20 Καὶ ὅτε ἦλθεν εἰς τὸν λάκκον, ἐφώνησε μετὰ φωνῆς κλαυθμηρᾶς πρὸς τὸν Δανιήλ· καὶ ἐλάλησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ εἶπε πρὸς τὸν Δανιήλ, Δανιήλ, δοῦλε τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ ζῶντος, ὁ Θεὸς σου, τὸν ὁποῖον σὺ λατρεύεις ἀκαταπαύστως, ἠδυνήθη νὰ σὲ ἐλευθερώσῃ ἐκ τῶν λεόντων;