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1 # It pleased <06925> <08232> (8754) Darius <01868> to set <06966> (8684) over <05922> the kingdom <04437> an hundred <03969> and twenty <06243> princes <0324>, which should be <01934> (8748) over the whole <03606> kingdom <04437>;
2 And over <05924> these <04481> three <08532> presidents <05632>; of whom <04481> Daniel <01841> was first <02298>: that <0459> the princes <0324> might <01934> (8748) give <03052> (8751) accounts <02941> unto them, and the king <04430> should have <01934> (8748) no <03809> damage <05142> (8752).
3 Then <0116> this <01836> Daniel <01841> was <01934> (8754) preferred <05330> (8723) above <05922> the presidents <05632> and princes <0324>, because <03606> <06903> an excellent <03493> spirit <07308> was in him; and the king <04430> thought <06246> (8754) to set <06966> (8682) him over <05922> the whole <03606> realm <04437>.
4 Then <0116> the presidents <05632> and princes <0324> sought <01934> (8754) <01156> (8750) to find <07912> (8682) occasion <05931> against Daniel <01841> concerning <06655> the kingdom <04437>; but <03606> they could <03202> (8750) find <07912> (8682) none <03809> occasion <05931> nor <03809> fault <07844> (8752); forasmuch <06903> as he was faithful <0540> (8683), neither <03809> was there any <03606> error <07960> or fault <07844> (8752) found <07912> (8728) in him <05922>.
5 Then <0116> said <0560> (8750) these <0479> men <01400>, We shall not <03809> find <07912> (8684) any <03606> occasion <05931> against <05922> this <01836> Daniel <01841>, except <03861> we find <07912> (8681) it against him concerning the law <01882> of his God <0426>.
6 # Then <0116> these <0459> presidents <05632> and princes <0324> assembled together <07284> (8684) to the king <04430>, and said <0560> (8750) thus <03652> unto him <05922>, King <04430> Darius <01868>, live <02418> (8747) for ever <05957>.
7 All <03606> the presidents <05632> of the kingdom <04437>, the governors <05460>, and the princes <0324>, the counsellors <01907>, and the captains <06347>, have consulted together <03272> (8724) to establish <06966> (8742) a royal <04430> statute <07010>, and to make a firm <08631> (8742) decree <0633>, that whosoever shall ask <01156> (8748) a petition <01159> of <04481> any <03606> God <0426> or man <0606> for <05705> thirty <08533> days <03118> , save <03861> of thee <04481>, O king <04430>, he shall be cast <07412> (8729) into the den <01358> of lions <0744> .
8 Now <03705>, O king <04430>, establish <06966> (8681) the decree <0633>, and sign <07560> (8748) the writing <03792>, that it be not <03809> changed <08133> (8682), according to the law <01882> of the Medes <04076> and Persians <06540>, which altereth <05709> (8748) not <03809>.
9 Wherefore <03606> <01836> <06903> king <04430> Darius <01868> signed <07560> (8754) the writing <03792> and the decree <0633>.
10 Now when Daniel <01841> knew <03046> (8754) that the writing <03792> was signed <07560> (8752), he went <05954> (8754) into his house <01005>; and his windows <03551> being open <06606> (8759) in his chamber <05952> toward <05049> Jerusalem <03390>, he kneeled <01289> (8750) upon <05922> his knees <01291> three <08532> times <02166> a day <03118>, and prayed <06739> (8743), and gave thanks <03029> (8683) before <06925> his God <0426> , as <06903> <03606> he did <01934> (8754) <05648> (8751) aforetime <04481> <01836> <06928> .
11 # Then <0116> these <0479> men <01400> assembled <07284> (8684), and found <07912> (8684) Daniel <01841> praying <01156> (8750) and making supplication <02604> (8723) before <06925> his God <0426>.
12 Then <0116> they came near <07127> (8754), and spake <0560> (8750) before <06925> the king <04430> concerning <05922> the king's <04430> decree <0633>; Hast thou not <03809> signed <07560> (8754) a decree <0633>, that every <03606> man <0606> that shall ask <01156> (8748) a petition of <04481> any <03606> God <0426> or man <0606> within <05705> thirty <08533> days <03118>, save <03861> of thee <04481>, O king <04430> , shall be cast <07412> (8729) into the den <01358> of lions <0744>? The king <04430> answered <06032> (8750) and said <0560> (8750), The thing <04406> is true <03330>, according to the law <01882> of the Medes <04076> and Persians <06540>, which altereth <05709> (8748) not <03809>.
13 Then <0116> answered <06032> (8754) they and said <0560> (8750) before <06925> the king <04430> , That Daniel <01841>, which is of <04481> the children <01123> of the captivity <01547> of Judah <03061>, regardeth <07761> (8754) <02942> not <03809> thee <05922>, O king <04430>, nor the decree <0633> that thou hast signed <07560> (8754), but maketh <01156> (8750) his petition <01159> three <08532> times <02166> a day <03118>.
