Daniel 6:9

Amplified Bible

So King Darius signed the document, that is, the injunction.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So King Darius signed the written edict.

Hebrew Names Version
Therefore king Daryavesh signed the writing and the interdict.

King James Version
Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

English Standard Version
Therefore King Darius signed the document and injunction.

New American Standard Bible
Thereupon, King Darius signed the document, that is, the injunction.

New Century Version
So King Darius signed the law.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Wherefore King Darius sealed the writing and the decree.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Therefore King Darius signed the document, that is, the injunction.

Berean Standard Bible
Therefore King Darius signed the written decree.

Contemporary English Version
So King Darius made the law and had it written down.

Complete Jewish Bible
Now, your majesty, issue this decree over your signature, so that it cannot be revoked, as required by the law of the Medes and Persians, which is itself irrevocable."

Darby Translation
Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

Easy-to-Read Version
So King Darius made the law and signed it.

George Lamsa Translation
Then King Darius signed the writing and issued the decree.

Good News Translation
And so King Darius signed the order.

Lexham English Bible
So the king, Darius, signed the writing and the interdict.

Literal Translation
All on account of this, King Darius signed the document and the decree.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So Darius made the wrytynge, and confirmed it.

American Standard Version
Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.

Bible in Basic English
For this reason King Darius put his name on the writing and the order.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.'

King James Version (1611)
Wherefore King Darius signed the writing and the decree.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Wherefore king Darius sealed the writing and decree.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Then king Darius commanded the decree to be written.

English Revised Version
Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.

World English Bible
Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Darius, the kyng, settide forth, and confermyde the decree.

Update Bible Version
Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.

Webster's Bible Translation
Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

New English Translation
So King Darius issued the written interdict.

New King James Version
Therefore King Darius signed the written decree.

New Living Translation
So King Darius signed the law.

New Life Bible
So King Darius made the law and wrote his name on it.

New Revised Standard
Therefore King Darius signed the document and interdict.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Wherefore, King Darius, signed the writing and the interdict.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So king Darius set forth the decree, and established it.

Revised Standard Version
Therefore King Darius signed the document and interdict.

Young's Literal Translation
Therefore king Darius hath signed the writing and interdict.

THE MESSAGE
King Darius signed the decree.

Contextual Overview

⁶Then these commissioners and satraps agreed to approach the king and said to him, "King Darius, live forever! ⁷"All the commissioners of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors have consulted and agreed together that the king should establish a royal statute and enforce an injunction that anyone who petitions (prays to) any god or man besides you, O king, during the next thirty days, shall be thrown into the den of lions. ⁸"Now, O king, establish the injunction and sign the document so that it may not be changed, in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which [insures that it] may not be altered or revoked." ⁹So King Darius signed the document, that is, the injunction.¹⁰Now when Daniel knew that the document was signed, he went into his house (now in his roof chamber his windows were open toward Jerusalem); he continued to get down on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God, as he had been doing previously.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

signed: Psalms 62:9, Psalms 62:10, Psalms 118:9, Psalms 146:3, Proverbs 6:2, Isaiah 2:22

Reciprocal: Proverbs 18:13 - that Isaiah 10:1 - them Daniel 2:13 - the decree

Cross-References

Genesis 2:4
This is the history of [the origin of] the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day [that is, days of creation] that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens—

Genesis 5:1
This is the book (the written record, the history) of the generations of [the descendants of] Adam. When God created man, He made him in the likeness of God [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness].

Genesis 5:22
Enoch walked [in habitual fellowship] with God three hundred years after the birth of Methuselah and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:24
And [in reverent fear and obedience] Enoch walked with God; and he was not [found among men], because God took him [away to be home with Him].

Genesis 6:9
These are the records of the generations (family history) of Noah. Noah was a righteous man [one who was just and had right standing with God], blameless in his [evil] generation; Noah walked (lived) [in habitual fellowship] with God.

Genesis 6:15
"This is the way you are to make it: the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits (450' x 75' x 45').

Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you with all your household, for you [alone] I have seen as righteous (doing what is right) before Me in this generation.

