Daniel 6:9

6:9 So King Darius issued the written interdict.

Daniel 6:8

6:8 Now let the king issue a written interdict ¹  so that it cannot be altered, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed. ² 

Daniel 6:12-13

6:12 So they approached the king and said to him, ³  “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, ⁴  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 ⁵  from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the edict that you issued. Three times daily he offers his prayer.” ⁶ 

Daniel 6:15

6:15 Then those men came by collusion to the king and ⁷  said to him, ⁸  “Recall, ⁹  O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no edict or decree that the king issues can be changed.”

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 ¹⁰  to any god or human other than you, O king, should be thrown into a den of lions.

¹ tn Aram “establish a written interdict and inscribe a written decree.”

² tn Or “removed.”

¹ 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.

² tn Aram “the word is true.”

¹ tn Aram “from the sons of the captivity [of].”

² tn Aram “prays his prayer.”

¹ tc Theodotion lacks the words “came by collusion to the king and.”

² tn Aram “the king.”

³ tn Aram “know”; NAB “Keep in mind”; NASB “Recognize”; NIV, NCV “Remember.”

¹ tn Aram “prays a prayer.”