14 Then <0116> the king <04430>, when he heard <08086> (8754) these words <04406>, was sore <07690> displeased <0888> (8754) with himself, and set <07761> (8754) his heart <01079> on <05922> Daniel <01841> to deliver <07804> (8756) him: and he laboured <01934> (8754) <07712> (8723) till <05705> the going down <04606> of the sun <08122> to deliver <05338> (8682) him.
15 Then <0116> these <0479> men <01400> assembled <07284> (8684) unto <05922> the king <04430> , and said <0560> (8750) unto the king <04430>, Know <03046> (8747), O king <04430>, that the law <01882> of the Medes <04076> and Persians <06540> is, That no <03606> decree <0633> nor statute <07010> which the king <04430> establisheth <06966> (8681) may be changed <08133> (8682).
16 Then <0116> the king <04430> commanded <0560> (8754), and they brought <0858> (8684) Daniel <01841>, and cast <07412> (8754) him into the den <01358> of lions <0744>. Now the king <04430> spake <06032> (8750) and said <0560> (8750) unto Daniel <01841>, Thy God <0426> whom thou <0607> servest <06399> (8750) continually <08411>, he will deliver <07804> (8755) thee.
17 And a <02298> stone <069> was brought <0858> (8717), and laid <07761> (8752) upon <05922> the mouth <06433> of the den <01358>; and the king <04430> sealed <02857> (8754) it with his own signet <05824>, and with the signet <05824> of his lords <07261>; that the purpose <06640> might not <03809> be changed <08133> (8748) concerning Daniel <01841>.
18 # Then <0116> the king <04430> went <0236> (8754) to his palace <01965>, and passed the night <0956> (8754) fasting <02908>: neither <03809> were instruments <01761> of musick brought <05954> (8684) before <06925> him: and his sleep <08139> went <05075> (8754) from him <05922>.
19 Then <0116> the king <04430> arose <06966> (8748) very early <08238> in the morning <05053>, and went <0236> (8754) in haste <0927> (8726) unto the den <01358> of lions <0744>.
20 And when he came <07127> (8749) to the den <01358>, he cried <02200> (8754) with a lamentable <06088> (8750) voice <07032> unto Daniel <01841>: and the king <04430> spake <06032> (8750) and said <0560> (8750) to Daniel <01841>, O Daniel <01841>, servant <05649> of the living <02417> God <0426>, is thy God <0426>, whom thou servest <06399> (8750) continually <08411>, able <03202> (8754) to deliver <07804> (8756) thee from <04481> the lions <0744>?
21 Then <0116> said <04449> (8745) Daniel <01841> unto <05974> the king <04430>, O king <04430> , live <02418> (8747) for ever <05957>.
22 My God <0426> hath sent <07972> (8754) his angel <04398>, and hath shut <05463> (8754) the lions <0744>' mouths <06433>, that they have not <03809> hurt <02255> (8745) me: forasmuch as <03606> <06903> before <06925> him innocency <02136> was found <07912> (8728) in me; and also <0638> before <06925> thee, O king <04430>, have I done <05648> (8754) no <03809> hurt <02248>.
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23 Then <0116> was the king <04430> exceeding <07690> glad <02868> (8754) for him <05922>, and commanded <0560> (8754) that they should take <05267> <00> Daniel <01841> up <05267> (8682) out of <04481> the den <01358>. So Daniel <01841> was taken up <05267> (8717) out of <04481> the den <01358>, and no <03809> manner <03606> of hurt <02257> was found <07912> (8728) upon him, because he believed <0540> (8684) in his God <0426> .
24 And the king <04430> commanded <0560> (8754), and they brought <0858> (8684) those <0479> men <01400> which had accused <0399> (8754) <07170> Daniel <01841>, and they cast <07412> (8754) them into the den <01358> of lions <0744>, them <0581>, their children <01123>, and their wives <05389>; and the lions <0744> had the mastery <05705> <07981> (8754) of them, and brake <01855> <00> all <03606> their bones <01635> in pieces <01855> (8684) or ever <03809> they came <04291> (8754) at the bottom <0773> of the den <01358>.
25 # Then <0116> king <04430> Darius <01868> wrote <03790> (8754) unto all <03606> people <05972> , nations <0524>, and languages <03961>, that dwell <01753> (8748) in all <03606> the earth <0772>; Peace <08001> be multiplied <07680> (8748) unto you.
26 I <04481> <06925> make <07761> (8752) a decree <02942>, That in every <03606> dominion <07985> of my kingdom <04437> men tremble <01934> (8748) <02112> and fear <01763> (8751) before <04481> <06925> the God <0426> of Daniel <01841>: for he is the living <02417> God <0426>, and stedfast <07011> for ever <05957> , and his kingdom <04437> that which shall not <03809> be destroyed <02255> (8721), and his dominion <07985> shall be even unto <05705> the end <05491>.
27 He delivereth <07804> (8757) and rescueth <05338> (8683), and he worketh <05648> (8751) signs <0852> and wonders <08540> in heaven <08065> and in earth <0772>, who hath delivered <07804> (8758) Daniel <01841> from <04481> the power <03028> of the lions <0744>.
28 So this <01836> Daniel <01841> prospered <06744> (8684) in the reign <04437> of Darius <01868>, and in the reign <04437> of Cyrus <03567> the Persian <06543>.