Daniel 6:9

Wherefore King Darius sealed the writing and the decree.

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In The King James Version

Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

In Context

8Nowe, O King, confirme the decree, and seale the writing, that it be not changed according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

10Now when Daniel vnderstood that he had sealed the writing, hee went into his house, and his window being open in his chamber toward Ierusalem, he kneeled vpon his knees three times a day, and prayed and praysed his God, as he did aforetime.

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Cross References

Psalms 62:9Yet the children of men are vanitie, the chiefe men are lies: to lay them vpon a balance they are altogether lighter then vanitie.

Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sonne of man, for there is none helpe in him.

Isaiah 2:22Cease you from the man whose breath is in his nostrels: for wherein is he to be esteemed?

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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