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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 The king answered, “The decree stands—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”
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.
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."
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.”
Then they came near
They went immediately from Daniel's house to the king's palace,
and into the king's presence; which they could do, either by
virtue of their offices, or being admitted by the proper officer
in waiting: and spake before the king concerning the king's
decree;
at first they said nothing about Daniel, but about the decree, to
get it recognized, and afresh ratified and confirmed; lest, under
some pretence or another, the king should change it: 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?
they do not say peremptorily that he had signed such a decree,
but put the question to him, that they might have it affirmed by
himself: the king answered and said, the thing is true,
according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not;
it is true that such a decree is made and signed, and it is an
unalterable one; such as is every established and signed decree
of the Medes and Persians: it is as if he had said, it is very
true what you put me in mind of, and I will never recede from it,
or nullify and make it void.