The Meaning of Daniel 6:28 Explained

Daniel 6:28

KJV: So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

YLT: And this Daniel hath prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

Darby: And this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

ASV: So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So this  Daniel  prospered  in the reign  of Darius,  and in the reign  of Cyrus  the Persian. 

What does Daniel 6:28 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The last verse notes that Daniel continued to enjoy success during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus. That Isaiah , Daniel continued to enjoy success during the reign of Darius-even the reign of Cyrus-since Darius was apparently a title for Cyrus. Cyrus" first full year as king of Babylon was538 B.C, and this is when Daniel"s career in government service ended ( Daniel 1:21). This was the same year that Cyrus issued his decree permitting the Jews to return to their homeland. Daniel received the revelations of chapters10-12in the third year of Cyrus" reign ( Daniel 10:1), but he was no longer in government service then.
"Although historical and to be accepted in its literal portrayal of an event, it [1] is also parabolic like chapter3and is a foreshadowing of the ultimate deliverance of the people of Israel from their persecutors in the time of the great tribulation at the end of the times of the Gentiles. When the power of God is finally demonstrated at the second coming of Christ, the persecutors of Israel and the enemies of God will be judged and destroyed much like the enemies of Daniel. Like Daniel , however, the people of God in persecution must remain true regardless of the cost." [2]
The first six chapters of Daniel contain his "court tales." Rationalistic critics of the book are quicker to grant them a sixth-century date of composition than they are the remaining six chapters, which are more explicitly prophetic. Conservative scholars agree that there is ample historical, linguistic, and literary evidence for a sixth-century date for these chapters. [3]
"In the first part of his book the writer presents the situations out of which his theology has grown, and the lessons are plain for all to see. But from the very fact that his God is in control of time and circumstances in heaven as well as earth, any experience of His deeds, whenever it may have occurred, is valid for all time and even for eternity ( Daniel 6:26). It is on this firm theological understanding that the revelations of the second part of the book are made." [4]

Context Summary

Daniel 6:16-28 - "persecuted For Righteousness' Sake"
The plot was an atrocious one, but it hurt its perpetrators more than the victim of their vindictive hatred, Daniel 6:24. They dug a pit into which they fell themselves. They thought to flatter the king, and secure Daniel's fall; but their stratagems were like the mines laid at the mouth of a harbor, which are more perilous to those who set them than to others. Still God sends His angels to shut the lions' mouths, that they may not hurt His people, strongly conscious of uprightness before God and man. It is not necessary to suppose that Daniel saw the angel any more than we behold the horses and chariots in the mountains around us. Dare to believe that the ministering angels, though unseen, engirdle you and intercept the blows and plots of your adversaries. Walk before God in righteousness and peace, and be sure that you are immortal till your work is done. That a heathen king should publish such a proclamation is a glimpse into the divine wisdom that can make His mighty power known by the strangest circumstances. [source]

Chapter Summary: Daniel 6

1  Daniel is made chief of the presidents
4  They, conspiring against him, obtain an idolatrous decree
10  Daniel, accused of the breach thereof, is cast into the lion's den
18  Daniel is saved;
24  his adversaries devoured;
25  and God magnified by a decree

What do the individual words in Daniel 6:28 mean?

So Daniel this prospered in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus Persian Persian the -
וְדָנִיֵּ֣אל דְּנָ֔ה הַצְלַ֖ח בְּמַלְכ֣וּת דָּרְיָ֑וֶשׁ וּבְמַלְכ֖וּת כּ֥וֹרֶשׁ [פרסיא] (פָּרְסָאָֽה) פ

וְדָנִיֵּ֣אל  So  Daniel 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּנִיֵּאל  
Sense: the 4th of the greater prophets, taken as hostage in the first deportation to Babylon, because of the gift of God of the interpretation of dreams, he became the 2nd in command of the Babylon empire and lasted through the end of the Babylonian empire and into the Persian empire. His prophecies are the key to the understanding of end time events. Noted for his purity and holiness by contemporary prophet, Ezekiel.
דְּנָ֔ה  this 
Parse: Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: דְּנָה  
Sense: this, on account of this adv.
הַצְלַ֖ח  prospered 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: צְלַח  
Sense: to prosper.
בְּמַלְכ֣וּת  in  the  reign 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מַלְכוּ  
Sense: royalty, reign, kingdom.
דָּרְיָ֑וֶשׁ  of  Darius 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּרְיָוֶשׁ  
Sense: Darius the Mede, the son of Ahasuerus, king of the Chaldeans, who succeeded to the Babylonian kingdom on the death of Belshazzar; probably the same as “Astyages” the last king of the Medes (538 BC) (same as 867 ()).
וּבְמַלְכ֖וּת  and  in  the  reign 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מַלְכוּ  
Sense: royalty, reign, kingdom.
כּ֥וֹרֶשׁ  of  Cyrus 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּורֶשׁ  
Sense: the king of Persia and conqueror of Babylon; first ruler of Persia to make a decree allowing the Israelite exiles to return to Jerusalem.
[פרסיא]  Persian 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
(פָּרְסָאָֽה)  Persian  the 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: פַּרְסָי  
Sense: an inhabitant of Persia.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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