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Daniel 6 (WEBP)
[1] It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty local governors, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;
[2] and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one, that these local governors might give account to them, and that the king should suffer no loss.
[3] Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the local governors, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
[4] Then the presidents and the local governors sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. There wasn’t any error or fault found in him.
[5] Then these men said, “We won’t find any occasion against this Daniel, unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.”
[6] Then these presidents and local governors assembled together to the king, and said this to him, “King Darius, live forever!
[7] All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the local governors, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute and to make a strong decree, that whoever asks a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
[8] Now, O king, establish the decree and sign the writing, that it not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.”
[9] Therefore King Darius signed the writing and the decree.
[10] When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.
[11] Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.
[12] Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king’s decree: “Haven’t you signed a decree that every man who makes a petition to any god or man within thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?” The king answered, “This thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.”
[13] Then they answered and said before the king, “That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, doesn’t respect you, O king, nor the decree that you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.”
[14] Then the king, when he heard these words, was very displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored until the going down of the sun to rescue him.
[15] Then these men assembled together to the king, and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no decree nor statute which the king establishes may be changed.”
[16] Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.”
[17] A stone was brought, and laid on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.
[18] Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting. No musical instruments were brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.
[19] Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste to the den of lions.
[20] When he came near to the den to Daniel, he cried with a troubled voice. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?”
[21] Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever!
[22] My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me, because innocence was found in me before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.”
[23] Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.
[24] The king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions—them, their children, and their wives; and the lions mauled them, and broke all their bones in pieces before they came to the bottom of the den.
[25] Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages who dwell in all the earth:
[26] “I make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel. “For he is the living God, and steadfast forever. His kingdom is that which will not be destroyed. His dominion will be even to the end.
[27] He delivers and rescues. He works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.”
[28] So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
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King James w/Strong’s #s
Daniel 6 (KJVS)
[1] It pleased H6925 H8232 (8754) Darius H1868 to set H6966 (8684) over H5922 the kingdom H4437 an hundred H3969 and twenty H6243 princes H324, which should be H1934 (8748) over the whole H3606 kingdom H4437;
[2] And over H5924 these H4481 three H8532 presidents H5632; of whom H4481 Daniel H1841 [was] first H2298: that H459 the princes H324 might H1934 (8748) give H3052 (8751) accounts H2941 unto them, and the king H4430 should have H1934 (8748) no H3809 damage H5142 (8752).
[3] Then H116 this H1836 Daniel H1841 was H1934 (8754) preferred H5330 (8723) above H5922 the presidents H5632 and princes H324, because H3606 H6903 an excellent H3493 spirit H7308 [was] in him; and the king H4430 thought H6246 (8754) to set H6966 (8682) him over H5922 the whole H3606 realm H4437.
[4] Then H116 the presidents H5632 and princes H324 sought H1934 (8754) H1156 (8750) to find H7912 (8682) occasion H5931 against Daniel H1841 concerning H6655 the kingdom H4437; but H3606 they could H3202 (8750) find H7912 (8682) none H3809 occasion H5931 nor H3809 fault H7844 (8752); forasmuch H6903 as he [was] faithful H540 (8683), neither H3809 was there any H3606 error H7960 or fault H7844 (8752) found H7912 (8728) in him H5922.
[5] Then H116 said H560 (8750) these H479 men H1400, We shall not H3809 find H7912 (8684) any H3606 occasion H5931 against H5922 this H1836 Daniel H1841, except H3861 we find H7912 (8681) [it] against him concerning the law H1882 of his God H426.
[6] Then H116 these H459 presidents H5632 and princes H324 assembled together H7284 (8684) to the king H4430, and said H560 (8750) thus H3652 unto him H5922, King H4430 Darius H1868, live H2418 (8747) for ever H5957.
[7] All H3606 the presidents H5632 of the kingdom H4437, the governors H5460, and the princes H324, the counsellors H1907, and the captains H6347, have consulted together H3272 (8724) to establish H6966 (8742) a royal H4430 statute H7010, and to make a firm H8631 (8742) decree H633, that whosoever shall ask H1156 (8748) a petition H1159 of H4481 any H3606 God H426 or man H606 for H5705 thirty H8533 days H3118, save H3861 of thee H4481, O king H4430, he shall be cast H7412 (8729) into the den H1358 of lions H744.
