Daniel 6:9 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 6:9

Therefore King Darius signed the written decree.

BSB

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ASV

Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.

KJV

Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Wherefore King Darius signed the writing and the decree. Moved to it by the number and importunity of his principal men; and chiefly through affectation of deity, which this law gave him; and that he might have an opportunity of ingratiating himself into his new subjects by his munificence and liberality, not being aware of the snare laid for his favourite, Daniel.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Such a despotic decree is quite explicable by remembering that the king, as the incarnation of Ormuzd, might demand such an act of religious obedience as a test of loyalty. Persecuting laws are always made on false pretenses.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כָּל־	kol-	as to
קֳבֵ֖ל	ko.Vel	because	H6903 →
דְּנָ֑ה	de.Nah	this	H1836 →
מַלְכָּא֙	mal.Ka'	king the	H4430 →
דָּֽרְיָ֔וֶשׁ	da.re.Ya.vesh	Darius	H1868 →
רְשַׁ֥ם	re.Sham	he signed	H7560 →
כְּתָבָ֖א	ke.ta.Va'	writing the	H3792 →
וֶאֱסָרָֽא׃	ve.'e.sa.Ra'	and prohibition the	H633 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
leads to
- Psalms 118:8–9
  It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
- Jeremiah 17:5–6
  This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
- Isaiah 2:22
  Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
- Psalms 108:12
  Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
Through
Isaiah 2:22
Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
leads to
- Jeremiah 17:5
  This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
- Psalms 146:3
  Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
Through
Proverbs 6:2
if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,
leads to
- Proverbs 18:7
  A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
- Proverbs 12:13
  An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Daniel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Daniel