9Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.


In Context

6 Then these presidents and princes assembled to the king, and said thus to him, King Darius, live for ever.

7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counselors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whoever 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.

8 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.

9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber towards Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.

11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.

Daniel 6:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:9Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:9So King Darius put the decree in writing.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:9Why king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:9So king Darius set forth the decree, and established it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:9Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:9Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:9Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:9Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:9Therefore king Darius hath signed the writing and interdict.