Revised Version 1895

Daniel 6:1-9

1It pleasedDariusH1868to set over thekingdomH4437an hundred and twenty satraps, which should be throughout the wholekingdomH4437;

2and over them three presidents, ofwhomH1768Daniel was one; that thesesatrapsH324might giveaccountעַל־'al-H5922unto them, and that the king should have no damage.

3Then thisDanielH1841was distinguished above the presidents and thesatrapsH324,becauseH4481an excellent spirit was in him; and thekingH4430thought to set him over the whole realm.

4Then the presidents and thesatrapsH324sought to find occasionagainstH5922DanielH1841as touching thekingdomH4437; but theycouldH1768find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was thereanyH3606error or fault found in him.

5Then said these men,Weאֱדַ֨יִן'e.Da.yinH116shallnotH3809findH7912anyH3606occasionagainstעֲל֖וֹהִיa.Lo.hiH5922thisDanielH1841, exceptweאֱ֠דַיִן'E.da.yinH116findH7912itagainstעֲלֽוֹהִי׃a.Lo.hiH5922him concerning the law of his God.

6Thentheseאִלֵּךְ֙'i.leKhH479presidents and satraps assembled together to the king, andsaidH560thusדְּנָ֖הde.NahH1836unto him, King Darius, live for ever.

7Allלְעָלְמִ֥יןle.'al.MinH5957the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and thesatrapsH324, the counsellors and the governors, have consulted together to establish aroyalH4430statute, and to make a strong interdict, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, OkingH4430, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

8NowH4430, OkingH4430,establishH6966theinterdictH633, and sign the writing, that it be not changed,accordingH4481to the law of the Medes and Persians,whichH1768altereth not.

9WhereforekingH4430DariussignedH7560thewritingH3792and theinterdictH633.

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