Daniel 6:9

Now, O king, establish the decree and sign the ketav (writing, document), that it cannot be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

In Context

8All the overseers of the malchut, the administrators, and the satraps, the counselors, and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall make a petition of any g-d or man for shloshim yom (thirty days), except of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

10Wherefore king Daryavesh signed the written decree.

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Cross References

Psalms 62:9Trust in Him at all time ye people, 1 pour out your lev before Him; 1 Elohim is a refuge for us. 1 Selah 1

Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, 1 nor in the ben adam, in whom there is no teshuah (salvation). 1

Isaiah 2:22Cease ye from HaAdam, whose neshamah is in his nostrils: 1 for of what account is he?

Matthew Henry on Daniel 6:7-11

A Plot against Daniel. ( b. c. 537.) 6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. 7 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. 8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and… Read the whole commentary →

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