Daniel 6:9

So King Darius wrote the law and signed it.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

In Context

8And because laws made by our governments of Media and Persia cannot be changed, we want you, the head of our government, to sign it.”

10But when I found out that the king had written and signed that law, I went home. I knelt down in my upstairs room and prayed. I looked toward Jerusalem, and the windows were open with the result that everyone could see me while I was praying. I prayed three times each day, just as I always did, thanking God.

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Cross References

Psalms 62:9People who are considered to be unimportant are as worthless/unreliable as a breath of air; people who are considered to be important also really ◄amount to nothing/cannot be trusted to help us►. If you put them all on a scale, it would be as if they weighed less than a puff of air.

Psalms 146:3You people, do not trust in your leaders; do not trust humans because they cannot save/rescue you from your difficulties/problems.

Isaiah 2:22So, do not trust that people will save you, because people are as powerless as [MET] their own breath. People certainly cannot help you [RHQ]!

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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