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Parallel DAN 6:12

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BI Dan 6:12 ©

Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal(All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV)Then they approached the king and reminded him about the law, “Didn’t you introduce a law that within thirty days, any man who makes a petition to any god or man, except to you, your majesty, must be thrown into the lions’ den?”
¶ Yes, that’s correct,” answered the king. “It can’t be revoked now according to the law of the Medes and Persians.”

OET-LV[fn] then men_the these they_came_as_a_crowd and_found to/for_Dāniyyʼēl asking and_seeking_mercy before god_of_his.


6:12 Note: KJB: Dān.6.11

UHB13 בֵּ֠⁠אדַיִן קְרִ֨יבוּ וְ⁠אָמְרִ֥ין קֳדָם־מַלְכָּ⁠א֮ עַל־אֱסָ֣ר מַלְכָּ⁠א֒ הֲ⁠לָ֧א אֱסָ֣ר רְשַׁ֗מְתָּ דִּ֣י כָל־אֱנָ֡שׁ דִּֽי־יִבְעֵה֩ מִן־כָּל־אֱלָ֨הּ וֶֽ⁠אֱנָ֜שׁ עַד־יוֹמִ֣ין תְּלָתִ֗ין לָהֵן֙ מִנָּ֣⁠ךְ מַלְכָּ֔⁠א יִתְרְמֵ֕א לְ⁠ג֖וֹב אַרְיָותָ֑⁠א עָנֵ֨ה מַלְכָּ֜⁠א וְ⁠אָמַ֗ר יַצִּיבָ֧א מִלְּתָ֛⁠א כְּ⁠דָת־מָדַ֥י וּ⁠פָרַ֖ס דִּי־לָ֥א תֶעְדֵּֽא׃
   (13 bē⁠ʼdayin qəriyⱱū və⁠ʼāmərin qₒdām-malkā⁠ʼ ˊal-ʼₑşār malkā⁠ʼ hₐ⁠lāʼ ʼₑşār rəshamtā diy kāl-ʼₑnāsh diy-yiⱱˊēh min-kāl-ʼₑlāh ve⁠ʼₑnāsh ˊad-yōmin təlātin lāhēn minnā⁠k malkā⁠ʼ yitrəmēʼ lə⁠gōⱱ ʼaryāvtā⁠ʼ ˊānēh malkā⁠ʼ və⁠ʼāmar yaʦʦīⱱāʼ millətā⁠ʼ kə⁠dāt-māday ū⁠fāraş -lāʼ teˊdēʼ.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXXNo BrLXX DAN book available

BrTrNo BrTr DAN book available

ULTThen they approached and spoke before the king about the injunction of the king: “Did you not sign an injunction that any man who makes a petition to any god or man within thirty days, except to you, O king, must be thrown into the den of lions?” The king answered and said, “The matter is certain, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be revoked.”

USTSo they returned to the king and said to him, “ Do you remember that you wrote a law stating that for the next thirty days people may pray only to you, and if anyone prays to anyone else, either to a human or to a god, he will be thrown into a pit of lions?” The king replied, “Yes, that is the law that I wrote. It is a law of our governments of Media and Persia, which cannot be canceled.”

BSBSo 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.”

MSB (Same as above)


OEBSo they went before the king and spoke to him about the royal command: ‘Have you not signed a command, that everyone who asks a petition of any person or god within thirty days, except of you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions?’ The king answered, ‘The rule is fixed according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed.’

WEBBEThen they came near, and spoke before the king concerning 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, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?”
¶ The king answered, “This thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NETSo 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.”

LSVthen they have come near, indeed, they are saying before the king concerning the king’s interdict: “Have you not signed an interdict, that any man who seeks from any god and man until thirty days, except of you, O king, is cast into a den of lions?” The king has answered and said, “The thing [is] certain as a law of Media and Persia, that does not pass away.”

FBVThey went to the king right away and asked him about the decree. “Didn't Your Majesty sign a decree that for the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human being except you, Your Majesty, shall be thrown into the lions' den?”
¶ “I certainly did!” the king replied. “The decree stands. According to the law of the Medes and the Persians it cannot be revoked.”

T4TSo they returned to the king and said to him, “Do you remember that you wrote a law stating that for the next thirty days people may pray only to you, and if anyone prays to anyone else, either to a human or to a god, he will be thrown into a pit of lions?”
¶ The king replied, “Yes, that is the law that I wrote. It is a law of our governments of Media and Persia, which cannot be canceled.”

