Parallel Verses

New Heart 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.

New American Standard Bible

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.

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.

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

Then the king retired to his palace to spend the night fasting. He enjoyed no entertainment, and he couldn't sleep.

A Conservative Version

Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting, nor were instruments of music brought before him. And his sleep fled from him.

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.

Amplified

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.

Bible in Basic English

Then the king went to his great house, and took no food that night, and no ... were placed before him, and his sleep went from him.

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.

Julia Smith Translation

Then the king departed to his temple and passed the night fasting: and he brought not his concubines before him, and his sleep fled from him.

King James 2000

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.

Lexham Expanded 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.

Modern King James verseion

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.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

So the king went in to his palace, and kept him sober all night, so that there was no table spread before him, neither could he take any sleep.

NET Bible

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.

The 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.

Webster

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.

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.

Youngs 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אדין 
'edayin (Aramaic) 
Usage: 57

the king
מלך 
melek (Aramaic) 
Usage: 180

אזל 
'azal (Aramaic) 
נדד 
N@dad (Aramaic) 
went , go
went from him
Usage: 7
Usage: 1

to his palace
היכל 
heykal (Aramaic) 
Usage: 13

and passed the night
בּוּת 
Buwth (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

טות 
T@vath (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

לה לא 
La' (Aramaic) 
not, no, nor, without, neither, none, cannot , ever, never , no , nothing
Usage: 82

דּחוה 
Dachavah (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

עלל 
`alal (Aramaic) 
bring in, come in, went in, bring, went, come
Usage: 11

קדם קדם 
Qodam (Aramaic) 
before, before , of , him,
Usage: 42

him and his sleep
שׁנה 
Sh@nah (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

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Context Readings

Daniel In The Lions' Den

17 A stone was brought, and placed on the opening 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. 18 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. 19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste to the den of lions.



Cross References

Esther 6:1

On that night, the king couldn't sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to the king.

Daniel 2:1

In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.

2 Samuel 12:16-17

David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the ground.

Psalm 77:4

You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can't speak.

2 Samuel 19:24

Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither groomed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.

1 Kings 21:27

It happened, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

Job 21:12

They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

Psalm 137:2

On the willows in its midst, we hung up our harps.

Ecclesiastes 2:8

I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men?musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

Isaiah 24:8-9

The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.

Amos 6:4-6

Who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

Jonah 3:3-9

So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey across.

Revelation 18:22

The voice of harpists, minstrels, flute players, and trumpeters will be heard no more at all in you. No craftsman, of whatever craft, will be found any more at all in you. The sound of a mill will be heard no more at all in you.

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