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Daniel 6:15

13 Then they told the king, “Daniel, one of the exiles from Judah, shows no regard for you, O king, or for the decree that you have signed. He still makes his petition three times a day.”

14 As soon as the king heard this, he was deeply distressed and set his mind on delivering Daniel, and he labored until sundown to rescue him.

Then the men approached the king together and said to him, “Remember, O king, that by the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or ordinance established by the king can be changed.”

16 So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!”

17 A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that nothing concerning Daniel could be changed.

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BSB
Then the men approached the king together and said to him, “Remember, O king, that by the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or ordinance established by the king can be changed.”
KJV
Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.
WEB
Then these men assembled together to the king, and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no decree nor statute which the king establishes may be changed.”
ASV
Then these men assembled together unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no interdict nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.
DARBY
Then these men came in a body unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.
BLB
Then these men went as a group upon the king, and were saying to the king: “Know, O king, that [it is] the law of the Mede and Persian that any decree or statute that the king establishes cannot be changed.”
ÅB
Da stormet disse menn inn på kongen og sa til ham: Vit, konge, at det gjelder den lov hos mederne og perserne at intet forbud og ingen forordning som kongen utsteder, kan forandres.
OTB
Så kom disse mennene samlet til kongen og sa: "Husk, o konge, at i henhold til medernes og persernes lov, kan ingen dekret eller forordning som kongen fastsetter, endres."
B1930
Da stormet disse menn inn på kongen og sa til ham: Vit, konge, at det gjelder den lov hos mederne og perserne at intet forbud og ingen forordning som kongen utsteder, kan forandres.

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  • Daniel 6:12

    So they approached the king and asked about his royal decree: “Did you not sign a decree that for thirty days any man who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions?” The king replied, “According to the law of the Medes and Persians the order stands, and it cannot be repealed.”

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  • Esther 8:8

    Now you may write in the king’s name as you please regarding the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. For a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”

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  • Psalms 94:20–21

    Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?

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  • Daniel 6:8

    Therefore, O king, establish the decree and sign the document so that it cannot be changed—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”

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