LEBNo LEB DAN book available

BBEThen they came near before the king and said, O King, have you not put your name to an order that any man who makes a request to any god or man but you, O King, for thirty days, is to be put into the lions' hole? The king made answer and said, The thing is fixed by the law of the Medes and Persians which may not come to an end.

MoffNo Moff DAN book available

JPS(6-13) Then they came near, and spoke 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 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.'

ASVThen 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.

DRAAnd they came and spoke to the king concerning the edict: O king, hast thou not decreed, that every man that should make a request to any of the gods, or men, for thirty days, but to thyself, O king, should be cast into the den of the lions? And the king answered them, saying: The word is true according to the decree of the Medes and Persians, which it is not lawful to violate.

YLTthen 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.'

DrbyThen they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king's decree: Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask [anything] of any [fn]god or man within thirty days, except 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 may not be revoked.


6.12 Elohim

RVThen 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.
   (Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s interdict; Hast thou/you not signed an interdict, that every man that shall make petition unto any god or man within thirty days, save unto thee/you, Oh 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. )

SLTAt that time they drew near, and saying before the king concerning the interdict of the king, Didst thou not sign an interdict that every man that shall seek from any God and man even for thirty days, except from thee, O King, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The word is certain, according to the law of Media and Persia, that shall not pass away.

WbstrThen they came near, and spoke 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.

KJB-1769Then 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.
   (Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou/you not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee/you, Oh 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. )

KJB-1611Then they came neere, and spake before the king concerning the kings decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that euery man that shall aske a petition of any God or man, within thirty dayes, saue of thee, O king, shalbe cast into the denne of Lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
   (Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the kings decree; Hast thou/you not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man, within thirty days, save of thee/you, Oh 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.)

BshpsNo Bshps DAN book available

GnvaSo they came and, spake vnto the King concerning the Kings decree, Hast thou not sealed the decree, that euery man that shall make a request to any god or man within thirtie dayes, saue to thee, O King, shall be cast into the denne of lyons? The King answered, and sayd, The thing is true, according to the Lawe of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
   (So they came and, spake unto the King concerning the Kings decree, Hast thou/you not sealed the decree, that every man that shall make a request to any god or man within thirty days, save to thee/you, Oh 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. )

CvdlNo Cvdl DAN book available

WyclNo Wycl DAN book available

LuthNo Luth DAN book available

ClVgEt accedentes locuti sunt regi super edicto: Rex, numquid non constituisti ut omnis homo qui rogaret quemquam de diis et hominibus usque ad dies triginta, nisi te, rex, mitteretur in lacum leonum? Ad quos respondens rex, ait: Verus est sermo juxta decretum Medorum atque Persarum, quod prævaricari non licet.
   (And accedentes spoke are to_rule over edicto: Rex, is_it not/no constituisti as everyone human who rogaret whichquam from/about godss and to_manbus until to days triginta, except you(sg), king, sendretur in/into/on lake leonum? To which responding king, he_said: Verus it_is speech next_to decretum Medorum and_yet Persarum, that beforevaricari not/no licet. )

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HAPHebrew accents and phrasing: See Allan Johnson's Hebrew accents and phrasing analysis.

TSNTyndale Study Notes:

6:1-28 God rescued and delivered his faithful servant Daniel (5:23; 6:20), whereas Belshazzar’s dead gods could not save him.


UTNuW Translation Notes:

הֲ⁠לָ֧א אֱסָ֣ר רְשַׁ֗מְתָּ דִּ֣י כָל־אֱנָ֡שׁ דִּֽי־יִבְעֵה֩ מִן־כָּל־אֱלָ֨הּ וֶֽ⁠אֱנָ֜שׁ עַד־יוֹמִ֣ין תְּלָתִ֗ין לָהֵן֙ מִנָּ֣⁠ךְ מַלְכָּ֔⁠א יִתְרְמֵ֕א לְ⁠ג֖וֹב אַרְיָותָ֑⁠א

(Some words not found in UHB: then men,the these came_by_agreement and,found to/for=Dāniyyʼēl praying and,seeking_mercy before god_of,his )

They asked this question to make the king confirm that he had made the decree.

לְ⁠ג֖וֹב אַרְיָותָ֑⁠א

(Some words not found in UHB: then men,the these came_by_agreement and,found to/for=Dāniyyʼēl praying and,seeking_mercy before god_of,his )

This may refer to a room or pit where lions were kept. See how you translated this in [Daniel 6:7](../06/07.md).

BI Dan 6:12 ©