Daniel 6:12
Strong's Lexicon
So
בֵּ֠אדַיִן (bê·ḏa·yin)
Preposition-b | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 116: 1) then, afterwards, thereupon, from that time

they approached
קְרִ֨יבוּ (qə·rî·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7127: 1) to approach, come near 1a) (P'al) to approach 1b) (Pael) to offer, draw near 1c) (Aphel) to be summoned

the king
מַלְכָּא֮ (mal·kā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 4430: 1) king

and asked
וְאָמְרִ֥ין (wə·’ā·mə·rîn)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 560: 1) (P'al) to say, to speak, to command, to tell, to relate

קֳדָם־ (qo·ḏām-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 6925: 1) before, in front of 1a) before 1b) from before

about
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5922: 1) upon, over, on account of, above, to, against 1a) upon, over, on account of, regarding, concerning, on behalf of 1b) over (with verbs of ruling) 1c) above, beyond (in comparison) 1d) to, against (of direction)

his royal
מַלְכָּא֒ (mal·kā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 4430: 1) king

decree:
אֱסָ֣ר (’ĕ·sār)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 633: 1) interdict, decree, decree of restriction

“Did you not
הֲלָ֧א (hă·lā)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3809: 1) no, not, nothing

sign
רְשַׁ֗מְתָּ (rə·šam·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7560: 1) to inscribe, sign 1a) (P'al) to inscribe, sign 1b) (P'al) 1b1) to be inscribed, be written 1b2) to be signed

a decree
אֱסָ֣ר (’ĕ·sār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 633: 1) interdict, decree, decree of restriction

that
דִּ֣י ()
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 1768: part of relation 1) who, which, that mark of genitive 2) that of, which belongs to, that conj 3) that, because

for
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5705: prep 1) even to, until, up to, during conj 2) until, up to the time that, ere that

thirty
תְּלָתִ֗ין (tə·lā·ṯîn)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 8533: 1) thirty

days
יוֹמִ֣ין (yō·w·mîn)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3118: 1) day 2) day always refers to a twenty-four hour period when the word is modified by a definite or cardinal number

any
כָל־ (ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3606: 1) all, whole, the whole 1a) the whole of, all 1b) every, any, none

man
אֱנָ֡שׁ (’ĕ·nāš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 606: 1) man, human being 2) mankind (collective)

who
דִּֽי־ (dî-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 1768: part of relation 1) who, which, that mark of genitive 2) that of, which belongs to, that conj 3) that, because

petitions
יִבְעֵה֩ (yiḇ·‘êh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1156: 1) to ask, seek, request, desire, pray, make petition 1a) (P'al) 1a1) to ask, request 1a2) to seek (for favour)

מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4481: 1) from, out of, by, by reason of, at, more than 1a) from, out of (of place) 1b) from, by, as a result of, by reason of, at, according to, (of source) 1c) from (of time) 1d) beyond, more than (in comparisons)

any
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3606: 1) all, whole, the whole 1a) the whole of, all 1b) every, any, none

god
אֱלָ֨הּ (’ĕ·lāh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 426: 1) god, God 1a) god, heathen deity 1b) God (of Israel)

or man
וֶֽאֱנָ֜שׁ (we·’ĕ·nāš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 606: 1) man, human being 2) mankind (collective)

except you,
לָהֵן֙ (lā·hên)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3861: 1) therefore 2) except, but 2a) except (with negative) 2b) however, but

מִנָּ֣ךְ (min·nāḵ)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4481: 1) from, out of, by, by reason of, at, more than 1a) from, out of (of place) 1b) from, by, as a result of, by reason of, at, according to, (of source) 1c) from (of time) 1d) beyond, more than (in comparisons)

O king,
מַלְכָּ֔א (mal·kā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 4430: 1) king

will be thrown
יִתְרְמֵ֕א (yiṯ·rə·mê)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7412: 1) to cast, throw 1a) (P'al) 1a1) to cast 1a2) to throw 1a2a) of tribute (fig) 1b) (Peil) 1b1) to be cast 1b2) to be placed, be set 1c) (Ithp'el) to be cast

into the den
לְג֖וֹב (lə·ḡō·wḇ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1358: 1) pit, den (of lions)

of lions ?”
אַרְיָותָ֑א (’ar·yā·w·ṯā)
Noun - masculine plural determinate
Strong's Hebrew 744: 1) lion

The king
מַלְכָּ֜א (mal·kā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 4430: 1) king

וְאָמַ֗ר (wə·’ā·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 560: 1) (P'al) to say, to speak, to command, to tell, to relate

replied,
עָנֵ֨ה (‘ā·nêh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6032: 1) to answer, respond 1a) (P'al) 1a1) to answer, make reply 1a2) to respond

