Susanna 1:59

59 Daniel said to him, "Very well! This lie has cost you also your head, for the angel of God is waiting with his sword to split ^[a] you in two, so as to destroy you both."

Susanna 1:59 In-Context

57 This is how you have been treating the daughters of Israel, and they were intimate with you through fear; but a daughter of Judah would not tolerate your wickedness.

58 Now then, tell me: Under what tree did you catch them being intimate with each other?" He answered, "Under an evergreen oak."

59 Daniel said to him, "Very well! This lie has cost you also your head, for the angel of God is waiting with his sword to split you in two, so as to destroy you both."

60 Then the whole assembly raised a great shout and blessed God, who saves those who hope in him.

61 And they took action against the two elders, because out of their own mouths Daniel had convicted them of bearing false witness; they did to them as they had wickedly planned to do to their neighbor.

Footnotes

• [a]. The Greek words for [evergreen oak] and [split] are similar, thus forming an ironic wordplay