New Revised Standard Version
The decree was issued, and the wise men were about to be executed; and they looked for Daniel and his companions, to execute them.

New American Bible
When the decree was issued that the wise men should be slain, Daniel and his companions were also sought out.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the decree being gone forth, the wise men were slain: and Daniel and his companions were sought for, to be put to death.

And the decree being gone forth, the wise men were slain: and Daniel and his companions were sought for, to be put to death.

the decree.

Daniel 6:9-15 So king Darius set forth the decree, and established it. . . .

Esther 3:12-15 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, . . .

Psalm 94:20 Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in commandment?

Proverbs 28:15-17 As a roaring lion, and a hungry bear, so is a wicked prince over the poor people. . . .

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

and they.

Daniel 1:19,20 And when the king had spoken to them, there were not found among them all such as Daniel, Ananias, Misael, and Azarias: and they stood in the king's presence. . . .

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.