Daniel 6:7

6:7 To all the supervisors of the kingdom, the prefects, satraps, counselors, and governors it seemed like a good idea for a royal edict to be issued and an interdict to be enforced. For the next thirty days anyone who prays ¹  to any god or human other than you, O king, should be thrown into a den of lions.

Daniel 6:12

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.”

Daniel 6:16

6:16 So the king gave the order, ⁴  and Daniel was brought and thrown into a den ⁵  of lions. The king consoled ⁶  Daniel by saying, “Your God whom you continually serve will rescue you!”

¹ tn Aram “prays a prayer.”

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.”

³ tn Aram “said.” So also in vv. 24, 25.

⁴ sn The den was perhaps a pit below ground level which could be safely observed from above.

⁵ tn Aram “answered and said [to Daniel].”