AV: Then <0116> they came near <07127> (8754), and spake <0560> (8750) before <06925> the king <04430> concerning <05922> the king's <04430> decree <0633>; Hast thou not <03809> signed <07560> (8754) a decree <0633>, that every <03606> man <0606> that shall ask <01156> (8748) [a petition] of <04481> any <03606> God <0426> or man <0606> within <05705> thirty <08533> days <03118>, save <03861> of thee <04481>, O king <04430>, shall be cast <07412> (8729) into the den <01358> of lions <0744>? The king <04430> answered <06032> (8750) and said <0560> (8750), The thing <04406> [is] true <03330>, according to the law <01882> of the Medes <04076> and Persians <06540>, which altereth <05709> (8748) not <03809>. |