18Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night without eating and without any entertainment being brought to him. And he could not sleep.


In Context

15 Then the men went as a group to the king and said to him, "Remember, O king, that according to the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or edict that the king issues can be changed."

16 So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions' den. The king said to Daniel, "May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you!"

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 Daniel's situation might not be changed.

18 Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night without eating and without any entertainment being brought to him. And he could not sleep.

19 At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions' den.

20 When he came near the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice, "Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?"

Daniel 6:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:18Then 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:18And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:18Then 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:18Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were concubines brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:18Then 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:18Then 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:18Then 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:18Then 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:18Then 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.