Verse 8
Daniel 6:8
New Living Translation
8
And now, Your Majesty, issue and sign this law so it cannot be changed, an official law of the Medes and Persians that cannot be revoked.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
אִתְיָעַ֜טוּ כֹּ֣ל סָרְכֵ֣י מַלְכוּתָ֗/א סִגְנַיָּ֤/א וַֽ/אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ/א֙ הַדָּֽבְרַיָּ֣/א וּ/פַחֲוָתָ֔/א לְ/קַיָּמָ֤ה קְיָם֙ מַלְכָּ֔/א וּ/לְ/תַקָּפָ֖ה אֱסָ֑ר דִּ֣י כָל דִּֽי יִבְעֵ֣ה בָ֠עוּ מִן כָּל אֱלָ֨הּ וֶֽ/אֱנָ֜שׁ עַד יוֹמִ֣ין תְּלָתִ֗ין לָהֵן֙ מִנָּ֣/ךְ מַלְכָּ֔/א יִתְרְמֵ֕א לְ/גֹ֖ב אַרְיָוָתָֽ/א
English Translation
All the officials of the kingdom and the governors and the satraps and the counselors and the administrators have convened to establish a decree that anyone who makes a request of any god or man for thirty days, except for you, O king, shall be thrown into the den of lions.
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Chapter 6 Context
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Darius the Mede decided to divide the kingdom into 120 provinces, and he appointed a high officer to...
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The king also chose Daniel and two others as administrators to supervise the high officers and prote...
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Daniel soon proved himself more capable than all the other administrators and high officers. Because...
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Then the other administrators and high officers began searching for some fault in the way Daniel was...
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So they concluded, “Our only chance of finding grounds for accusing Daniel will be in connection wit...
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So the administrators and high officers went to the king and said, “Long live King Darius!
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We are all in agreement — we administrators, officials, high officers, advisers, and governors — tha...
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And now, Your Majesty, issue and sign this law so it cannot be changed, an official law of the Medes...
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So King Darius signed the law.
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But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his up...
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Then the officials went together to Daniel’s house and found him praying and asking for God (Elohim)...
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So they went straight to the king and reminded him about his law. “Did you not sign a law that for t...
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Then they told the king, “That man Daniel, one of the captives from Judah, is ignoring you and your...
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Hearing this, the king was deeply troubled, and he tried to think of a way to save Daniel. He spent...
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In the evening the men went together to the king and said, “Your Majesty, you know that according to...
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So at last the king gave orders for Daniel to be arrested and thrown into the den of lions. The king...
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A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den. The king sealed the stone with his own roy...
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Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting. He refused his usual entertainment...
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Very early the next morning, the king got up and hurried out to the lions’ den.
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When he got there, he called out in anguish, “Daniel, servant of the living God (Elohim)! Was your G...
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Daniel answered, “Long live the king!
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My God (Elohim) sent his angel to shut the lions’ mouths so that they would not hurt me, for I have...
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The king was overjoyed and ordered that Daniel be lifted from the den. Not a scratch was found on hi...
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Then the king gave orders to arrest the men who had maliciously accused Daniel. He had them thrown i...
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Then King Darius sent this message to the people of every race and nation and language throughout th...
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“I decree that everyone throughout my kingdom should tremble with fear before the God (Elohim) of Da...
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He rescues and saves his people;<br>he performs miraculous signs and wonders<br>in the heavens and o...
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So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
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