Daniel 14:6
New Revised Standard Version
The king said to him, “Do you not think that Bel is a living god? Do you not see how much he eats and drinks every day?”

New American Bible
Daniel began to laugh. “Do not be deceived, O king,” he said; “it is only clay inside and bronze outside; it has never eaten or drunk anything.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Daniel smiled, and said: O king, be not deceived: for this is but clay within, and brass without, neither hath he eaten at any time.

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Then Daniel smiled, and said: O king, be not deceived: for this is but clay within, and brass without, neither hath he eaten at any time.

Daniel 14:4
And he answered, and said to him: Because I do not worship idols made with hands, but the living God, that created heaven and earth, and hath power over all flesh.

Daniel 14:5
And the king said to him: Doth not Bel seem to thee to be a living god? Seest thou not how much he eateth and drinketh every day?

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.

Daniel 14:8
But if you can shew that Bel eateth these things, Daniel shall die, because he hath blasphemed against Bel. And Daniel said to the king: Be it done according to thy word.

Context
Daniel 14
5And the king said to him: Doth not Bel seem to thee to be a living god? Seest thou not how much he eateth and drinketh every day? 6Then Daniel smiled, and said: O king, be not deceived: for this is but clay within, and brass without, neither hath he eaten at any time. 7And 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.…
Cross References
Daniel 14:4
And he answered, and said to him: Because I do not worship idols made with hands, but the living God, that created heaven and earth, and hath power over all flesh.

Daniel 14:5
And the king said to him: Doth not Bel seem to thee to be a living god? Seest thou not how much he eateth and drinketh every day?

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.

Daniel 14:8
But if you can shew that Bel eateth these things, Daniel shall die, because he hath blasphemed against Bel. And Daniel said to the king: Be it done according to thy word.



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Daniel 14:5
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