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Daniel 6:18

FastingWorry and anxiety

16 So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver 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 nothing concerning Daniel could be changed.

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

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

20 When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”

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BSB
Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.
KJV
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.
WEB
Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting. No musical instruments were brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.
ASV
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.
DARBY
Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were concubines brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.
BLB
Then the king went to his palace, and spent the night fasting, and entertainments were not brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.
ÅB
Deretter gikk kongen hjem til sitt palass og fastet hele natten, og han lot ikke noen av sine medhustruer komme inn til seg, og søvnen flyktet fra ham.
OTB
Kongen vendte tilbake til sitt palass og tilbrakte natten fastende; han avslo all underholdning, og selv søvnen unngikk ham.
B1930
Derefter gikk kongen hjem til sitt palass og fastet hele natten, og han lot ikke nogen av sine medhustruer komme inn til sig, og søvnen flydde fra ham.

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