Bel and the Dragon 24 in every translation
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- Daniel: the Song of the Three, Susanna, and Bel and the Dragon
The Greek book of Daniel contains three passages not found in the Hebrew and Aramaic text: the Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Young Men in chapter 3, the story of Susanna, and the story of Bel and the Dragon. The Orthodox and Catholic Churches read them as Scripture, and the Orthodox sing the Song at Matins. Protestant Bibles place them among the Apocrypha, if they print them at all.
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899 In this text: Daniel 14:24
And Daniel said: I adore the Lord my God: for he is the living God: but that is no living god.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version In this text: Daniel 14:24
And Daniel said, “I adore the Lord, my God, for he is the living God. But that one is not a living god.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon) In this text: Daniel (Greek) 14:24
The king said to Daniel, “Will you also say that this is of brass? Behold, he lives, eats and drinks. You can’t say that he is no living god. Therefore worship him.”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon) In this text: Daniel (Greek) 14:24
The king said to Daniel, “Will you also say that this is of brass? Behold, he lives, eats and drinks. You can’t say that he is no living god. Therefore worship him.”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And the king said unto Daniel, Wilt thou also say that this is of brass? lo, he liveth, he eateth and drinketh; thou canst not say that he is no living god: therefore worship him.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And the king said unto Daniel, Wilt thou also say that this is of brass? lo, he liveth, and eateth and drinketh; thou canst not say that he is no living god: therefore worship him.
Individual translator
Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint
And the king said unto Daniel, Wilt thou also say that this is of brass? lo, he liveth, he eateth and drinketh; thou canst not say that he is no living god: therefore worship him.
LXXUP Updated Brenton English Septuagint
And the king said unto Daniel, Wilt thou also say that this is of brass? lo, he liveth, he eateth and drinketh; thou canst not say that he is no living god: therefore worship him.
Greek
Scholarly edition
LXX Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τῷ Δανιὴλ, μὴ καὶ τοῦτον ἐρεῖς ὅτι χαλκοῦς ἐστιν; ἰδοὺ ζῇ, καὶ ἐσθίει, καὶ πίνει· οὐ δύνασαι εἰπεῖν, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν οὗτος θεὸς ζῶν· καὶ προσκύνησον αὐτῷ.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate In this text: Daniel 14:24
Dixitque Daniel: Dominum Deum meum adoro, quia ipse est Deus vivens: iste autem non est deus vivens.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible) In this text: Daniel 14:24
И҆ речѐ ца́рь данїи́лꙋ: є҆да̀ и҆ семꙋ̀ рече́ши, ꙗ҆́кѡ мѣ́дь є҆́сть; се́й жи́въ є҆́сть, и҆ ꙗ҆́стъ и҆ пїе́тъ: не мо́жеши рещѝ, ꙗ҆́кѡ нѣ́сть се́й бо́гъ жи́въ: ᲂу҆̀бо поклони́сѧ є҆мꙋ̀.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876) In this text: Daniel 14:24
И сказал царь Даниилу: не скажешь ли и об этом, что он медь? вот, он живой, и ест и пьет; ты не можешь сказать, что этот бог неживой; итак поклонись ему.
Not in these translations (30)
MSB, BSB, ASV, LSV, Darby, YLT, Webster, GNV, ULB, FBV, BBE, JPS, Tyndale, RV1909, ONBV, PDT, VBL, BES, Scío, PT1904, PT, RP2018, TR, Nestle 1904, SBLGNT, WLC, Vamvas, DK, DK latinica, SVD