Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Susanna sighed, and said: I am straitened on every side: for if I do this thing, it is death to me: and if I do it not, I shall not escape your hands. Daniel 13:20Behold the doors of the orchard are shut, and nobody seeth us, and we are in love with thee: wherefore consent to us, and lie with us. Daniel 13:21 But if thou wilt not, we will bear witness against thee, that a young man was with thee, and therefore thou didst send away thy maids from thee. Daniel 13:23 But it is better for me to fall into your hands without doing it, than to sin in the sight of the Lord. Daniel 13:24 With that Susanna cried out with a loud voice: and the elders also cried out against her. Context Daniel 13…21But if thou wilt not, we will bear witness against thee, that a young man was with thee, and therefore thou didst send away thy maids from thee. 22Susanna sighed, and said: I am straitened on every side: for if I do this thing, it is death to me: and if I do it not, I shall not escape your hands. 23But it is better for me to fall into your hands without doing it, than to sin in the sight of the Lord.… Cross References Daniel 13:20 Behold the doors of the orchard are shut, and nobody seeth us, and we are in love with thee: wherefore consent to us, and lie with us. Daniel 13:21 But if thou wilt not, we will bear witness against thee, that a young man was with thee, and therefore thou didst send away thy maids from thee. Daniel 13:23 But it is better for me to fall into your hands without doing it, than to sin in the sight of the Lord. Daniel 13:24 With that Susanna cried out with a loud voice: and the elders also cried out against her. |
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