Daniel 6:11-15

6:11 Then those officials who had gone to the king ¹  came by collusion and found Daniel praying and asking for help before his God. 6:12 So they approached the king and said to him, ²  “Did you not issue an edict to the effect that for the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human other than to you, O king, would be thrown into a den of lions?” The king replied, “That is correct, ³  according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed.” 6:13 Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the captives ⁴  from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the edict that you issued. Three times daily he offers his prayer.” ⁵ 

6:14 When the king heard this, ⁶  he was very upset and began thinking about ⁷  how he might rescue Daniel. Until late afternoon ⁸  he was struggling to find a way to rescue him. 6:15 Then those men came by collusion to the king and ⁹  said to him, ¹⁰  “Recall, ¹¹  O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no edict or decree that the king issues can be changed.”

¹ tn Aram “those men”; the referent (the administrative officials who had earlier approached the king about the edict) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tc The MT also has “about the edict of the king,” but this phrase is absent in the LXX and the Syriac. The present translation deletes the expression.

³ tn Aram “the word is true.”

⁴ tn Aram “from the sons of the captivity [of].”

⁵ tn Aram “prays his prayer.”

⁶ tn Aram “the word.”

⁷ tn Aram “placed his mind on.”

⁸ tn Aram “the entrances of the sun.”

⁹ tc Theodotion lacks the words “came by collusion to the king and.”

¹⁰ tn Aram “the king.”

¹¹ tn Aram “know”; NAB “Keep in mind”; NASB “Recognize”; NIV, NCV “Remember.”