of day, and went in haste unto the den of lions.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentDaniel — A Hebrew exile at Babylonian and Persian courts sees empires rise and fall, a Son of Man coming with clouds, and seventy weeks locating Messiah in time. The canon's densest apocalyptic text — and its most interpretively contested.
- Author
- Daniel (traditional — Jesus cites ‘Daniel the prophet’ in Matt 24:15); critical scholarship dates composition to the 2nd c. BC Maccabean period (§7.9 — both surfaced)
- Date
- Traditional: 6th c. BC. Critical: c. 165 BC. Site default: traditional; critical view surfaced at depth 2