Daniel 6:18

Amplified Bible

Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting; and no music or entertainment was brought before him, and he remained unable to sleep.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No diversions were brought to him, and he could not sleep.

Hebrew Names Version
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.

King James Version
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.

English Standard Version
Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; no diversions were brought to him, and sleep fled from him.

New American Standard Bible
Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting, and no entertainment was brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.

New Century Version
Then King Darius went back to his palace. He did not eat that night, he did not have any entertainment brought to him, and he could not sleep.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the King went vnto his palace, and remained fasting, neither were the instruments of musike brought before him, and his sleepe went from him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the king went off to his palace and spent the night fasting, and no entertainment was brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.

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

Contemporary English Version
All night long the king could not sleep. He did not eat anything, and he would not let anyone come in to entertain him.

Complete Jewish Bible
A stone was brought to block the opening of the pit, and the king sealed it with his own signet and with the signet of his lords, so that nothing concerning Dani'el could be changed.

Darby Translation
Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were concubines brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then King Darius went back to his house. He did not eat that night. He did not want anyone to come and entertain him. He could not sleep all night.

George Lamsa Translation
Then the king went to his palace and passed the night fasting; no food was brought before him, and his sleep departed from him.

Good News Translation
Then the king returned to the palace and spent a sleepless night, without food or any form of entertainment.

Lexham English Bible
Then the king went to his palace and spent the night in fasting, and no food was brought in before him and his sleep fled from him.

Literal Translation
Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; and diversions were not brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So the kynge wente in to his palace, and kepte him sober all night, so that there was no table spred before him, nether coude he take eny slepe.

American Standard Version
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.

Bible in Basic English
Then the king went to his great house, and took no food that night, and no Three dots are used where it is no longer possible to be certain of the true sense of the Hebrew words, and for this reason no attempt has been made to put them into Basic English. were placed before him, and his sleep went from him.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.

King James Version (1611)
Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musicke brought before him, and his sleepe went from him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
So the king went into his palace, and remayned fasting, neither was there any instrumentes of musicke brought in before him, & his sleepe went from him.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king departed to his house, and lay down fasting, and they brought him no food; and his sleep departed from him. But God shut the mouths of the lions, and they not molest Daniel.

English Revised Version
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.

World English Bible
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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thanne the kyng yede in to his hous, and slepte with out soper, and metis weren not brouyte bifore hym; ferthermore and sleep yede awei fro hym.

Update Bible Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep went from him.

New English Translation
Then the king departed to his palace. But he spent the night without eating, and no diversions were brought to him. He was unable to sleep.

New King James Version
Now the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; and no musicians [fn] were brought before him. Also his sleep went from him.

New Living Translation
Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting. He refused his usual entertainment and couldn't sleep at all that night.

New Life Bible
Then the king went to his beautiful house and spent the night without food and sleep. And nothing was brought to make him feel better.

New Revised Standard
Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; no food was brought to him, and sleep fled from him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then the king departed to his palace, and spent the night fasting, and no, table, was brought in before him, - and, his sleep, fled from him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king went away to his house, and laid himself down without taking supper, and meat was not set before him, and even sleep departed from him.

Revised Standard Version
Then the king went to his palace, and spent the night fasting; no diversions were brought to him, and sleep fled from him.

Young's Literal Translation
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 [from] off him.

THE MESSAGE
The king then went back to his palace. He refused supper. He couldn't sleep. He spent the night fasting.

Contextual Overview

¹⁸Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting; and no music or entertainment was brought before him, and he remained unable to sleep.¹⁹Then the king arose at dawn, at the break of day, and hurried to the den of lions. ²⁰When he had come near the den, he called out to Daniel with a troubled voice. The king said to Daniel, "O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you constantly serve, been able to rescue you from the lions?" ²¹Then Daniel spoke to the king, "O king, live forever! ²²"My God has sent His angel and has shut the mouths of the lions so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him; and also before you, O king, I have committed no crime." ²³Then the king was greatly pleased and ordered that Daniel be taken out of the den. So Daniel was taken out of the den, and no injury whatever was found on him, because he believed in and relied on and trusted in his God. ²⁴The king then gave a command, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions, they, their children and their wives; and before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and passed: 2 Samuel 12:16, 2 Samuel 12:17, 2 Samuel 19:24, 1 Kings 21:27, Job 21:12, Psalms 137:2, Ecclesiastes 2:8, Isaiah 24:8, Isaiah 24:9, Amos 6:4-6, Jonah 3:3-9, Revelation 18:22

instruments: or, table

and: Daniel 2:1, Esther 6:1, Psalms 77:4

Reciprocal: Job 30:31 - General Proverbs 25:20 - so Ecclesiastes 2:23 - his heart Daniel 6:23 - was Daniel 10:3 - I ate Acts 16:37 - let

Cross-References

Genesis 6:9
These are the records of the generations (family history) of Noah. Noah was a righteous man [one who was just and had right standing with God], blameless in his [evil] generation; Noah walked (lived) [in habitual fellowship] with God.