Genesis 10:1
These are the records of the generations (descendants) of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and the sons born to them after the flood:

Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty; Walk [habitually] before Me [with integrity, knowing that you are always in My presence], and be blameless and complete [in obedience to Me].

Genesis 48:15
Then Jacob (Israel) blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked [in faithful obedience], The God who has been my Shepherd [leading and caring for me] all my life to this day,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Wherefore King Darius signed the writing and the decree. Moved to it by the number and importunity of his principal men; and chiefly through affectation of deity, which this law gave him; and that he might have an opportunity of ingratiating himself into his new subjects by his munificence and liberality, not being aware of the snare laid for his favourite, Daniel.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Now, O king, establish the decree - Ordain, enact, confirm it.

And sign the writing - An act necessary to make it the law of the realm.

That it be not changed - That, having the sign-manual of the sovereign, it might be so confirmed that it could not be changed. With that sign it became so established, it seems, that even the sovereign himself could not change it.

According to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not - Margin, Passeth. Which does not pass away; which is not abrogated. A similar fact in regard to a law of the Medes and Persians is mentioned in Esther viii., in which the king was unable to recall an order which had been given for the massacre of the Jews, and in which he attempted only to counteract it as far as possible by putting the Jews on their guard, and allowing them to defend themselves. Diodorus Siculus (lib. iv.) refers to this custom where he says that Darius, the last king of Persia, would have pardoned Charidemus after he was condemned to death, but could not reverse what the law had passed against him. - Lowth. “When the king of Persia,” says Montesquieu (Spirit of Laws, as quoted by Rosenmuller, Morgenland, in loc.), “has condemned any one to death, no one dares speak to him to make intercession for him. Were he even drunk when the crime was committed, or were he insane, the command must nevertheless be executed, for the law cannot be countermanded, and the laws cannot contradict themselves. This sentiment prevails throughout Persia.” It may seem singular that such a custom prevailed, and that the king, who was the fountain of law, and whose will was law, could not change a statute at his pleasure.

But this custom grew out of the opinions which prevailed in the East in regard to the monarch. His will was absolute, and it was a part of the system which prevailed then to exalt the monarch, and leave the impression on the mind of the people that he was more than a man - that he was infallible, and could not err. Nothing was better adapted to keep up that impression than an established principle of this kind - that a law once ordained could not be repealed or changed. To do this would be a practical acknowledgment that there was a defect in the law; that there was a want of wisdom in ordaining it; that all the circumstances were not foreseen; and that the king was liable to be deceived and to err. With all the disadvantages attending such a custom, it was judged better to maintain it than to allow that the monarch could err, and hence, when a law was ordained it became fixed and unchanging.

Even the king himself could not alter it, and, whatever might be the consequences, it was to be executed. It is evident, however, that such a custom might have some advantages. It would serve to prevent hasty legislation, and to give stability to the government by its being known what the laws were, thus avoiding the evils which result when they are frequently changed. It is often preferable to have permanent laws, though not the best that could be framed, than those which would be better, if there were no stability. There is only one Being, however, whose laws can be safely unchanging - and that is God, for his laws are formed with a full knowledge of all the relations of things, and of their bearing on all future circumstances and times. It serves to confirm the statement here made respecting the ancient custom in Media and Persia, that the same idea of the inviolability of the royal word has remained, in a mitigated form, to modern times.

A remarkable example of this is related by Sir John Malcolm, of Aga Mohammed Khan, the last but one of the Persian kings. After alluding to the present case, and that in Esther, he observes, “The character of the power of the king of Persia has undergone no change. The late king, Aga Mohammed Khan, when encamped near Shiraz, said that he would not move until the snow was off the mountains in the vicinity of his camp. The season proved severe, and the snow remained longer than was expected; the army began to suffer distress and sickness, but the king said while the snow remained upon the mountain, he would not move; and his word was as law, and could not be broken. A multitude of laborers were collected and sent to remove the snow; their efforts, and a few fine days, cleared the mountains, and Aga Mohammed Khan marched.” - History of Persia, i. 268, quoted in the Pict. Bible, in loc.