3 Nephi 28:22
1830 Edition
And twice were they cast into a den of wild beasts; and behold they did play with the beasts, as a child with a suckling lamb, and received no harm.
Changes
Simple English
Twice they were thrown into a den of wild animals. They played with the animals like a child plays with a baby lamb. They were not hurt.
Paraphrase
Twice they were thrown into a den of wild animals. But the beasts played with them like a child playing with a lamb, and they weren’t hurt.
Notes
"The Book of Mormon also borrows from Old Testament books written after 600 B.C. For instance, the Book of Daniel seems to have had some influence on the Book of Mormon. When Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego were cast into the 'fiery furnace,' they were seen 'walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt;... (Daniel 3:25). The Book of Mormon tells that Nephi and Lehi 'were encircled about as if by fire,' and they were 'as standing in the midst of fire, and were not burned' (Helaman 5:23). Later in the Book of Mormon it tells of Nephites who 'were cast into a furnace' and also, like Daniel, thrown into 'a den of wild beasts' (3 Nephi 28:21-22). In the book of Daniel we read that a hand wrote upon the wall and that Daniel interpreted the writing (Daniel 5:5). In the Book of Mormon we read that Aminadi 'interpreted the writing which was upon the wall of the temple, whcih was written by the finger of God' (Alma 10:2)." -Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Joseph Smith's Plagiarism of the Bible in the Book of Mormon, p. 20.