Daniel 6:7

All the chief administrators of the kingdom, the regional governors, and the provincial governors, the advisors, and the governors have consulted together and decided that you, the king, should issue a decree and should enforce it, so that whoever makes a petition to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, king, that person must be thrown into the den of lions.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6Then these administrators and governors brought a plan before the king. They said to him, “King Darius, may you live forever!

8Now, King, issue a decree and sign the document so that it may not be changed, as directed by the laws of the Medes and Persians, so it cannot be repealed.”

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Cross References

Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth take their stand together 1 and the rulers conspire together 1 against Yahweh and against his Messiah, saying, 1

Psalms 59:3For, see, they wait in ambush to take my life. 1 The powerful men gather themselves together against me, 1 but not because of my transgression or my sin, Yahweh. 1

Psalms 62:4They consult with him only to bring him down from his honorable position; 1 they love to tell lies; 1 they bless him with their mouths, but in their hearts they curse him. Selah 1

Psalms 83:1God, do not be silent! 1 Do not ignore us and remain unmoved, God. 1

Daniel 2:4Then the wise men spoke to the king in Aramaic, “King, live forever! Tell the dream to us, your servants, and we will reveal the meaning.”

Daniel 3:6Whoever does not fall down and worship, at that very moment, will be thrown into a blazing 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 →

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