[8] Now H3705, O king H4430, establish H6966 (8681) the decree H633, and sign H7560 (8748) the writing H3792, that it be not H3809 changed H8133 (8682), according to the law H1882 of the Medes H4076 and Persians H6540, which altereth H5709 (8748) not H3809.
[9] Wherefore H3606 H1836 H6903 king H4430 Darius H1868 signed H7560 (8754) the writing H3792 and the decree H633.
[10] Now when Daniel H1841 knew H3046 (8754) that the writing H3792 was signed H7560 (8752), he went H5954 (8754) into his house H1005; and his windows H3551 being open H6606 (8759) in his chamber H5952 toward H5049 Jerusalem H3390, he kneeled H1289 (8750) upon H5922 his knees H1291 three H8532 times H2166 a day H3118, and prayed H6739 (8743), and gave thanks H3029 (8683) before H6925 his God H426, as H6903 H3606 he did H1934 (8754) H5648 (8751) aforetime H4481 H1836 H6928.
[11] Then H116 these H479 men H1400 assembled H7284 (8684), and found H7912 (8684) Daniel H1841 praying H1156 (8750) and making supplication H2604 (8723) before H6925 his God H426.
[12] Then H116 they came near H7127 (8754), and spake H560 (8750) before H6925 the king H4430 concerning H5922 the king’s H4430 decree H633; Hast thou not H3809 signed H7560 (8754) a decree H633, that every H3606 man H606 that shall ask H1156 (8748) [a petition] of H4481 any H3606 God H426 or man H606 within H5705 thirty H8533 days H3118, save H3861 of thee H4481, O king H4430, shall be cast H7412 (8729) into the den H1358 of lions H744? The king H4430 answered H6032 (8750) and said H560 (8750), The thing H4406 [is] true H3330, according to the law H1882 of the Medes H4076 and Persians H6540, which altereth H5709 (8748) not H3809.
[13] Then H116 answered H6032 (8754) they and said H560 (8750) before H6925 the king H4430, That Daniel H1841, which [is] of H4481 the children H1123 of the captivity H1547 of Judah H3061, regardeth H7761 (8754) H2942 not H3809 thee H5922, O king H4430, nor the decree H633 that thou hast signed H7560 (8754), but maketh H1156 (8750) his petition H1159 three H8532 times H2166 a day H3118.
[14] Then H116 the king H4430, when he heard H8086 (8754) [these] words H4406, was sore H7690 displeased H888 (8754) with himself, and set H7761 (8754) [his] heart H1079 on H5922 Daniel H1841 to deliver H7804 (8756) him: and he laboured H1934 (8754) H7712 (8723) till H5705 the going down H4606 of the sun H8122 to deliver H5338 (8682) him.
[15] Then H116 these H479 men H1400 assembled H7284 (8684) unto H5922 the king H4430, and said H560 (8750) unto the king H4430, Know H3046 (8747), O king H4430, that the law H1882 of the Medes H4076 and Persians H6540 [is], That no H3606 decree H633 nor statute H7010 which the king H4430 establisheth H6966 (8681) may be changed H8133 (8682).
[16] Then H116 the king H4430 commanded H560 (8754), and they brought H858 (8684) Daniel H1841, and cast H7412 (8754) [him] into the den H1358 of lions H744. [Now] the king H4430 spake H6032 (8750) and said H560 (8750) unto Daniel H1841, Thy God H426 whom thou H607 servest H6399 (8750) continually H8411, he will deliver H7804 (8755) thee.
[17] And a H2298 stone H69 was brought H858 (8717), and laid H7761 (8752) upon H5922 the mouth H6433 of the den H1358; and the king H4430 sealed H2857 (8754) it with his own signet H5824, and with the signet H5824 of his lords H7261; that the purpose H6640 might not H3809 be changed H8133 (8748) concerning Daniel H1841.
