Verse 9
Daniel 6:9
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
9
So king Darius set forth the decree, and established it.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כְּעַ֣ן מַלְכָּ֔/א תְּקִ֥ים אֱסָרָ֖/א וְ/תִרְשֻׁ֣ם כְּתָבָ֑/א דִּ֣י לָ֧א לְ/הַשְׁנָיָ֛ה כְּ/דָת מָדַ֥י וּ/פָרַ֖ס דִּי לָ֥א תֶעְדֵּֽא
English Translation
Like a king, you will establish a decree, and you will inscribe a writing that should not be changed according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which shall not be revoked.
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Chapter 6 Context
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It seemed good to Darius, and he appointed over the kingdom a hundred and twenty governors to be ove...
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And three princes over them, of whom Daniel was one: that the governors might give an account to the...
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And Daniel excelled all the princes, and governors: because a greater spirit of God (Elohim) was in...
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And the king thought to set him over all the kingdom: whereupon the princes, and the governors sough...
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Then these men said: We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, unless perhaps concerning t...
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Then the princes, and the governors craftily suggested to the king, and spoke thus unto him: King Da...
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All the princes of the kingdom, the magistrates, and governors, the senators, and judges have consul...
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Now, therefore, O king, confirm the sentence, and sign the decree: that what is decreed by the Medes...
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So king Darius set forth the decree, and established it.
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Now when Daniel knew this, that is to say, that the law was made, he went into his house: and openin...
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Wherefore those men carefully watching him, found Daniel praying and making supplication to his God...
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And they came and spoke to the king concerning the edict: O king, hast thou not decreed, that every...
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Then they answered, and said before the king: Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Jud...
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Now when the king had heard these words, he was very much grieved, and in behalf of Daniel he set hi...
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But those mer. perceiving the king's design, said to him: Know thou, O king, that the law of the Med...
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Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of the lions. And the ki...
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And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den: which the king sealed with his own ring...
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And the king went away to his house and laid himself down without taking supper, and meat was not se...
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Then the king rising very early in the morning, went in haste to the lions' den:
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And coming near to the den, cried with a lamentable voice to Daniel, and said to him: Daniel, servan...
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And Daniel answering the king, said: O king, live for ever:
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My God (Elohim) hath sent his angel, and hath shut up the mouths of the lions, and they have not hur...
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Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and he commanded that Daniel should be taken out of the de...
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And by the king's commandment, those men were brought that bad accused Daniel: and they were cast in...
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Then king Darius wrote to all people, tribes, and languages, dwelling in the whole earth: PEACE be m...
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It is decreed by me, that in all my empire and my kingdom all men dread and fear the God (Elohim) of...
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He is the deliverer, and saviour, doing signs and wonders in heaven, and in earth: who hath delivere...
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Now Daniel continued unto the reign of Darius, and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
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