Daniel 6:8
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Now, therefore, O king, confirm the sentence, and sign the decree: that what is decreed by the Medes and Persians may not be altered, nor any man be allowed to transgress it.

Esther 1:19
If it please thee, let an edict go out from thy presence, and let it be written according to the law of the Persians and of the Medes, which must not be altered, that Vasthi come in no more to the king, but another, that is better than her, be made queen in her place.

Esther 3:12
And the king's scribes were called in the first month Nisan, on the thirteenth day of the same mouth: and they wrote, as Aman had commanded, to all the king's lieutenants, and to the judges of the provinces, and of divers nations, as every nation could read, and hear according to their different languages, in the name of king Assuerus: and the letters, sealed with his ring,

Esther 8:8
Write ye therefore to the Jews, as it pleaseth you in the king's name, and seal the letters with my ring. For this was the custom, that no man durst gainsay the letters which were sent in the king's name, and were sealed with his ring.

Esther 8:10
And these letters which were sent in the king's name, were sealed with his ring, and sent by posts: who were to run through all the provinces, to prevent the former letters with new messages.

Isaiah 10:1
Woe to them that make wicked laws: and when they write, write injustice:

Daniel 5:28
PHARES: thy kingdom is divided, and is given to the Medes and Persians.

Daniel 6:12
And 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.

Daniel 6:15
But those men perceiving the king's design, said to him: Know thou, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, that no decree which the king hath made, may be altered.

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Now, therefore, O king, confirm the sentence, and sign the decree: that what is decreed by the Medes and Persians may not be altered, nor any man be allowed to transgress it.

establish.

Esther 3:12 And the king's scribes were called in the first month Nisan, on the thirteenth day of the same mouth: and they wrote, as Aman had commanded, to all the king's lieutenants, and to the judges of the provinces, and of divers nations, as every nation could read, and hear according to their different languages, in the name of king Assuerus: and the letters, sealed with his ring,

Esther 8:10 And these letters which were sent in the king's name, were sealed with his ring, and sent by posts: who were to run through all the provinces, to prevent the former letters with new messages.

Isaiah 10:1 Woe to them that make wicked laws: and when they write, write injustice:

according.

Daniel 6:12,15 And 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. . . .

Esther 1:19 If it please thee, let an edict go out from thy presence, and let it be written according to the law of the Persians and of the Medes, which must not be altered, that Vasthi come in no more to the king, but another, that is better than her, be made queen in her place.

Esther 8:3 And not content with these things, she fell down at the king's feet and wept, and speaking to him besought him, that he would give orders that the malice of Aman the Agagite, and his most wicked devices which he had invented against the Jews, should be of no effect.

altereth not.

Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass: but my words shall not pass.

Context
The Plot Against Daniel
7All the princes of the kingdom, the magistrates, and governors, the senators, and judges, have consulted together, that an imperial decree, and an edict be published: That whosoever shall ask any petition of any god, or man, for thirty days, but of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of the lions. 8Now, therefore, O king, confirm the sentence, and sign the decree: that what is decreed by the Medes and Persians may not be altered, nor any man be allowed to transgress it.9So king Darius set forth the decree, and established it.…
Lexicon
Therefore,
כְּעַ֣ן (kə·‘an)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3705: Now

O king,
מַלְכָּ֔א (mal·kā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 4430: A king

establish
תְּקִ֥ים (tə·qîm)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6966: To arise, stand

the decree
אֱסָרָ֖א (’ĕ·sā·rā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 633: An interdict

and sign
וְתִרְשֻׁ֣ם (wə·ṯir·šum)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7560: To inscribe, sign

the document
כְּתָבָ֑א (kə·ṯā·ḇā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 3792: Something written, a writing, record, book

so that
דִּ֣י (dî)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 1768: Who, which, that, because

it cannot
לָ֧א (lā)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3809: Not, no

be changed—
לְהַשְׁנָיָ֛ה (lə·haš·nā·yāh)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 8133: To change

in accordance with the law
כְּדָת־ (kə·ḏāṯ-)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1882: A royal edict, statute

of the Medes
מָדַ֥י (mā·ḏay)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4076: Medes -- descendants of Japheth, also their land

and Persians,
וּפָרַ֖ס (ū·p̄ā·ras)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6540: Persians -- a country in west Asia which conquered Babylon

which
דִּי־ (dî-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 1768: Who, which, that, because

cannot
לָ֥א (lā)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3809: Not, no

be repealed.”
תֶעְדֵּֽא׃ (ṯe‘·dê)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5709: To advance, pass on, continue, to remove, to bedeck


Additional Translations
Therefore, O king, establish the decree and sign the document so that it cannot be changed—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which alters not.

Now, O king, establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

Now then, O king, establish the decree, and publish a writ, that the decree of the Persians and Medes be not changed.

Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be revoked.

Now, O king, establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it may not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn't alter.

Now, O king, thou dost establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it is not to be changed, as a law of Media and Persia, that doth not pass away.'
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