[18] Then H116 the king H4430 went H236 (8754) to his palace H1965, and passed the night H956 (8754) fasting H2908: neither H3809 were instruments H1761 of musick brought H5954 (8684) before H6925 him: and his sleep H8139 went H5075 (8754) from him H5922.
[19] Then H116 the king H4430 arose H6966 (8748) very early H8238 in the morning H5053, and went H236 (8754) in haste H927 (8726) unto the den H1358 of lions H744.
[20] And when he came H7127 (8749) to the den H1358, he cried H2200 (8754) with a lamentable H6088 (8750) voice H7032 unto Daniel H1841: [and] the king H4430 spake H6032 (8750) and said H560 (8750) to Daniel H1841, O Daniel H1841, servant H5649 of the living H2417 God H426, is thy God H426, whom thou servest H6399 (8750) continually H8411, able H3202 (8754) to deliver H7804 (8756) thee from H4481 the lions H744?
[21] Then H116 said H4449 (8745) Daniel H1841 unto H5974 the king H4430, O king H4430, live H2418 (8747) for ever H5957.
[22] My God H426 hath sent H7972 (8754) his angel H4398, and hath shut H5463 (8754) the lions H744’ mouths H6433, that they have not H3809 hurt H2255 (8745) me: forasmuch as H3606 H6903 before H6925 him innocency H2136 was found H7912 (8728) in me; and also H638 before H6925 thee, O king H4430, have I done H5648 (8754) no H3809 hurt H2248.
[23] Then H116 was the king H4430 exceeding H7690 glad H2868 (8754) for him H5922, and commanded H560 (8754) that they should take H5267 Daniel H1841 up H5267 (8682) out of H4481 the den H1358. So Daniel H1841 was taken up H5267 (8717) out of H4481 the den H1358, and no H3809 manner H3606 of hurt H2257 was found H7912 (8728) upon him, because he believed H540 (8684) in his God H426.
[24] And the king H4430 commanded H560 (8754), and they brought H858 (8684) those H479 men H1400 which had accused H399 (8754) H7170 Daniel H1841, and they cast H7412 (8754) [them] into the den H1358 of lions H744, them H581, their children H1123, and their wives H5389; and the lions H744 had the mastery H5705 H7981 (8754) of them, and brake H1855 all H3606 their bones H1635 in pieces H1855 (8684) or ever H3809 they came H4291 (8754) at the bottom H773 of the den H1358.
[25] Then H116 king H4430 Darius H1868 wrote H3790 (8754) unto all H3606 people H5972, nations H524, and languages H3961, that dwell H1753 (8748) in all H3606 the earth H772; Peace H8001 be multiplied H7680 (8748) unto you.
[26] I H4481 H6925 make H7761 (8752) a decree H2942, That in every H3606 dominion H7985 of my kingdom H4437 men tremble H1934 (8748) H2112 and fear H1763 (8751) before H4481 H6925 the God H426 of Daniel H1841: for he [is] the living H2417 God H426, and stedfast H7011 for ever H5957, and his kingdom H4437 [that] which shall not H3809 be destroyed H2255 (8721), and his dominion H7985 [shall be even] unto H5705 the end H5491.
[27] He delivereth H7804 (8757) and rescueth H5338 (8683), and he worketh H5648 (8751) signs H852 and wonders H8540 in heaven H8065 and in earth H772, who hath delivered H7804 (8758) Daniel H1841 from H4481 the power H3028 of the lions H744.
[28] So this H1836 Daniel H1841 prospered H6744 (8684) in the reign H4437 of Darius H1868, and in the reign H4437 of Cyrus H3567 the Persian H6543.
Young’s Literal Translation
Daniel 6 (YLT)
[1] It hath been good before Darius, and he hath established over the kingdom satraps-a hundred and twenty-that they may be throughout the whole kingdom,
[2] and higher than they three presidents, of whom Daniel is first, that these satraps may give to them an account, and the king have no loss.
