Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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. Know. Daniel 6:8,12 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 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. Psalm 94:20,21 Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in commandment? . . . Context Daniel in the Lions' Den…14Now when the king had heard these words, he was very much grieved, and in behalf of Daniel he set his heart to deliver him, and even till sunset he laboured to save him. 15But 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.16Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of the lions. And the king said to Daniel: Thy God, whom thou always servest, he will deliver thee.… Cross References 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. Psalm 94:20 Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in commandment? Psalm 94:21 They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn innocent blood. Daniel 6:8 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. 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. Lexicon Thenבֵּאדַ֙יִן֙ (bê·ḏa·yin) Preposition-b | Adverb Strong's Hebrew 116: Then, thereupon the אִלֵּ֔ךְ (’il·lêḵ) Pronoun - common plural Strong's Hebrew 479: These men גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א (guḇ·ray·yā) Noun - masculine plural determinate Strong's Hebrew 1400: A person approached הַרְגִּ֖שׁוּ (har·gi·šū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7284: To gather tumultuously the king {together} מַלְכָּ֑א (mal·kā) Noun - masculine singular determinate Strong's Hebrew 4430: A king and said וְאָמְרִ֣ין (wə·’ā·mə·rîn) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 560: To say, tell, command to him, לְמַלְכָּ֗א (lə·mal·kā) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular determinate Strong's Hebrew 4430: A king “Remember, דַּ֤ע (da‘) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3046: To know O king, מַלְכָּא֙ (mal·kā) Noun - masculine singular determinate Strong's Hebrew 4430: A king that by the law דָת֙ (ḏāṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1882: A royal edict, statute of the Medes לְמָדַ֣י (lə·mā·ḏay) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4076: Medes -- descendants of Japheth, also their land and Persians וּפָרַ֔ס (ū·p̄ā·ras) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6540: Persians -- a country in west Asia which conquered Babylon no לָ֥א (lā) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3809: Not, no decree אֱסָ֥ר (’ĕ·sār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 633: An interdict or ordinance וּקְיָ֛ם (ū·qə·yām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7010: A statute established יְהָקֵ֖ים (yə·hā·qêm) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6966: To arise, stand by the king מַלְכָּ֥א (mal·kā) Noun - masculine singular determinate Strong's Hebrew 4430: A king can be changed.” לְהַשְׁנָיָֽה׃ (lə·haš·nā·yāh) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 8133: To change Additional Translations Then the men approached the king together and said to him, “Remember, O king, that by the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or ordinance established by the king can be changed.”Then these men assembled to the king, and said to the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establishes may be changed. Then these men assembled together unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no interdict nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed. Then those men said to the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is that we must not change any decree of statue which the king shall make. Then these men came in a body unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed. Then these men assembled together unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no interdict nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed. Then these men assembled to the king, and said to the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed. Then these men assembled together to the king, and said to the king, Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no decree nor statute which the king establishes may be changed. Then these men have assembled near the king, and are saying to the king, 'know, O king, that the law of Media and Persia is: That any interdict and statute that the king doth establish is not to be changed.' 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