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Daniel 6:7 KJV
Daniel · chapter 6 · verse 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.Daniel 6:7 · King James Version
Daniel 6:7 in context
5Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
6Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
7All 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.
8Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
9Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
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Key words (Strong's)
- counsellorshaddâbâra vizierH1907 →
- presidentsçârêkan emirH5632 →
- governorsçᵉgan{a prefect of aprovince}H5460 →
- establishqûwm{to rise }H6966 →
- captainspechâh{a prefect }H6347 →
- togetheryᵉʻaṭto counselH3272 →
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Daniel's adversaries could have no advantage against him from any law now in being; they therefore contrive a new law, by which they hope to ensnare him, and in a matter in which they knew they should be sure of him; and such was his fidelity to his God that they gained their point. Here is, I. Darius's impious law.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-10