³Daniel ⁿdistinguished himself above the administrators and satraps because he had an extraordinary spirit, ^oso the king planned to set him over the whole realm. ^p⁴The administrators and satraps, therefore, kept trying to find a charge against Daniel ^qregarding the kingdom. But they could find no charge or corruption, ^rfor he was trustworthy, and no negligence or corruption was found in him. ⁵Then these men said, “We will never find any charge against this Daniel unless we find something against him concerning the law of his God.” ^s

⁶So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said to him, “May King Darius live forever. ^t⁷All the administrators of the kingdom, ^uthe prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an edict that for 30 days, anyone who petitions any god or man except you, the king, will be thrown into the lions’ den. ^v⁸Therefore, Your Majesty, establish the edict ^wand sign the document so that, as a law of the Medes and Persians, it is irrevocable and cannot be changed.” ^x⁹So King Darius signed the document. ^y

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Footnotes

n6:3 Now this Daniel

Cross references

o6:3 Dn 5:12, 14; 9:23
p6:3 Gn 41:40; Est 10:3
q6:4 Gn 43:18; Jdg 14:4; Jr 20:10; Dn 3:8; Lk 20:20
r6:4 Dn 6:22; Lk 20:26; 23:14; Php 2:15; 1Pt 2:12; 3:16
s6:5 Ac 24:13–16, 20–21
t6:6 Neh 2:3; Dn 2:4; 5:10; 6:21
u6:7 Dn 3:2, 27
v6:7 Ps 10:9; Dn 3:6; 6:16
w6:8 Est 3:12; 8:10; Is 10:1
x6:8 Est 1:9; 8:8; Dn 6:12, 15
y6:9 Ps 118:9; 146:3