1It pleased6925 8232 Darius1868 to set6966 over5922 the kingdom4437 an hundred3969 and twenty6243 princes324, which should be1934 over the whole3606 kingdom4437;
2And over5924 these4481 three8532 presidents5632; of whom4481 Daniel1841 was first2298: that459 the princes324 might1934 give3052 accounts2941 unto them, and the king4430 should have1934 no3809 damage5142.
3Then116 this1836 Daniel1841 was1934 preferred5330 above5922 the presidents5632 and princes324, because3606 6903 an excellent3493 spirit7308 was in him; and the king4430 thought6246 to set6966 him over5922 the whole3606 realm4437.
4Then116 the presidents5632 and princes324 sought1934 1156 to find7912 occasion5931 against Daniel1841 concerning6655 the kingdom4437; but3606 they could3202 find7912 none3809 occasion5931 nor3809 fault7844; forasmuch6903 as he was faithful540, neither3809 was there any3606 error7960 or fault7844 found7912 in him5922.
5Then116 said560 these479 men1400, We shall not3809 find7912 any3606 occasion5931 against5922 this1836 Daniel1841, except3861 we find7912 it against him concerning the law1882 of his God426.
6Then116 these459 presidents5632 and princes324 assembled together7284 to the king4430, and said560 thus3652 unto him5922, King4430 Darius1868, live2418 for ever5957.
7All3606 the presidents5632 of the kingdom4437, the governors5460, and the princes324, the counsellors1907, and the captains6347, have consulted together3272 to establish6966 a royal4430 statute7010, and to make a firm8631 decree633, that whosoever shall ask1156 a petition1159 of4481 any3606 God426 or man606 for5705 thirty8533 days3118, save3861 of thee4481, O king4430, he shall be cast7412 into the den1358 of lions744.
8Now3705, O king4430, establish6966 the decree633, and sign7560 the writing3792, that it be not3809 changed8133, according to the law1882 of the Medes4076 and Persians6540, which altereth5709 not3809.
9Wherefore3606 1836 6903 king4430 Darius1868 signed7560 the writing3792 and the decree633.
10Now when Daniel1841 knew3046 that the writing3792 was signed7560, he went5954 into his house1005; and his windows3551 being open6606 in his chamber5952 toward5049 Jerusalem3390, he kneeled1289 upon5922 his knees1291 three8532 times2166 a day3118, and prayed6739, and gave thanks3029 before6925 his God426, as6903 3606 he did1934 5648 aforetime4481 1836 6928.
11Then116 these479 men1400 assembled7284, and found7912 Daniel1841 praying1156 and making supplication2604 before6925 his God426.
12Then116 they came near7127, and spake560 before6925 the king4430 concerning5922 the king's4430 decree633; Hast thou not3809 signed7560 a decree633, that every3606 man606 that shall ask1156 a petition of4481 any3606 God426 or man606 within5705 thirty8533 days3118, save3861 of thee4481, O king4430, shall be cast7412 into the den1358 of lions744? The king4430 answered6032 and said560, The thing4406 is true3330, according to the law1882 of the Medes4076 and Persians6540, which altereth5709 not3809.
13Then116 answered6032 they and said560 before6925 the king4430, That Daniel1841, which is of4481 the children1123 of the captivity1547 of Judah3061, regardeth7761 2942 not3809 thee5922, O king4430, nor the decree633 that thou hast signed7560, but maketh1156 his petition1159 three8532 times2166 a day3118.
14Then116 the king4430, when he heard8086 these words4406, was sore7690 displeased888 with himself, and set7761 his heart1079 on5922 Daniel1841 to deliver7804 him: and he laboured1934 7712 till5705 the going down4606 of the sun8122 to deliver5338 him.
15Then116 these479 men1400 assembled7284 unto5922 the king4430, and said560 unto the king4430, Know3046, O king4430, that the law1882 of the Medes4076 and Persians6540 is, That no3606 decree633 nor statute7010 which the king4430 establisheth6966 may be changed8133.
16Then116 the king4430 commanded560, and they brought858 Daniel1841, and cast7412 him into the den1358 of lions744. Now the king4430 spake6032 and said560 unto Daniel1841, Thy God426 whom thou607 servest6399 continually8411, he will deliver7804 thee.
17And a2298 stone69 was brought858, and laid7761 upon5922 the mouth6433 of the den1358; and the king4430 sealed2857 it with his own signet5824, and with the signet5824 of his lords7261; that the purpose6640 might not3809 be changed8133 concerning Daniel1841.
18Then116 the king4430 went236 to his palace1965, and passed the night956 fasting2908: neither3809 were instruments1761 of musick brought5954 before6925 him: and his sleep8139 went5075 from him5922.
19Then116 the king4430 arose6966 very early8238 in the morning5053, and went236 in haste927 unto the den1358 of lions744.
20And when he came7127 to the den1358, he cried2200 with a lamentable6088 voice7032 unto Daniel1841: and the king4430 spake6032 and said560 to Daniel1841, O Daniel1841, servant5649 of the living2417 God426, is thy God426, whom thou servest6399 continually8411, able3202 to deliver7804 thee from4481 the lions744?
21Then116 said4449 Daniel1841 unto5974 the king4430, O king4430, live2418 for ever5957.
22My God426 hath sent7972 his angel4398, and hath shut5463 the lions'744 mouths6433, that they have not3809 hurt2255 me: forasmuch as3606 6903 before6925 him innocency2136 was found7912 in me; and also638 before6925 thee, O king4430, have I done5648 no3809 hurt2248.
23Then116 was the king4430 exceeding7690 glad2868 for him5922, and commanded560 that they should take5267 Daniel1841 up5267 out of4481 the den1358. So Daniel1841 was taken up5267 out of4481 the den1358, and no3809 manner3606 of hurt2257 was found7912 upon him, because he believed540 in his God426.
24And the king4430 commanded560, and they brought858 those479 men1400 which had accused399 7170 Daniel1841, and they cast7412 them into the den1358 of lions744, them581, their children1123, and their wives5389; and the lions744 had the mastery5705 7981 of them, and brake1855 all3606 their bones1635 in pieces1855 or ever3809 they came4291 at the bottom773 of the den1358.
25Then116 king4430 Darius1868 wrote3790 unto all3606 people5972, nations524, and languages3961, that dwell1753 in all3606 the earth772; Peace8001 be multiplied7680 unto you.
26I4481 6925 make7761 a decree2942, That in every3606 dominion7985 of my kingdom4437 men tremble1934 2112 and fear1763 before4481 6925 the God426 of Daniel1841: for he is the living2417 God426, and stedfast7011 for ever5957, and his kingdom4437 that which shall not3809 be destroyed2255, and his dominion7985 shall be even unto5705 the end5491.
27He delivereth7804 and rescueth5338, and he worketh5648 signs852 and wonders8540 in heaven8065 and in earth772, who hath delivered7804 Daniel1841 from4481 the power3028 of the lions744.
28So this1836 Daniel1841 prospered6744 in the reign4437 of Darius1868, and in the reign4437 of Cyrus3567 the Persian6543.