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Daniel 6:9

Darius

7 All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions.

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sign the document so that it cannot be changed—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”

Therefore King Darius signed the written decree.

10 Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.

11 Then these men went as a group and found Daniel petitioning and imploring his God.

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BSB
Therefore King Darius signed the written decree.
KJV
Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
WEB
Therefore King Darius signed the writing and the decree.
ASV
Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.
DARBY
Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
BLB
All because of this, King Darius signed the writing and the decree.
ÅB
I overensstemmelse hermed lot kong Darius sette opp en skrivelse med et slikt forbud.
OTB
Slik satte kong Darius sin signatur på det skriftlige dekretet.
B1930
I overensstemmelse hermed lot kong Darius sette op en skrivelse med et sådant forbud.

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