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Daniel 6:15

13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.

14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.

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.

16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.

17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.

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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

    Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

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  • Esther 8:8

    Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring: for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may no man reverse.

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  • Psalms 94:20–21

    Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

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  • Daniel 6:8

    Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

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