Daniel 2:18
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To the end that they should ask mercy at the face of the God of heaven, concerning this secret, and that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

they would.

Daniel 3:17 For behold our God, whom we worship, is able to save us from the furnace of burning fire, and to deliver us out of thy hands, O king.

1 Samuel 17:37 And David said: The Lord who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said to David: Go, and the Lord be with thee.

Esther 4:15-17 And again Esther sent to Mardochai in these words: . . .

Psalm 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

Psalm 91:15 He shall cry to me, and I will hear him: I am with him in tribulation, I will deliver him, and I will glorify him.

Proverbs 3:5,6 In all thy ways think on him, and he will direct thy steps. . . .

Isaiah 37:4 It may be the Lord thy God will hear the words of Rabsaces, whom the king of the Assyrians his master hath sent to blaspheme the living God, and to reproach with words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up by prayer for the remnant that is left.

Jeremiah 33:3 Cry to me and I will hear thee: and I will shew thee great things, and sure things which thou knowest not.

Matthew 18:12,19 What think you? If a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them should go astray: doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the mountains, and goeth to seek that which is gone astray? . . .

Acts 4:24-31 Who having heard it, with one accord lifted up their voice to God and said: Lord, thou art he that didst make heaven and earth, the sea and all things that are in them. . . .

Acts 12:4 And when he had apprehended him, he cast him into prison, delivering him to four files of soldiers, to be kept, intending, after the pasch, to bring him forth to the people.

Romans 15:30 I beseech you therefore, brethren, through our Lord Jesus Christ and by the charity of the Holy Ghost, that you help me in your prayers for me to God,

2 Timothy 4:17,18 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that by me the preaching may be accomplished and that all the Gentiles may hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. . . .

of the God of heaven.

Genesis 18:28 What if there be five less than fifty just persons? wilt thou for five and forty destroy the whole city: And he said: I will not destroy it, if I find five and forty.

Malachi 3:18 And you shall return, and shall see the difference between the just and the wicked: and between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.

2 Peter 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly from temptation, but to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be tormented:

Context
The Dream Revealed to Daniel
17And he went into his house, and told the matter to Ananias, and Misael, and Azarias, his companions: 18To the end that they should ask mercy at the face of the God of heaven, concerning this secret, and that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.19Then was the mystery revealed to Daniel by a vision in the night: and Daniel blessed the God of heaven,…
Cross References
Genesis 18:28
What if there be five less than fifty just persons? wilt thou for five and forty destroy the whole city: And he said: I will not destroy it, if I find five and forty.

Esther 4:15
And again Esther sent to Mardochai in these words:

Esther 4:16
Go, and gather together all the Jews whom thou shalt find in Susan, and pray ye for me. Neither eat nor drink for three days and three nights: and I with my handmaids will fast in like manner, and then I will go in to the king, against the law, not being called, and expose myself to death and to danger.

Isaiah 37:4
It may be the Lord thy God will hear the words of Rabsaces, whom the king of the Assyrians his master hath sent to blaspheme the living God, and to reproach with words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up by prayer for the remnant that is left.

Jeremiah 33:3
Cry to me and I will hear thee: and I will shew thee great things, and sure things which thou knowest not.

Ezekiel 36:37
Thus saith the Lord God: Moreover in this shall the house of Israel find me, that I will do it for them: I will multiply them as a flock of men,

Daniel 2:23
To thee, O God of our fathers, I give thanks, and I praise thee: because thou hast given me wisdom and strength: and now thou hast shewn me what we desired of thee, for thou hast made known to us the king's discourse.

Daniel 4:26
At the end of twelve months he was walking in the palace of Babylon.

Jonah 1:9
And they said to him: Tell us for what cause this evil is upon us, what is thy business? of what country art thou? and whither goest thou? or of what people art thou?

Malachi 3:18
And you shall return, and shall see the difference between the just and the wicked: and between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.

Lexicon
urging them to plead
לְמִבְעֵא֙ (lə·miḇ·‘ê)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1156: To seek, ask

for mercy
וְרַחֲמִ֗ין (wə·ra·ḥă·mîn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7359: Compassion

from
קֳדָם֙ (qo·ḏām)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 6925: Before

the God
אֱלָ֣הּ (’ĕ·lāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 426: God

of heaven
שְׁמַיָּ֔א (šə·may·yā)
Noun - mdd
Strong's Hebrew 8065: The sky

concerning
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5922: Above, over, upon, against

this
דְּנָ֑ה (də·nāh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1836: This

mystery,
רָזָ֖ה (rā·zāh)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 7328: To attenuate, hide, a mystery

so that
דִּ֣י (dî)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 1768: Who, which, that, because

Daniel
דָּנִיֵּ֣אל (dā·nî·yêl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1841: Daniel -- 'God is my judge', an Israelite leader in Babylon

and his friends
וְחַבְר֔וֹהִי (wə·ḥaḇ·rō·w·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2269: Fellow, comrade

would not
לָ֤א (lā)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3809: Not, no

be killed
יְהֹֽבְדוּן֙ (yə·hō·ḇə·ḏūn)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish

with
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5974: With, equally with

the rest
שְׁאָ֖ר (šə·’ār)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7606: Rest, remainder

of the wise [men]
חַכִּימֵ֥י (ḥak·kî·mê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 2445: Wise, a Magian

of Babylon.
בָבֶֽל׃ (ḇā·ḇel)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 895: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city


Additional Translations
urging them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should nor perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

And they sought mercies from the God of heaven concerning this mystery; that Daniel and his friends might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

that they would desire mercies of the God of the heavens concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

and to seek mercies from before the God of the heavens concerning this secret, that they destroy not Daniel and his companions with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
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