Bel and the Dragon 26-28

Wycliffe Bible

²⁶ But thou, king, give power to me, and I shall slay the dragon (or I will kill the snake), without sword or staff. And the king said, I give (leave) to thee. [Thou forsooth, king, give to me power, that I slay the dragon, without sword and staff. And the king saith, I give to thee.]

²⁷ Therefore Daniel took pitch, and tallow, and hairs, and seethed (them) together; and he made gobbets, and gave (them) into the mouth of the dragon, and the dragon was all-broken. And Daniel said, Lo! whom ye worship. (And so Daniel took pitch, and fat, and hair, and boiled it all up, and he made lumps of it, and put it into the mouth of the snake, and the snake burst apart. And Daniel said, Behold! whom or what ye worship.) [Therefore Daniel took pitch, and fatness, and hairs, and seethed together; and he made gobbets, and gave into the mouth of the dragon, and the dragon is burst. And Daniel said, Lo! whom ye worship.]

²⁸ And when (the) Babylonians had heard this thing, they had indignation greatly; and they were gathered (together) against the king, and said, The king is made a Jew; he destroyed Bel, and killed the dragon (or the snake), and slew the priests. [Which thing when men of Babylonia heard, they had indignation greatly; and they be gathered against the king, and said, The king is made a Jew; he destroyed Bel, and slew the dragon, and killed priests.]