Daniel 6
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Daniel 6:1-9

11It seemedH8232 goodH8232 to DariusH1868 to appointH6966 120H3969H6243 satrapsH324 overH5922 the kingdomH4437, that they would be in charge of the wholeH3606 kingdomH4437, 2and overH5924 them threeH8532 commissionersH5632 (of whomH1768 2DanielH1841 was oneH2298), that theseH459 satrapsH324 might be accountableH2942 to them, and that the kingH4430 might not sufferH5142 3lossH5142. 3ThenH116 thisH1836 DanielH1841 began distinguishingH5330 himself 4amongH5922 the commissionersH5632 and satrapsH324 becauseH3606H6903H1768 5he possessed an 6extraordinaryH3493 spiritH7308, and the kingH4430 plannedH6246 to appointH6966 him overH5922 the 7entireH3606 kingdomH4437. 4ThenH116 the commissionersH5632 and satrapsH324 began 8tryingH1156 to findH7912 a groundH5931 of accusationH5931 against DanielH1841 in regardH6655 to 9governmentH4437 affairsH4437; but they couldH3202 findH7912 10noH3606H3809 groundH5931 of accusationH5931 or evidence of corruptionH7844, inasmuchH3606H6903H1768 as he was faithfulH540, and noH3606H3809 negligenceH7960 or corruptionH7844 was to be foundH7912 in him. 5ThenH116 theseH479 menH1400 saidH560, “We will not findH7912 anyH3606 groundH5931 of accusationH5931 against thisH1836 DanielH1841 unlessH3861 we findH7912 it againstH5922 him with regard to the 11lawH1882 of his GodH426.”

6ThenH116 theseH459 commissionersH5632 and satrapsH324 cameH7284 12by agreementH7284 to the kingH4430 and spokeH560 to him as followsH3652: “KingH4430 DariusH1868, 13liveH2418 foreverH5957! 7AllH3606 the 14commissionersH5632 of the kingdomH4437, the prefectsH5460 and the satrapsH324, the highH1907 officialsH1907 and the governorsH6347 have 15consultedH3272 togetherH3272 that the kingH4430 should establishH6966 a statuteH7010 and enforceH8631 an injunctionH633 that anyoneH3605 whoH1768 makesH1156 a petitionH1159 to anyH3606 godH426 or manH606 besidesH3861H4481 you, O kingH4430, for thirtyH8533 daysH3118, shall 16be castH7412 into the lions’H744 17denH1358. 8NowH3705, O kingH4430, 18establishH6966 the injunctionH633 and signH7560 the documentH3792 soH1768 that it may not be changedH8133, according to the 19lawH1882 of the MedesH4076 and PersiansH6540, whichH1768 20may not be revokedH5709.” 9ThereforeH3606H6903H1836 KingH4430 DariusH1868 21signedH7560 the documentH3792, that is, the injunctionH633.

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Notes

  1. 1. Daniel 6:1 Ch 6:2 in Aram ↩
  2. 2. Daniel 6:2 Dan 2:48, 49; 5:16, 29 ↩
  3. 3. Daniel 6:2 Ezra 4:22; Esth 7:4 ↩
  4. 4. Daniel 6:3 Lit above ↩
  5. 5. Daniel 6:3 Lit there was in him ↩
  6. 6. Daniel 6:3 Dan 5:12, 14; 9:23 ↩
  7. 7. Daniel 6:3 Gen 41:40; Esth 10:3 ↩
  8. 8. Daniel 6:4 Gen 43:18; Judg 14:4; Jer 20:10; Dan 3:8; Luke 20:20 ↩
  9. 9. Daniel 6:4 Lit the kingdom ↩
  10. 10. Daniel 6:4 Dan 6:22; Luke 20:26; 23:14, 15; Phil 2:15; 1 Pet 2:12; 3:16 ↩
  11. 11. Daniel 6:5 Acts 24:13-16, 20, 21 ↩
  12. 12. Daniel 6:6 Or thronging ↩
  13. 13. Daniel 6:6 Neh 2:3; Dan 2:4; 5:10; 6:21 ↩
  14. 14. Daniel 6:7 Dan 3:2, 27 ↩
  15. 15. Daniel 6:7 Ps 59:3; 62:4; 64:2-6; 83:1-3 ↩
  16. 16. Daniel 6:7 Ps 10:9; Dan 3:6; 6:16 ↩
  17. 17. Daniel 6:7 Or pit, and so throughout the ch ↩
  18. 18. Daniel 6:8 Esth 3:12; 8:10; Is 10:1 ↩
  19. 19. Daniel 6:8 Esth 1:19; 8:8; Dan 6:12, 15 ↩
  20. 20. Daniel 6:8 Lit does not pass away ↩
  21. 21. Daniel 6:9 Ps 118:9; 146:3 ↩

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