Daniel 6:22 (DBY)

Passage

My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before him innocence was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

Nearby Context

Daniel 6:20 And when he came near unto the den, he cried with a mournful voice unto Daniel: the king spoke and said unto Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, hath thy God whom thou servest continually been able to save thee from the lions?

Daniel 6:21 Then Daniel spoke unto the king, O king, live for ever!

Daniel 6:22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before him innocence was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

Daniel 6:23 Thereupon was the king exceeding glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.

Daniel 6:24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and broke all their bones in pieces ere they came to the bottom of the den.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hath", "sent", "angel", "shut", "lions'", "mouths", and "hurt". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hath" and "sent", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "Then Daniel spoke unto the king O..." into verse 23's "Thereupon was the king exceeding glad and...", so "hath" and "sent" belong inside that flow. In Daniel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "hath" and "sent" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.