English Standard Version
Daniel 6:7
7All the high officials of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors are agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an injunction, that whoever makes petition to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.
Daniel 6:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
- New International Version (NIV)The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)All the governors of the kingdom, the administrators and satraps, the counselors and advisors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute and to make a firm decree, that whoever petitions any god or man for thirty days, except you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.
- New Living Translation (NLT)We are all in agreement—we administrators, officials, high officers, advisers, and governors—that the king should make a law that will be strictly enforced. Give orders that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions.
Context of Daniel 6:7
5Then these men said, "We shall not find any ground for complaint against this Daniel unless we find it in connection with the law of his God." 6Then these high officials and satraps came by agreement to the king and said to him, "O King Darius, live forever! All the high officials of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors are agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an injunction, that whoever makes petition to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions. 8Now, O king, establish the injunction and sign the document, so that it cannot be changed, according to the law of the Medes and the Persians, which cannot be revoked." 9Therefore King Darius signed the document and injunction.
Read all of Daniel 6Daniel 6:7 word by word
אִתְיָעַ֜טוּ כֹּ֣ל׀ סָרְכֵ֣י מַלְכוּתָ֗א סִגְנַיָּ֤א וַֽאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּא֙ הַדָּֽבְרַיָּ֣א וּפַחֲוָתָ֔א לְקַיָּמָ֤ה קְיָם֙ מַלְכָּ֔א וּלְתַקָּפָ֖ה אֱסָ֑ר דִּ֣י כָל־דִּֽי־יִבְעֵ֣ה בָ֠עוּ מִן־כָּל־אֱלָ֨הּ וֶֽאֱנָ֜שׁ עַד־יוֹמִ֣ין תְּלָתִ֗ין לָהֵן֙ מִנָּ֣ךְ מַלְכָּ֔א יִתְרְמֵ֕א לְגֹ֖ב אַרְיָוָתָֽא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Allכֹּלkôl · allH3606
- the presidentsסָרֵךְsârêk · chiefH5632
- of the kingdomמַלְכוּmalkû · kingdomH4437
- the governorsסְגַןsegan · prefectH5460
- and the princesאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִין'ăchashdarpan · satrapH324
- the counsellorsהַדָּבָרhaddâbâr · counselorH1907
- and the captainsפֶּחָהpechâh · governorH6347
- have consulted togetherיְעַטye‛aţ · to counselH3272
- to establishקוּםqûm · to stand: establishH6966
- a royalמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4430
- statuteקְיָםqeyâm · statuteH7010
- and to make a firmתְּקֵףteqêph · to grow strongH8631
- decreeאֱסָר'ĕsâr · injunctionH633
- that whosoever shall askבְּעָאbe‛â' be‛âh · to askH1156
- a petitionבָּעוּbâ‛û · petitionH1159
- ofמִן־min · fromH4481
- Godאֱלָהּ'ĕlâhh · godH426
- or manאֱנָשׁ'ĕnâsh 'ĕnash · manH606
- forעַד‛ad · tillH5705
- thirtyתְּלָתִיןtelâthîyn · thirtyH8533
- daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3118
- saveלָהֵןlâhên · exceptH3861
- he shall be castרְמָאremâh · to castH7412
- into the denגֹּבgôb · denH1358
- of lionsאַרְיֵה'aryêh · lionH744
Cross-references for Daniel 6:7
- Daniel 6:2and over them three high officials, of whom Daniel was one, to whom these satraps should give account, so that the king might suffer no loss.
- Daniel 3:2Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
- Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,
- Psalms 59:3For behold, they lie in wait for my life; fierce men stir up strife against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,
- Psalms 62:4They only plan to thrust him down from his high position. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. Selah
- Psalms 83:1O God, do not keep silence; do not hold your peace or be still, O God!
- Psalms 94:20Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by statute?
- Micah 6:5O my people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of the Lord."
- Matthew 12:14But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him.
- Matthew 26:4and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
- Mark 15:1And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him over to Pilate.
- John 12:10So the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well,
- Acts 4:5On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem,
- Daniel 3:6And whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace."
- Psalms 10:9he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket; he lurks that he may seize the poor; he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.
- Nahum 2:12The lion tore enough for his cubs and strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his caves with prey and his dens with torn flesh.
Commentaries on Daniel 6:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Whosoever shall ask a petition - What pretense could they urge for so silly an ordinance? Probably to flatter the ambition of the king, they pretend to make him a god for thirty days; so that the whole empire should make prayer and supplication to him, and pay him Divine honors! This was the bait; but their real object was to destroy Daniel.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7All the presidents of the kingdom, the governor - Several functionaries are enumerated here who are not in the previous verses, as having entered into the conspiracy. It is possible, indeed, that all these different classes of officers had been consulted, and had concurred in asking the enactment of the proposed law; but it is much more probable that the leaders merely represented or affirmed what is here said in order to be more certain of the…Read the comment
- 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. 7the king should establish an ordinance: The request seemed to appeal to truth and justice, but it actually targeted the king’s pride with hidden motives (Daniel 6:4–5). We already know that Daniel would not disobey God's law to follow a human command (compare Daniel 1:5–8; 3:4–12).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. The Persian king was regarded as representative of the chief god, Ormuzd; the seven princes near him represented the seven Amshaspands before the throne of Ormuzd; hence Mordecai (Es 3:4) refused such homage to Haman, the king's prime minister, as inconsistent with what is due to God alone. A weak despot, like Darius, much under the control of his princes, might easily be persuaded that such a decree would test the obedience of the Chaldeans just…Read the comment
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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
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