Genesis 6:16
"You shall make a window [for light and ventilation] for the ark, and finish it to at least a cubit (eighteen inches) from the top—and set the [entry] door of the ark in its side; and you shall make it with lower, second and third decks.

Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you with all your household, for you [alone] I have seen as righteous (doing what is right) before Me in this generation.

Genesis 7:7
Then Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him entered the ark to escape the flood waters.

Genesis 7:13
On the very same day Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark,

Genesis 17:4
"As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, And [as a result] you shall be the father of many nations.

Genesis 17:7
"I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.

Genesis 17:21
"But My covenant [My promise, My solemn pledge], I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year."

Isaiah 26:20
Come, my people, enter your chambers And shut your doors behind you; Hide for a little while Until the [LORD'S] wrath is past.

Hebrews 11:7
By faith [with confidence in God and His word] Noah, being warned by God about events not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his family. By this [act of obedience] he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness which comes by faith.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the king went to his palace,.... After he had accompanied Daniel to the den, and he was cast into it, the stone was laid to the mouth of it, and that sealed; this was after sunset, for he had laboured till then to serve him, Daniel 6:14, perhaps it was late at night:

and passed the night fasting; vexed for what he had done, in signing the decree; fretting because he could not save Daniel, and his heart full of grief for him, and so had no stomach to eat; went to bed without his supper, lay all night fasting, and would not eat a bit nor drink a drop of anything:

neither were instruments of music brought before him; as used to be after supper, and played upon; his heart was too full, and his mind and thoughts so intent on Daniel's case, that he could not listen to music, or bear the sound of it. Jarchi interprets it a "table", to sit down at, and eat, being furnished and well served, as was usual; but this is implied in the preceding clause. Aben Ezra, Saadiah, and Jacchiades, explain by songs and musical instruments, harps and psalter and Saadiah adds, girls to sing and dance. De Dieu, from the use of the word in the Arabic language, thinks that incense is meant, which was used at feasts, and in the palaces of princes.

And his sleep went from him; while he was up he could take no pleasure in eating and drinking, and hearing music; and when he was in bed, he could not sleep for thinking what he had done, and what was the case of Daniel.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting - Daniel was probably cast into the den soon after the going down of the sun, Daniel 6:14. It was not unusual to have suppers then late at night, as it is now in many places. The great anxiety of the king, however, on account of what had occurred, prevented him from participating in the usual evening meal. As to the probability of what is here affirmed, no one can have any doubt who credits the previous statements. In the consciousness of wrong done to a worthy officer of the government; in the deep anxiety which he had to deliver him; in the excitement which must have existed against the cunning and wicked authors of the plot to deceive the king and to ruin Daniel; and in his solicitude and hope that after all Daniel might escape, there is a satisfactory reason for the facts stated that he had no desire for food; that instruments of music were not brought before him; and that he passed a sleepless night.

Neither were instruments of music brought before him - It was usual among the ancients to have music at their meals. This custom prevailed among the Greeks and Romans, and doubtless was common in the Oriental world. It should be observed, however, that there is considerable variety in the interpretation of the word here rendered instruments of music - דחון dachăvân. The margin is table. The Latin Vulgate, “He slept supperless, neither was food brought before him.” The Greek renders it “food,” ἐδέσματα edesmata. So the Syriac. Bertholdt and Gesenius render it concubines, and Saadias dancing girls. Any of these significations would be appropriate; but it is impossible to determine which is the most correct. The word does not occur elsewhere in the Scriptures.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 18. Passed the night fasting — He neither ate nor drank, had no music to solace, nor sweet odours burnt or brought before him, and he passed the night without sleep. All this points out his great sincerity; and when it is considered that Darius could not be less than sixty-two or sixty-three years of age at this time, it shows more fully the depth of his concern.