acv - Daniel:6:4-17

acv@Daniel:6:4 @ Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no occasion nor fault, inasmuch as he was faithful, nor was there any error or fault found in him.

acv@Daniel:6:5 @ Then these men said, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

acv@Daniel:6:6 @ Then these presidents and satraps assembled together to the king, and said thus to him: King Darius, live forever.

acv@Daniel:6:7 @ All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong interdict, that whoever shall ask a petition of any god o

acv@Daniel:6:8 @ 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 does not alter.

acv@Daniel:6:9 @ Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.

acv@Daniel:6:10 @ And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem) and he knelt upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he d

acv@Daniel:6:11 @ Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.

acv@Daniel:6:12 @ Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king's interdict. Have thou not signed an interdict, that every man who shall make petition to any god or man within thirty days, except to thee, O king, shall be cast i

acv@Daniel:6:13 @ Then they answered and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the sons of the captivity of Judah, does not regard thee, O king, nor the interdict that thou have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.

acv@Daniel:6:14 @ Then the king, when he heard these words, was very displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him. And he labored till the going down of the sun to rescue him.

acv@Daniel:6:15 @ 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 interdict nor statute which the king establishes may be changed.

acv@Daniel:6:16 @ Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. [Now] the king spoke and said to Daniel, Thy God whom thou serve continually, he will deliver thee.

acv@Daniel:6:17 @ And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den. And the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords, that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.