Dan 6 | ABEn | STEP | And it was pleasing before Darius, and he placed over the kingdom [ 3 satraps 1 a hundred 2 twenty], for them to be in [ 2 entire 3 kingdom 1 his].

Daniel 6

CHAPTER 6 Darius Places Daniel Over the Satraps

1 And it was pleasing before Darius, and he placed over the kingdom [³satraps ¹a hundred ²twenty], for them to be in [²entire ³kingdom ¹his]. 2 And above them [²tacticians ¹three], which Daniel was one of them, for the [²to render ⁴to them ¹satraps ³a reckoning], so that the king should not be troubled. 3 And Daniel was over them, for [²spirit ¹extra] was in him, and the king placed him over [²entire ³kingdom ¹his]. 4 And the tacticians and the satraps sought an excuse to find something against Daniel; and any excuse, or transgression, or error they did not find against him, for he was trustworthy. 5 And [³said ¹the ²tacticians], We did not find against Daniel an excuse unless it be in the laws of his God. 6 Then the tacticians, and the satraps stood beside the king. And they said to him, O king Darius, [²into ³the ⁴eons ¹live]! 7 [⁵took counsel ¹All ²the ones ³over ⁴your kingdom] -- the commandants, and satraps, the supreme leaders, and toparchs, to establish [²position ¹a royal], and to strengthen an enactment, so that whoever should ask a request from any god or man, for [²days ¹thirty], except from you, O king, shall be put into the pit of the lions. 8 Now then, O king, establish the enactment, and display in writing how [⁶should not ⁷be changed ¹the ²decree ³of the Persians ⁴and ⁵Medes]! 9 Then king Darius gave orders to write the decree. 10 And when Daniel knew that [³was arranged ¹the ²decree], he went into his house, and the windows were open to him in his upper rooms before Jerusalem. And [²times ¹three] of the day he was bending upon his knees, and praying, and making acknowledgment before his God, as he was doing before. 11 Then those men closely watched, and they found Daniel petitioning and beseeching his God. 12 And coming forward, they say to the king, O king, did you not [²an enactment ¹order] so that every man who ever should ask from any God or man a request unto [²days ¹thirty], except from you, O king, shall be put into the pit of lions? And [³said ¹the ²king], [³is true ¹The ²word], and the decree of the Medes and Persians shall not pass.

Daniel Thrown into the Lion's Pit

13 Then they responded, and they spoke before the king, saying, Daniel, the one from the sons of the captivity of Judea was not submitted to your decree; and [²times ¹three] of the day he asks of his God the requests of his. 14 Then the king, as he heard the saying, [²much ¹fretted] over him; and concerning Daniel he struggled to rescue him, and until evening he was struggling to rescue him. 15 Then those men say to the king, Know, O king! that the decree of the Medes and Persians, every enactment and position which the king shall establish must not be altered. 16 Then the king spoke, and they led Daniel, and they put him into the pit of the lions. But [³said ¹the ²king] to Daniel, Your God in whom you serve continually, he will rescue you. 17 And they brought [²stone ¹one], and they placed it upon the mouth of the pit, and [³set seal on it ¹the ²king] with his ring, and with the ring of his great men; so that [²should not ³be changed ¹the thing] with regard to Daniel. 18 And [³went forth ¹the ²king] unto his house, and he went to bed supperless; and food was not carried in to him, and sleep left from him. 19 Then the king rose up in the morning at the light. And in haste he came unto the pit of the lions. 20 And at his approaching to the pit [²to ³Daniel ¹he yelled ⁵voice ⁴a strong], Daniel, O servant of the living God, your God in whom you serve continually, was he able to rescue you from out of the mouth of the lions? 21 And Daniel said to the king, O king, [²into ³the ⁴eons ¹live]! 22 My God sent his angel, and he obstructed the mouths of the lions, and they did not lay me waste; for before him uprightness was found in me; and even before you, O king, [³a transgression ¹I did not ²commit].

Daniel's Accusers Are Thrown into the Pit

23 Then the king felt much good over him, and spoke for Daniel to be brought from out of the pit. And they bore Daniel from out of the pit, and all hurt was not found on him, for he trusted in his God. 24 And [³spoke ¹the ²king], and they led the men, the ones accusing Daniel, and [³into ⁴the ⁵pit ⁶of the ⁷lions ¹they put ²them], and their sons, and their wives. And they did not come unto the floor of the pit before [³dominated ⁴them ¹the ²lions], and [²all ³of their bones ¹made fine]. 25 Then Darius the king wrote to all the peoples, tribes, and languages, to the ones living in all the earth, saying, Peace be multiplied unto you. 26 From my presence I made a decree for the one in every rule of my kingdom to be trembling and fearing from the face of the God of Daniel. For he is the living God, and the one abiding into the eons, and his kingdom shall not be destroyed, and his dominion is unto the end. 27 He takes hold of and he rescues, and he produces signs and miracles in the heaven and upon the earth, who rescued Daniel from the mouth of the lions. 28 And Daniel prospered during the kingdom of Darius, and during the kingdom of Cyrus the Persian.