Daniel 6:17

בֵּאדַיִן מַלְכָּא אֲמַר וְהַיְתִיו לְדָנִיֵּאל וּרְמוֹ לְגֻבָּא דִּי אַרְיָוָתָא עָנֵה מַלְכָּא וְאָמַר לְדָנִיֵּאל אֱלָהָךְ דִּי אנתה פָּֽלַֽח ־ לֵהּ בִּתְדִירָא הוּא יְשֵׁיזְבִנָּֽךְ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And a stone was brought and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.

In Context

16בֵּאדַיִן גֻּבְרַיָּא אִלֵּךְ הַרְגִּשׁוּ עַל ־ מַלְכָּא וְאָמְרִין לְמַלְכָּא דַּע מַלְכָּא דִּֽי ־ דָת לְמָדַי וּפָרַס דִּֽי ־ כָל ־ אֱסָר וּקְיָם דִּֽי ־ מַלְכָּא יְהָקֵים לָא לְהַשְׁנָיָֽה ׃

18וְהֵיתָיִת אֶבֶן חֲדָה וְשֻׂמַת עַל ־ פֻּם גֻּבָּא וְחַתְמַהּ מַלְכָּא בְּעִזְקְתֵהּ וּבְעִזְקָת רַבְרְבָנוֹהִי דִּי לָא ־ תִשְׁנֵא צְבוּ בְּדָנִיֵּֽאל ׃

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Cross References

Job 5:19בְּשֵׁשׁ צָרוֹת יַצִּילֶךָּ וּבְשֶׁבַע ׀ לֹא ־ יִגַּע בְּךָ רָֽע ׃

Lamentations 3:53צָֽמְתוּ בַבּוֹר חַיָּי וַיַּדּוּ ־ אֶבֶן בִּֽי ׃

Matthew Henry on Daniel 6:12-18

Daniel in the Den of Lions. ( b. c. 537.) 11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. 12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. 13 Then answered… Read the whole commentary →

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