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Daniel 6:7

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7“All the acommissioners of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the high officials and the governors have bcounseled together that the king should establish a statute and enforce an injunction that anyone who seeks to make a petition 1to any god or man besides you, O king, for thirty days, shall cbe cast into the lions’ 2den.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit from
  2. 2Or pit, so in ch

Cross references

  1. aDan 3:2, 27
  2. bPs 59:3; 62:4; 64:2–6; 83:1–3
  3. cPs 10:9; Dan 3:6; 6:16

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

All the high officials of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors are agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an injunction, that whoever makes petition to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or human being during the next thirty days, except to you, Your Majesty, shall be thrown into the lions’ den.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

All the administrators of the kingdom—the prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors—have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an edict that, for thirty days, anyone who petitions any god or man except you, the king, will be thrown into the lions’ den.

NLTNew Living Translation

We are all in agreement—we administrators, officials, high officers, advisers, and governors—that the king should make a law that will be strictly enforced. Give orders that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

All of the administrators of the kingdom, and the prefects, the satraps, the counselors and the governors took counsel and have agreed to establish an edict of the king and to enforce a decree that whoever will seek a prayer from any god or human except from you for up to thirty days will be thrown into the lion pit.

KJV 1900King James Version

All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellers, 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.