Bel and the Dragon 7 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 14:7
And the king being angry called for his priests, and said to them: If you tell me not, who it is that eateth up these expenses, you shall die.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version In this text: Daniel 14:7
And the king, being angry, called for his priests and said to them, “If you do not tell me who it is that has eaten these expenses, you will die.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon) In this text: Daniel (Greek) 14:7
Then Daniel laughed, and said, “O king, don’t be deceived; for this is just clay inside, and brass outside, and never ate or drank anything.”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon) In this text: Daniel (Greek) 14:7
Then Daniel laughed, and said, “O king, don’t be deceived; for this is just clay inside, and brass outside, and never ate or drank anything.”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Then Daniel smiled, and said, O king, be not deceived: for this is but clay within, and brass without, and did never eat or drink any thing.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
Then Daniel laughed, and said, O king, be not deceived: for this is but clay within, and brass without, and did never eat or drink anything.
Individual translator
Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint
Then Daniel smiled, and said, O king, be not deceived: for this is but clay within, and brass without, and did never eat or drink any thing.
LXXUP Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Then Daniel smiled, and said, O king, be not deceived: for this is but clay within, and brass without, and did never eat or drink anything.
Greek
Scholarly edition
LXX Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Καὶ εἶπε Δανιὴλ γελάσας, μὴ πλανῶ, βασιλεῦ, οὗτος γὰρ ἔσωθεν μέν ἐστι πηλὸς, ἔξωθεν δὲ χαλκὸς, καὶ οὐ βέβρωκεν οὐδέποτε.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate In this text: Daniel 14:7
Et iratus rex vocavit sacerdotes ejus, et ait eis: Nisi dixeritis mihi quis est qui comedat impensas has, moriemini.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible) In this text: Daniel 14:7
И҆ речѐ данїи́лъ посмѣѧ́всѧ: не прельща́йсѧ, царю̀! то́й бо внꙋтрьꙋ́дꙋ пра́хъ є҆́сть, а҆ внѣꙋ́дꙋ мѣ́дь, и҆ не ꙗ҆дѐ, ни пѝ никогда́же.
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 14:7
Даниил, улыбнувшись, сказал: не обманывайся, царь; ибо он внутри глина, а снаружи медь, и никогда ни ел, ни пил.
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