Verse 8
Daniel 6:8
American Standard Version
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Now, O king, establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
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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It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be throughout the...
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and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these satraps might give account unto t...
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Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the satraps, because an excellent spirit...
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Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom;...
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Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against h...
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Then these presidents and satraps assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Dariu...
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All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counsellors and the governors,...
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Now, O king, establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the...
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Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.
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And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open...
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Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God...
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Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king`s interdict: Hast thou not signed...
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Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of...
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Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to delive...
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Then these men assembled together unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that it is a...
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Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. [Now] the king...
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And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own sig...
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Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were instruments of music br...
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Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.
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And when he came near unto the den to Daniel, he cried with a lamentable voice; the king spake and s...
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Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
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My God (Elohim) hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions` mouths, and they have not hurt me; for...
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Then was the king exceeding glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So D...
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And the king commanded, and they brought those men that had accused Daniel, and they cast them into...
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Then king Darius wrote unto all the peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Pe...
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I make a decree, that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God (Elohim)...
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He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delive...
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So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
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