Daniel 6:6-9
New American Standard Bible
6 Then these commissioners and satraps came [a]by agreement to the king and spoke to him as follows: “King Darius, (A)live forever! 7 All the (B)commissioners of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors, have (C)consulted together that the king should establish a statute and enforce an injunction that anyone who offers a prayer to any god or person besides you, O king, for thirty days, shall (D)be thrown into the lions’ [b]den. 8 Now, O king, (E)establish the injunction and sign the document so that it will not be changed, according to the (F)law of the Medes and Persians, which [c]may not be revoked.” 9 Thereupon, King Darius (G)signed the document, that is, the injunction.
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- Daniel 6:6 Or as a group
- Daniel 6:7 Or pit, and so throughout the ch
- Daniel 6:8 Lit does not pass away
Daniel 6:6-9
New International Version
6 So these administrators and satraps went as a group to the king and said: “May King Darius live forever!(A) 7 The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors(B) have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or human being during the next thirty days, except to you, Your Majesty, shall be thrown into the lions’ den.(C) 8 Now, Your Majesty, issue the decree and put it in writing so that it cannot be altered—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”(D) 9 So King Darius put the decree in writing.
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