Daniel 6:18

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“Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.”

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BSBPD

“Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Then 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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Then 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 <FI>from<Fi> off him.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Daniel 6:18 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Samuel 12:16David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.
  2. 2 Samuel 19:24Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely.
  3. 1 Kings 21:27When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.
  4. Esther 6:1That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.
  5. Job 21:12singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.
  6. Psalms 77:4You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.
  7. Psalms 137:2There on the willows we hung our harps,
  8. Ecclesiastes 2:8and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.
  9. Isaiah 24:8The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.
  10. Lamentations 3:53They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.
  11. Daniel 2:1In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.
  12. Amos 6:4You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.
  13. Jonah 3:3This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.
  14. Revelation 18:22And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again.

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