OET-RV GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
OET-RV G DAN Intro C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14
OET-RV DNG 6 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28
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6 It pleased Dareyavesh to set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty local governors, who should be throughout the whole kingdom; 2 and over them three presidents, of whom Daniyel was one; that these local governors might give account to them, and that the king should suffer no loss. 3 Then this Daniyel was distinguished above the presidents and the local governors, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
4 Then the presidents and the local governors tried to find occasion against Daniyel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. There wasn’t any error or fault found in him. 5 Then these men said, “We won’t find any occasion against this Daniyel, unless we find it against him about his god’s law.”
6 Then these presidents and local governors assembled together to the king, and said this to him, “King Dareyavesh, live forever! 7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the local governors, the counsellors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong decree, that anyone who asks a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, Oh king, he’ll be thrown into the den of lions. 8 Now, Oh king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it not be changed, according to the law of the Madim (Medes) and Persians, which doesn’t alter.” 9 Therefore King Dareyavesh signed the writing and the decree.
10 When Daniyel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room towards Yerushalem (Jerusalem)) and he knelt on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his god, as he did before. 11 Then these men assembled together, and found Daniyel making petition and supplication before his god. 12 Then they came near, and spoke before the king about the king’s decree: “Haven’t you signed a decree that every man who makes a petition to any god or man within thirty days, except to you, Oh king, will be thrown into the den of lions?”
The king answered, “This thing is true, according to the law of the Madim and Persians, which doesn’t alter.”
13 Then they replied before the king, “That Daniyel, who’s of the children of the captivity of Yehudah (Judah), doesn’t respect you, Oh king, nor the decree that you’ve signed, but makes his petition three times a day.” 14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was very displeased, and set his heart on Daniyel to deliver him; and he laboured until the going down of the sun to rescue him.
15 Then these men assembled together to the king, and said to the king, “Know, Oh king, that it’s a law of the Madim and Persians, that no decree nor statute which the king establishes may be changed.”
16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniyel, and threw him into the den of lions. The king spoke and said to Daniyel, “Your god whom you serve continually, he’ll deliver you.”
17 A stone was brought, and laid on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords, that nothing might be changed about Daniyel. 18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting. No musical instruments were brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.
6:19 God rescues Daniyel
19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste to the den of lions. 20 When he came near to the den to Daniyel, he cried with a troubled voice. The king spoke and said to Daniyel, “Daniyel, servant of the living god, is your god, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?”
21 Then Daniyel said to the king, “Oh king, live forever! 22 My god has sent his angel, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they haven’t hurt me; because I’m innocent in his sight. Also before you, Oh king, I’ve done no harm.”
23 Then the king was extremely glad, and commanded that they should take Daniyel up out of the den. So Daniyel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he’d trusted in his god.
24 The king commanded, and they brought those men who’d accused Daniyel, and they threw them into the den of lions—them, their children, and their wives; and the lions mauled them and broke all their bones in pieces before they came to the bottom of the den.
25 Then King Dareyavesh (Darius) wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who live in all the earth:
“Peace be multiplied to you.
26 “I make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the god of Daniyel;
“for he’s the living god,
and steadfast forever.
His kingdom is that which won’t be destroyed.
His dominion will be even to the end.
27 He delivers and rescues.
He works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth,
who’s delivered Daniyel from the power of the lions.”
28 So this Daniyel prospered in the reign of Dareyavesh (Darius), and in the reign of Koresh (Cyrus) the Persian.
OET-RV G DAN Intro C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14