Daniel 6 · Verse 9

Daniel 6:9

Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
Daniel 6:9, King James Version

Daniel 6:9 in other translations

BSBTherefore King Darius signed the written decree.
WEBTherefore King Darius signed the writing and the decree.
ASVWherefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.
YLTTherefore king Darius hath signed the writing and interdict.
DARBYTherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
BBEFor this reason King Darius put his name on the writing and the order.
WebsterWherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

What does Daniel 6:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. Such a despotic decree is quite explicable by remembering that the king, as the incarnation of Ormuzd, might demand such an act of religious obedience as a test of loyalty. Persecuting laws are always made on false pretenses. Instead of bitter complaints against men, Daniel prays to God. Though having vast business as a ruler of the empire, he finds time to pray thrice a day. Daniel's three companions (Da 3:12), are not alluded to here, nor any other Jew who conscientiously may have disregarded the edict, as the conspirators aimed at Daniel alone (Da 6:5).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Daniel 6:6-10

To forbid prayer for thirty days, is, for so long, to rob God of all the tribute he has from man, and to rob man of all the comfort he has in God. Does not every man's heart direct him, when in want or distress, to call upon God? We could not live a day without God; and can men live thirty days without prayer? Yet it is to be feared that those who, without any decree forbidding them, present no hearty, serious…

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Daniel 6:9 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.

כָּל\־kol-as to
קֳבֵ֖לko.VelbecauseH6903
דְּנָ֑הde.NahthisH1836
מַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'king theH4430
דָּֽרְיָ֔וֶשׁda.re.Ya.veshDariusH1868
רְשַׁ֥םre.Shamhe signedH7560
כְּתָבָ֖אke.ta.Va'writing theH3792
וֶאֱסָרָֽא\׃ve.'e.sa.Ra'and prohibition theH633

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

Cross references for Daniel 6:9

  • Psalms 118:9

    It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.

  • Psalms 146:3

    Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

  • Isaiah 2:22

    Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

  • Psalms 62:9-10

    Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

  • Proverbs 6:2

    Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Ps 62:9,10; 118:9; 146:3; Pr 6:2; Isa 2:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • Daniel 6:9

    Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

  • Daniel 6:10

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

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Daniel 6:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Firmó pues el rey Darío la escritura y el edicto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Maintenant, ô roi, établis la défense, et signe l’écrit afin qu’il ne soit pas changé, selon la loi des Mèdes et des Perses, qui ne peut être abrogée.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Nun, o König, erlaß das Verbot und laß eine Schrift aufzeichnen, die nach dem Gesetz der Meder und Perser, welches unwiderruflich ist, nicht abgeändert werden darf.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Porro rex Darius proposuit edictum, et statuit.