“According to the law
כְּדָת־ (kə·ḏāṯ-)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1882: 1) decree, law 1a) a decree (of the king) 1b) law 1c) law (of God)

of the Medes
מָדַ֥י (mā·ḏay)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4076: Medes = 'middle land' n pr m 1) an inhabitant of Media n pr loc 2) the territory inhabited by the Medes 2a) located northwest of Persia proper, south and southwest of the Caspian Sea, east of Armenia and Assyria, and west and northwest of the great salt desert of Iram

and Persians,
וּפָרַ֖ס (ū·p̄ā·ras)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6540: Persia = 'pure' or 'splendid' 1) the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south 1a) Persia proper was bounded on the west by Susiana or Elam, on the north by Media, on the south by the Persian Gulf and on the east by Carmania Persian = see Persia 'pure' or 'splendid' 2) the people of the Persian empire

דִּי־ (dî-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 1768: part of relation 1) who, which, that mark of genitive 2) that of, which belongs to, that conj 3) that, because

the order
מִלְּתָ֛א (mil·lə·ṯā)
Noun - feminine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 4406: 1) word, thing 1a) word, utterance, command 1b) thing, affair, matter

stands
יַצִּיבָ֧א (yaṣ·ṣî·ḇā)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3330: n 1) the truth adv 2) surely, reliably, truly adj 3) reliable, true, certain, sure

and it cannot
לָ֥א ()
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3809: 1) no, not, nothing

be repealed.”
תֶעְדֵּֽא׃ (ṯe‘·dê)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5709: 1) to pass on, pass away 1a)(P'al) 1a1) to pass on, pass over 1a2) to pass away 1b) (Aphel) to take away, remove, depose

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
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.”

Young's Literal Translation
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Holman Christian Standard Bible
So they approached the king and asked about his edict: “ Didn’t you sign an edict that for 30 days any man who petitions any god or man except you, the king, will be thrown into the lions’ den ? ” The king answered, “ As a law of the Medes and Persians, the order stands and is irrevocable .”

New American Standard Bible
Then they approached and spoke before the king about the king's injunction, "Did you not sign an injunction that any man who makes a petition to any god or man besides you, O king, for thirty days, is to be cast into the lions' den?" The king replied, "The statement is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be revoked."

King James Bible
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.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
So they went to the king and spoke to him about his royal decree: "Did you not publish a decree that during the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human being except to you, Your Majesty, would be thrown into the lions' den?" The king answered, "The decree stands--in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed."

New Living Translation
So they went straight to the king and reminded him about his law. "Did you not sign a law that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human--except to you, Your Majesty--will be thrown into the den of lions?" "Yes," the king replied, "that decision stands; it is an official law of the Medes and Persians that cannot be revoked."

English Standard Version
Then they came near and said before the king, concerning the injunction, “O king! Did you not sign an injunction, that anyone who makes petition to any god or man within thirty days except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?” The king answered and said, “The thing stands fast, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be revoked.”

New American Standard Bible
Then they approached and spoke before the king about the king's injunction, "Did you not sign an injunction that any man who makes a petition to any god or man besides you, O king, for thirty days, is to be cast into the lions' den?" The king replied, "The statement is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be revoked."

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So they approached the king and asked about his edict: "Didn't you sign an edict that for 30 days any man who petitions any god or man except you, the king, will be thrown into the lions' den?" The king answered, "As a law of the Medes and Persians, the order stands and is irrevocable."

International Standard Version
So they approached the king and asked, "Didn't you sign an edict that for the next 30 days if anyone prays to any god or man, except to you, your majesty, he would be thrown into the lions' pit?" The king responded, "The decree has been established, in accordance with the laws of the Medes and Persians that can't be repealed."

NET Bible
So they approached the king and said to him, "Did you not issue an edict to the effect that for the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human other than to you, O king, would be thrown into a den of lions?" The king replied, "That is correct, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed."

American Standard Version
Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's interdict: Hast thou not signed an interdict, that every man that shall make petition unto any god or man within thirty days, save unto 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.

English Revised Version
Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's interdict; Hast thou not signed an interdict, that every man that shall make petition unto any god or man within thirty days, save unto 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.

Young's Literal Translation
then they have come near, yea, they are saying before the king concerning the king's interdict: 'Hast thou not signed an interdict, that any man who seeketh from any god and man until thirty days, save of thee, O king, is cast into a den of lions?' Answered hath the king, and said, 'The thing is certain as a law of Media and Persia, that doth not pass away.'
















Cross References
Acts 16:19
And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,

Esther 1:19
If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

Daniel 3:8
Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.

Daniel 3:10
Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:

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.

Daniel 6:15
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.

Daniel 1:1
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

Daniel 6:11
Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.

Daniel 6:10
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

Daniel 6:9
Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

Daniel 6:13
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.
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