What Does Daniel 6:28 Mean?
So this Daniel broke through in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
Key words are shown with the Hebrew or Greek and what each word meant.
Selah Decoded Version The Selah Decoded Version renders what the Hebrew and Greek words meant to the people who first heard them.
King James wording
King James Version
So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.THE KEY
Daniel’s prosperity continues across a change of empire: the word pictures advancement that is not confined to one ruler.
THE MEANING
Your capacity to advance can remain present while the powers around you change. Daniel’s prosperity spans two reigns, so a change in who governs his surroundings does not end his flourishing.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
Your flourishing depends on one favorable season or one person’s approval.
THE ROOT
הַצְלַח
hatslaḥ
GROWS FROM
צלח
To advance, make headway, or succeed.
“broke through” in this verse is hatslaḥ. The Aramaic word comes from a root that can describe making progress and prospering. Daniel’s advance spans two reigns, so the verse presents prosperity as continuing through a change of power.
ALSO GROWS
matsliach: Prospering; succeeding.
מַצְלִיחַ
The same root describes Joseph as prosperous in an Egyptian master’s house (Genesis 39:2), linking prosperity with life that advances under foreign authority.
yatsliach: He will prosper; he will succeed.
יַצְלִיחַ
The same root describes the flourishing tree in Psalm 1:3, whose fruit continues in season and whose leaf does not wither.
THE PATTERN
A life can continue to advance and bear fruit across changing conditions.
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a man who broke through; and he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian.And he becomes like a tree planted by the channels of the waters, that gives its fruit in its season; its leaf does not wither; whatever he does, he breaks through.Beloved, concerning all things I pray that your way goes well and that you are whole, just as your living soul goes well.THE THREAD
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a man who broke through; and he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian.Joseph’s “prosperous” and Daniel’s “prospered” come from the same root, צלח, meaning to advance or succeed. In both verses, that progress appears under foreign power, opening prosperity as continued headway within changing circumstances.
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