Daniel 6 · Verse 15

Daniel 6:15

Then these men assembled 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.
Daniel 6:15, King James Version

Daniel 6:15 in other translations

BSBThen 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.”
WEBThen 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.”
ASVThen 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.
YLTThen 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.'
DARBYThen 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.
BBEThen these men said to the king, Be certain, O King, that by the law of the Medes and Persians no order or law which the king has put into force may be changed.
WebsterThen 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.

What does Daniel 6:15 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 Then these men assembled - Having got favorable answers, as we may presume, from many individuals, he called a parliament; but they now collectively joined to urge the execution of the law, not its repeal.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Daniel 6:11-17

It is no new thing for what is done faithfully, in conscience toward God, to be misrepresented as done obstinately, and in contempt of the civil powers. Through want of due thought, we often do that which afterwards, like Darius, we see cause a thousand times to wish undone again. Daniel, that venerable man, is brought as the vilest of malefactors, and is thrown into the den of lions, to be devoured, only for…

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Daniel 6:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בֵּאדַ֙יִן֙be.Da.yin<in> thenH116
גֻּבְרַיָּ֣אguv.rai.Ya'men theH1400
אִלֵּ֔ךְ'i.LekhtheseH479
הַרְגִּ֖שׁוּhar.Gi.shuthey came as a crowdH7284
עַל\־'al-toH5922
מַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'king theH4430
וְאָמְרִ֣יןve.'a.me.Rinand [were] sayingH560
לְמַלְכָּ֗אle.mal.Ka'to king theH4430
דַּ֤עda'knowH3046
מַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'king OH4430
דִּֽי\־di-thatH1768
דָת֙dat[the] lawH1882
לְמָדַ֣יle.ma.Daiof [the] MedesH4076
וּפָרַ֔סu.fa.Rasand [the] PersiansH6540
דִּֽי\־di-thatH1768
כָל\־khol-anyH3606
אֱסָ֥ר'e.SarprohibitionH633
וּקְיָ֛םu.ke.Yamand statuteH7010
דִּֽי\־di-whichH1768
מַלְכָּ֥אmal.Ka'king theH4430
יְהָקֵ֖יםye.ha.Keimhe will establishH6966
לָ֥אla'notH3809
לְהַשְׁנָיָֽה\׃le.hash.na.Yahto changeH8133

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Daniel 6:15

  • Daniel 6:12

    Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

  • Esther 8:8

    Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring: for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may no man reverse.

  • Psalms 94:20-21

    Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

  • Daniel 6:8

    Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

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8,12; Es 8:8; Ps 94:20,21

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Context

  • Daniel 6:14

    Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.

  • Daniel 6:15

    Then these men assembled 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.

  • Daniel 6:16

    Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.

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Daniel 6:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Empero aquellos hombres se reunieron cerca del rey, y dijeron al rey: Sepas, oh rey, que es ley de Media y de Persia, que ningún decreto ú ordenanza que el rey confirmare pueda mudarse.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Alors le roi, quand il entendit ces paroles, en fut fort affligé, et il pensa avec sollicitude à Daniel afin de le sauver, et jusqu’au coucher du soleil il s’efforça de le délivrer.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da wurde der König, als er die Sache hörte, sehr betrübt und er sann darauf, Daniel zu retten und bis zum Untergang der Sonne bemühte er sich, ihn zu befreien.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Viri autem illi, intelligentes regem, dixerunt ei: Scito, rex, quia lex Medorum atque Persarum est ut omne decretum, quod constituerit rex, non liceat immutari.