[3] Then this Daniel hath been overseer over the presidents and satraps, because that an excellent spirit is in him, and the king hath thought to establish him over the whole kingdom.
[4] Then the presidents and satraps have been seeking to find a cause of complaint against Daniel concerning the kingdom, and any cause of complaint and corruption they are not able to find, because that he is faithful, and any error and corruption have not been found in him.
[5] Then these men are saying, ‘We do not find against this Daniel any cause of complaint, except we have found it against him in the law of his God.’
[6] Then these presidents and satraps have assembled near the king, and thus they are saying to him: ‘O king Darius, to the ages live!
[7] Taken counsel have all the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects, and the satraps, the counsellors, and the governors, to establish a royal statute, and to strengthen an interdict, that any who seeketh a petition from any god and man until thirty days, save of thee, O king, is cast into a den of lions.
[8] Now, O king, thou dost establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it is not to be changed, as a law of Media and Persia, that doth not pass away.’
[9] Therefore king Darius hath signed the writing and interdict.
[10] And Daniel, when he hath known that the writing is signed, hath gone up to his house, and the window being opened for him, in his upper chamber, over-against Jerusalem, three times in a day he is kneeling on his knees, and praying, and confessing before his God, because that he was doing it before this.
[11] Then these men have assembled, and found Daniel praying and entreating grace before his God;
[12] then they have come near, yea, they are saying before the king concerning the king’s interdict: ‘Hast thou not signed an interdict, that any man who seeketh from any god and man until thirty days, save of thee, O king, is cast into a den of lions?’ Answered hath the king, and said, ‘The thing is certain as a law of Media and Persia, that doth not pass away.’
[13] Then they have answered, yea, they are saying before the king, that, ‘Daniel, who is of the sons of the Removed of Judah, hath not placed on thee, O king, any regard, nor on the interdict that thou hast signed, and three times in a day he is seeking his petition.’
[14] Then the king, when he hath heard the matter, is greatly displeased at himself, and on Daniel he hath set the heart to deliver him, and till the going up of the sun he was arranging to deliver him.
[15] Then these men have assembled near the king, and are saying to the king, ‘know, O king, that the law of Media and Persia is: That any interdict and statute that the king doth establish is not to be changed.’
[16] Then the king hath said, and they have brought Daniel, and have cast him into a den of lions. The king hath answered and said to Daniel, ‘Thy God, whom thou art serving continually, Himself doth deliver thee.’
[17] And a stone hath been brought and placed at the mouth of the den, and the king hath sealed it with his signet, and with the signet of his great men, that the purpose be not changed concerning Daniel.
[18] Then hath the king gone to his palace, and he hath passed the night fasting, and dahavan have not been brought up before him, and his sleep hath fled from off him.
[19] Then doth the king rise in the early morning, at the light, and in haste to the den of lions he hath gone;
[20] and at his coming near to the den, to Daniel, with a grieved voice, he crieth. The king hath answered and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, thy God, whom thou art serving continually, is He able to deliver thee from the lions?’
[21] Then Daniel hath spoken with the king: ‘O king, to the ages live:
[22] my God hath sent His messenger, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not injured me: because that before Him purity hath been found in me; and also before thee, O king, injury I have not done.’
[23] Then was the king very glad for him, and he hath commanded Daniel to be taken up out of the den, and Daniel hath been taken up out of the den, and no injury hath been found in him, because he hath believed in his God.
[24] And the king hath said, and they have brought those men who had accused Daniel, and to the den of lions they have cast them, they, their sons, and their wives; and they have not come to the lower part of the den till that the lions have power over them, and all their bones they have broken small.
[25] Then Darius the king hath written to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who are dwelling in all the land: ‘Your peace be great!
[26] From before me is made a decree, that in every dominion of my kingdom they are trembling and fearing before the God of Daniel, for He is the living God, and abiding to the ages, and His kingdom that which is not destroyed, and His dominion is unto the end.
[27] A deliverer, and rescuer, and doer of signs and wonders in the heavens and in earth is He who hath delivered Daniel from the paw of the lions.’
[28] And this Daniel hath prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.