Daniel 6:9

Daniel 6:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
• New International Version (NIV)So King Darius put the decree in writing.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore King Darius signed the document and injunction.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore King Darius signed the written decree.

Context of Daniel 6:9

7All the commissioners of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors have consulted and agreed together that the king should establish a royal statute and enforce an injunction that anyone who petitions (prays to) any god or man besides you, O king, during the next thirty days, shall be thrown into the den of lions. 8Now, O king, establish the injunction and sign the document so that it may not be changed, in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which [insures that it] may not be altered or revoked.” So King Darius signed the document, that is, the injunction. 10Now when Daniel knew that the document was signed, he went into his house (now in his roof chamber his windows were open toward Jerusalem); he continued to get down on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God, as he had been doing previously. 11Then, by agreement, these men came [together] and found Daniel praying and making requests before his God.

Daniel 6:9 word by word

כָּל־קֳבֵ֖ל דְּנָ֑ה מַלְכָּא֙ דָּֽרְיָ֔וֶשׁ רְשַׁ֥ם כְּתָבָ֖א וֶאֱסָרָֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whereforeקֳבֵלqebêl qŏbêl · before: becauseH6903
• Whereforeדְּנָהdên · thisH1836
• Whereforeכֹּלkôl · allH3606
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4430
• Dariusדָּֽרְיָ֫וֶשׁdâreyâvêsh · DariusH1868
• signedרְשַׁםresham · to signH7560
• the writingכְּתָבkethâb · inscriptionH3792
• and the decreeאֱסָר'ĕsâr · injunctionH633

Cross-references for Daniel 6:9

• Psalms 62:9Men of low degree are only a breath (emptiness), and men of [high] rank are a lie (delusion). In the balances they go up [because they have no measurable weight or value]; They are together lighter than a breath.
• Psalms 118:9It is better to take refuge in the Lord Than to trust in princes.
• Psalms 146:3Do not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help).
• Proverbs 6:2If you have been snared with the words of your lips, If you have been trapped by the speech of your mouth,
• Isaiah 2:22Stop regarding man, whose breath [of life] is in his nostrils [for so little time]; For why should he be esteemed?

Commentaries on Daniel 6:9

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-10Verses 6-10 To forbid prayer for thirty days, is, for so long, to rob God of all the tribute he has from man, and to rob man of all the comfort he has in God. Does not every man's heart direct him, when in want or distress, to call upon God? We could not live a day without God; and can men live thirty days without prayer? Yet it is to be feared that those who, without any decree forbidding them, present no hearty, serious petitions to God for more than…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-28God saved and freed his loyal servant Daniel (Daniel 5:23; 6:20), but Belshazzar's lifeless gods could not help him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Such a despotic decree is quite explicable by remembering that the king, as the incarnation of Ormuzd, might demand such an act of religious obedience as a test of loyalty. Persecuting laws are always made on false pretenses. Instead of bitter complaints against men, Daniel prays to God. Though having vast business as a ruler of the empire, he finds time to pray thrice a day. Daniel's three companions (Da 3:12), are not alluded to here, nor any other…Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 6:9

• Civil Service
• Conspiracy
• Diplomacy
• Faith
• Indictments
• King
• Malice
• Persia
• Politics
• Religion
• Rulers
• Seal

In the dictionaries

• Darius
• Arise
• Lay
• Media
• Signet
• Temptation
• Aramaic; Aramaic Language
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• Daniel, Book of
• Languages of the Old Testament

Commentaries on Daniel 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings