Daniel 6:7
in Daniel 6All 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counsellors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong interdict, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
KJV
All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
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This verse in Daniel 6
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
All the presidents of the kingdom, the governor ... - Several functionaries are enumerated here who are not in the previous verses, as having entered into the conspiracy. It is possible, indeed, that all these different classes of officers had been consulted, and had concurred in asking the enactment of the proposed law; but it is much more probable that the leaders merely represented or affirmed what is here said in order to be more certain of the enactment of the law.
This site's exposition
King Darius, live for ever
on Daniel 6:6-9
The conspirators bring the king a decree engineered to look like flattery, thirty days of petitions to Darius alone, and press him to sign it according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not, a formula the bench sets directly beside the same unalterable law governing Esther's court. Barnes reads the appeal to the king's vanity, live for ever, as calculated to keep Darius from asking why such a decree is needed at all, and the trap closes the moment his signature is on the writing, since even a king who wished to reverse it now cannot. The chapter's real subject surfaces here before Daniel appears in the plot at all: a government whose law cannot bend also cannot pardon.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
But it was much worse, and an impudent affront to all religion, to forbid asking a petition of any god. It is by prayer that we give glory to God, fetch in mercy from God; and so keep up our communion with God; and to interdict prayer for thirty days is for so long to rob God of all the tribute he has from man and to rob man of all the comfort he has in God.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
They evidently exaggerated the case of the weak king, as if their request was that of all the officers in the empire. den of lions--an underground cave or pit, covered with a stone. It is an undesigned proof of genuineness, that the "fiery furnace" is not made the means of punishment here, as in Da 3:20; for the Persians were fire-worshippers, which the Babylonians were not.
The words behind it
31 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אִתְיָעַ֜טוּ | ʾityaatu | they took counsel together | H3272 → | |
| כֹּ֣ל׀ | kol | all | H3606 → | 82 times |
| סָרְכֵ֣י | sarekhei | [the] overseers of | H5632 → | 5 times |
| מַלְכוּתָ֗א | malkhuta' | kingdom the | H4437 → | 57 times |
| סִגְנַיָּ֤א | signaiya' | prefects the | H5460 → | 5 times |
| וַֽאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּא֙ | vaachashdarpenaiya' | and satraps the | H324 → | 9 times |
| הַדָּֽבְרַיָּ֣א | hadaveraiya' | counselors the | H1907 → | 4 times |
| וּפַחֲוָתָ֔א | ufachavata' | and governors the | H6347 → | 10 times |
| לְקַיָּמָ֤ה | lekaiyamah | to establish | H6966 → | 35 times |
| קְיָם֙ | keyam | [the] statute of | H7010 → | |
| מַלְכָּ֔א | malka' | king the | H4430 → | 180 times |
| וּלְתַקָּפָ֖ה | uletakafah | and to make stringent | H8631 → | 5 times |
| אֱסָ֑ר | ʾesar | a prohibition | H633 → | 7 times |
| דִּ֣י | di | that | H1768 → | 345 times |
| כָל־ | khol- | every | H3606 → | 82 times |
| דִּֽי־ | di- | [one] who | H1768 → | 345 times |
| יִבְעֵ֣ה | yiveh | he will ask | H1156 → | 12 times |
| בָ֠עוּ | vau | a petition | H1159 → | |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4481 → | 109 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | any | H3606 → | 82 times |
| אֱלָ֨הּ | ʾelah | god | H426 → | 95 times |
| וֶֽאֱנָ֜שׁ | veenash | and person | H606 → | 25 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5705 → | 35 times |
| יוֹמִ֣ין | yomin | days | H3118 → | 16 times |
| תְּלָתִ֗ין | telatin | thirty | H8533 → | |
| לָהֵן֙ | lahen | except | H3861 → | 7 times |
| מִנָּ֣ךְ | minakh | from you | H4481 → | 109 times |
| מַלְכָּ֔א | malka' | king O | H4430 → | 180 times |
| יִתְרְמֵ֕א | yitreme' | he will be thrown | H7412 → | 12 times |
| לְגֹ֖ב | lego | to [the] den of | H1358 → | 10 times |
| אַרְיָוָתָֽא׃ | ʾaryavata' | lions the | H744 → | 10 times |
אִתְיָעַ֜טוּthey took counsel together
ʾityaatuH3272 →
כֹּ֣ל׀all
kolH3606 →82 times
סָרְכֵ֣י[the] overseers of
sarekheiH5632 →5 times
מַלְכוּתָ֗אkingdom the
malkhuta'H4437 →57 times
סִגְנַיָּ֤אprefects the
signaiya'H5460 →5 times
וַֽאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּא֙and satraps the
vaachashdarpenaiya'H324 →9 times
הַדָּֽבְרַיָּ֣אcounselors the
hadaveraiya'H1907 →4 times
וּפַחֲוָתָ֔אand governors the
ufachavata'H6347 →10 times
לְקַיָּמָ֤הto establish
lekaiyamahH6966 →35 times
קְיָם֙[the] statute of
keyamH7010 →
מַלְכָּ֔אking the
malka'H4430 →180 times
וּלְתַקָּפָ֖הand to make stringent
uletakafahH8631 →5 times
אֱסָ֑רa prohibition
ʾesarH633 →7 times
דִּ֣יthat
diH1768 →345 times
כָל־every
khol-H3606 →82 times
דִּֽי־[one] who
di-H1768 →345 times
יִבְעֵ֣הhe will ask
yivehH1156 →12 times
בָ֠עוּa petition
vauH1159 →
מִן־from
min-H4481 →109 times
כָּל־any
kol-H3606 →82 times
אֱלָ֨הּgod
ʾelahH426 →95 times
וֶֽאֱנָ֜שׁand person
veenashH606 →25 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5705 →35 times
יוֹמִ֣יןdays
yominH3118 →16 times
תְּלָתִ֗יןthirty
telatinH8533 →
לָהֵן֙except
lahenH3861 →7 times
מִנָּ֣ךְfrom you
minakhH4481 →109 times
מַלְכָּ֔אking O
malka'H4430 →180 times
יִתְרְמֵ֕אhe will be thrown
yitreme'H7412 →12 times
לְגֹ֖בto [the] den of
legoH1358 →10 times
אַרְיָוָתָֽא׃lions the
ʾaryavata'H744 →10 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Daniel 3:27and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed,…
it leads to
- Isaiah 43:2
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched;…
- Hebrews 11:34
quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.
- Isaiah 43:2
Through
Psalms 59:3See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
it leads to
- Psalms 56:6
They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
- Psalms 69:4
Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
- 1 Samuel 24:11
See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion…
- Psalms 56:6
Through
Daniel 3:6And whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.”
it leads to
- Matthew 13:50
and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Matthew 13:42
And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Jeremiah 29:22
Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’
- Matthew 13:50
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About Daniel

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Daniel; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Book of Daniel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
