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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,{HR}And the princes have consulted together,{HR}Against Jehovah and against his anointed: (Psa. 2:2)

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or, interdict.

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Governor,

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Lion,

president,

Prince; Princess

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Dan. 6:2‑3• ²{i}and over these, three presidents—of whom Daniel was one—to whom these satraps should render account, and that the king should suffer no loss.{/i}
³{i}Now 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.{/i} (Dan. 6:2‑3)

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Dan. 3:2,27• ²{i}And 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.{/i}
²⁷{i}And 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.{/i} (Dan. 3:2,27)

have consulted.

Psa. 2:2• ²The kings of the earth set themselves,{HR}And the princes have consulted together,{HR}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;{HR}Strong ones assemble against me:{HR}Not [for] my transgression, not my sin, Jehovah. (Psa. 59:3)

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Psa. 62:4• ⁴Only they consult to thrust from his dignity;{HR}They delight in lies;{HR}They bless with their mouth,{HR}And in their inward part they curse. Selah. (Psa. 62:4)

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Psa. 83:1‑3• ¹A song, a psalm of Asaph.{HR}O God, keep not silence;{HR}Hold not thy peace and be not still, O God .
²For, behold, thine enemies make a tumult,{HR}And those that hate thee have lifted up the head.
³Against thy people they devise secret craft{HR}And consult against thy hidden ones. (Psa. 83:1‑3)

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Psa. 94:20• ²⁰Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee,{HR}Which frameth mischief by statute? (Psa. 94:20)

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Mic. 6:5• ⁵O my 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 went out and took counsel against him, how they might destroy him. (Matt. 12:14)

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

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Mark 15:1• ¹{i}And 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.{/i} (Mark 15:1)

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John 12:10• ¹⁰But the chief priests consulted 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
⁶were gathered together at Jerusalem, and Annas, the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of high priestly lineage,
⁷and having set them in the midst they enquired, By what power, or in what name, did ye this?
²⁶The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Anointed.
²⁷For of a truth in this city against thy holy servant Jesus whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate with Gentiles and peoples of Israel were gathered,
²⁸to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel foreordained to come to pass. (Acts 4:5‑7,26‑28)

decree.

or, interdict.

he shall.

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

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Psa. 10:9• ⁹He lieth in wait in the secret place like a lion in his covert;{HR}He lieth in wait to catch the afflicted;{HR}He catcheth the afflicted when he draweth him into his net. (Psa. 10:9)

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Nah. 2:12• ¹²The lion did tear 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.

W. Kelly 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 decree, 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.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)