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Dan. 6:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted togetherm to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm ηdecree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

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Psa. 2:2• ²The kings of the earth set themselves, and the princes plot together, against Jehovah and against his anointed: (Psa. 2:2)

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or, interdict.

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Counselor,

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Governor,

King,

Lion,

president,

Prince; Princess

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Dan. 6:2‑3• ²and over these, three presidents--of whom Daniel was one--to whom these satraps should render account, and that the king should suffer no loss.
³Now this Daniel surpassed the presidents and the satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to appoint him over the whole realm. (Dan. 6:2‑3)

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Dan. 3:2,27• ²And Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the justices, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
²⁷And the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had had no power, nor was the hair of their head singed, neither were their hosen changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them. (Dan. 3:2,27)

have consulted.

Psa. 2:2• ²The kings of the earth set themselves, and the princes plot together, against Jehovah and against his anointed: (Psa. 2:2)

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Psa. 59:3• ³For behold, they lie in wait for my soul; strong ones are gathered against me: not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah. (Psa. 59:3)

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Psa. 62:4• ⁴They only consult to thrust him down from his excellency; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but in their inward part they curse. Selah. (Psa. 62:4)

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Psa. 83:1‑3• ¹A Song; a Psalm of Asaph. O God, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not still, O *God:
²For behold, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee lift up the head.
³They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult against thy hidden ones: (Psa. 83:1‑3)

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Psa. 94:20• ²⁰Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law? (Psa. 94:20)

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Mic. 6:5• ⁵My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteousness of Jehovah. (Mic. 6:5)

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Matt. 12:14• ¹⁴But the Pharisees, having gone out, took counsel against him, how they might destroy him. (Matt. 12:14)

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Matt. 26:4• ⁴and took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him; (Matt. 26:4)

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Mark 15:1• ¹And immediately in the morning the chief priests, having taken counsel with the elders and scribes and the whole sanhedrim, bound Jesus and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate. (Mark 15:1)

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John 12:10• ¹⁰But the chief priests took counsel that they might kill Lazarus also, (John 12:10)

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Acts 4:5‑7,26‑28• ⁵And it came to pass on the morrow that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem,
⁶and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the high priestly family;
⁷and having placed them in the midst they inquired, In what power or in what name have *ye* done this?
²⁶The kings of the earth were there, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ.
²⁷For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations, and peoples of Israel, have been gathered together in this city
²⁸to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had determined before should come to pass. (Acts 4:5‑7,26‑28)

decree.

or, interdict.

he shall.

Dan. 3:6,11• ⁶and whosoever doth not fall down and worship shall that same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
¹¹and that whosoever doth not fall down and worship, shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. (Dan. 3:6,11)

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Psa. 10:9• ⁹He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net. (Psa. 10:9)

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Nah. 2:12• ¹²The lion tore in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin. (Nah. 2:12)

• The displacement of God by man is seen even in Christendom; what wonder then if, after the church is gone, when the energy of Satan will be unlimited and unhindered, man publicly and avowedly assumes the place of God, even with approbation. (“Daniel 6” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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All the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects, and the satraps, the counsellors, and the governors have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decreeb, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

JND Translation Notes

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Strictly, "interdict," or "prohibition"; and so throughout, to ver. 15.