Revised Version 1895

Daniel 6:11-17

11Thentheseדְּנָֽה׃ סde.NahH1836men assembled together, and foundDanielH1841makingיְדַ֜עye.Da'H3046petition and supplicationbeforeH6925hisGodH426.

12Then theycameהַרְגִּ֔שׁוּhar.Gi.shuH7284near, and spakebeforeH6925the king concerning the king’s interdict; Hast thou not signed an interdict, that everymanH1400that shall makepetitionH1156unto anygodH426ormanH1400within thirty days, save unto thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

13ThenansweredH6032they andsaidH560beforeH6925thekingH4430, That Daniel,whichH1768is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardethnotH3809thee, OkingH4430,norH3809theinterdictH633that thou hastsignedH7560, but maketh hispetitionH1156three times adayH3118.

14Then thekingH4430, when he heard these words, was sore displeased, andsetH7761his heart onDanielH1841to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to rescue him.

15Then these men assembled together unto thekingH4430, and said unto thekingH4430, Know, OkingH4430, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no interdict nor statutewhichH1768thekingH4430establisheth may be changed.

16Then thekingH4430commandedH560, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions.NowH116thekingH4430spake andsaidH560unto Daniel, Thy GodwhomH1768thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.

17And a stone wasbroughtH858, and laid upon the mouth of thedenH1358; and thekingH4430sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that nothing might be changed concerningDanielH1841.

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