Daniel 6:15
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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
Then
בֵּאדַ֙יִן֙ (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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