Daniel 6:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

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  • Ps 118:9 : 9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
  • Ps 146:3 : 3 Do not put your trust in princes, nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help.
  • Prov 6:2 : 2 You are snared by the words of your mouth, you are taken by the words of your mouth.
  • Isa 2:22 : 22 Cease from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for how much is he to be accounted of?
  • Ps 62:9-9 : 9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie; to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. 10 Trust not in oppression, and do not become vain in robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

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  • Dan 6:5-8
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    5Then these men said, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

    6Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus to him, King Darius, live forever.

    7All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counselors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.

    8Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it may not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be altered.

  • Dan 6:10-17
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    10Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he knelt on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.

    11Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.

    12Then they came near and spoke before the king concerning the king's decree; Have you not signed a decree, that every man who shall ask a petition of any god or man within thirty days, except of you, 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 cannot be altered.

    13Then they answered and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, does not regard you, O king, nor the decree that you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.

    14Then the king, when he heard these words, was greatly displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he labored till the going down of the sun to deliver him.

    15Then these men assembled to the king, and said to the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is that no decree or statute which the king establishes may be changed.

    16Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spoke and said to Daniel, Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.

    17And 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, so that the purpose concerning Daniel might not be changed.

  • Ezra 6:1-2
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    1Then King Darius made a decree, and a search was made in the house of the scrolls, where the treasures were stored in Babylon.

    2And a scroll was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, with this record written in it:

  • Ezra 6:10-13
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    10That they may offer sacrifices of sweet aroma to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king and of his sons.

    11Also I have made a decree, that whoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house and set up, let him be hanged upon it, and let his house be made a dunghill for this.

    12And may the God who has caused His name to dwell there destroy all kings and people who attempt to alter or destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I, Darius, have made a decree; let it be done swiftly.

    13Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and their companions, acted according to what King Darius had sent, and they did so speedily.

  • Dan 6:25-28
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    25Then king Darius wrote to all people, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied to you.

    26I make a decree, that in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and steadfast forever, and his kingdom that shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be until the end.

    27He delivers and rescues, and he works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.

    28So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

  • Dan 6:1-2
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    1It pleased Darius to appoint over the kingdom one hundred and twenty princes, who should be over the whole kingdom;

    2And over these, three presidents, of whom Daniel was first, so that the princes might give accounts to them, and the king should suffer no loss.

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    5But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, so that they could not make them stop until the matter was reported to Darius: and then they returned an answer by letter concerning this matter.

    6The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side of the river, and Shetharboznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, who were on this side of the river, sent to Darius the king:

    7They sent a letter to him, in which was written: To Darius the king, all peace.

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    1In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;

  • Esth 9:32
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    32And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

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    24Then the fingers of the hand were sent from Him, and this writing was written.

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    15He answered and said to Arioch, the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch explained the matter to Daniel.

    16Then Daniel went in and requested of the king that he would give him time, and that he would show the king the interpretation.

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    19Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste to the den of lions.

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    5In the same hour, fingers of a man's hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, opposite the lampstand; and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

    6Then the king's face changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his hips were loosened, and his knees knocked against each other.

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    13And the decree went out that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

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    29Therefore I make a decree, that any people, nation, or language which speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap, because there is no other God who can deliver in this way.

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    8Moreover I make a decree as to what you shall do for the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that from the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, expenses be given to these men, so that they are not hindered.

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    17Then Daniel answered and said before the king, "Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another; yet I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

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    21And Daniel continued until the first year of King Cyrus.

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    28PERES: Your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

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    23Then the king was exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no harm was found upon him because he believed in his God.