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 6:12-15

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 

6:14 When the king heard this, ⁷  he was very upset and began thinking about ⁸  how he might rescue Daniel. Until late afternoon ⁹  he was struggling to find a way to rescue him. 6:15 Then those men came by collusion to the king and ¹⁰  said to him, ¹¹  “Recall, ¹²  O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no edict or decree that the king issues can be changed.”

[6:8]  ¹ tn Aram “establish a written interdict and inscribe a written decree.”

[6:8]  ² tn Or “removed.”

[6:12]  ³ 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.

[6:12]  ⁴ tn Aram “the word is true.”

[6:13]  ⁵ tn Aram “from the sons of the captivity [of].”

[6:13]  ⁶ tn Aram “prays his prayer.”

[6:14]  ⁷ tn Aram “the word.”

[6:14]  ⁸ tn Aram “placed his mind on.”

[6:14]  ⁹ tn Aram “the entrances of the sun.”

[6:15]  ¹⁰ tc Theodotion lacks the words “came by collusion to the king and.”

[6:15]  ¹¹ tn Aram “the king.”

[6:15]  ¹² tn Aram “know”; NAB “Keep in mind”; NASB “Recognize”; NIV, NCV “Remember.”