Verse (Click for Chapter) New Revised Standard Version But Daniel laughed and restrained the king from going in. “Look at the floor,” he said, “and notice whose footprints these are.” New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And the king said: I see the footsteps of men, and women, and children. And the king was angry. Daniel 14:17And as soon as he had opened the door, the king looked upon the table, and cried out with a loud voice: Great art thou, O Bel, and there is not any deceit with thee. Daniel 14:18 And Daniel laughed: and he held the king, that he should not go in: and he said: Behold the pavement, mark whose footsteps these are. Daniel 14:20 Then he took the priests, and their wives, and their children: and they shewed him the private doors by which they came in, and consumed the things that were on the table. Daniel 14:21 The king, therefore, put them to death, and delivered Bel into the power of Daniel: who destroyed him and his temple. Context Daniel 14…18And Daniel laughed: and he held the king, that he should not go in: and he said: Behold the pavement, mark whose footsteps these are. 19And the king said: I see the footsteps of men, and women, and children. And the king was angry. 20Then he took the priests, and their wives, and their children: and they shewed him the private doors by which they came in, and consumed the things that were on the table.… Cross References Daniel 14:17 And as soon as he had opened the door, the king looked upon the table, and cried out with a loud voice: Great art thou, O Bel, and there is not any deceit with thee. Daniel 14:18 And Daniel laughed: and he held the king, that he should not go in: and he said: Behold the pavement, mark whose footsteps these are. Daniel 14:20 Then he took the priests, and their wives, and their children: and they shewed him the private doors by which they came in, and consumed the things that were on the table. Daniel 14:21 The king, therefore, put them to death, and delivered Bel into the power of Daniel: who destroyed him and his temple. |