Daniel 6:7
All who preside over your kingdom, captains and satraps, chiefs and local governors, have taken counsel together, to establish by a royal statue and to confirm a decree, that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
In Context
6Then the governors and satraps stood by the king, and said to him, King Darius, live for ever.
Cross References
Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers gathered themselves together, against the Lord, and against his Christ; 1
Psalms 59:3You have shown your people hard things: you have made us drink the wine of astonishment. 1
Psalms 62:4Thus will I bless you during my life: I will lift up my hands in your name. 1
Psalms 83:1How amiable are your tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! 1
Daniel 2:4And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in the Syrian language, saying, O king, live for ever: do you tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation.
Daniel 3:6And whoever shall not fall down and worship, in the same hour he shall be cast into the burning fiery furnace.
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 →