Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleSo they approached the king and asked about his royal decree: “Did you not sign a decree that for thirty days any man who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions?” The king replied, “According to the law of the Medes and Persians the order stands, and it cannot be repealed.” Young's Literal Translation {A9986,A116.htm" title="{A9986">then{A7127.htm" title="{A7127"> they have come near{A560.htm" title="{A560">, yea, they are saying{A6925.htm" title="{A6925"> before{A9988.htm" title="{A9988"> the{A4430.htm" title="{A4430"> king{A5922.htm" title="{A5922"> concerning{A9988.htm" title="{A9988"> the{A4430.htm" title="{A4430"> king’s{A633.htm" title="{A633"> interdict{A3809.htm" title="{A3809">: ‘Hast thou not{A7560.htm" title="{A7560"> signed{A633.htm" title="{A633"> an interdict{A1768.htm" title="{A1768">, that{A3606.htm" title="{A3606"> any{A606.htm" title="{A606"> man{A1768.htm" title="{A1768"> who{A1156.htm" title="{A1156"> seeketh{A4481.htm" title="{A4481"> from{A3606.htm" title="{A3606"> any{A426.htm" title="{A426"> god{A9989.htm" title="{A9989"> and{A606.htm" title="{A606"> man{A5705.htm" title="{A5705"> until{A8533.htm" title="{A8533"> thirty{A3118.htm" title="{A3118"> days{A3861.htm" title="{A3861">, save{A4481.htm" title="{A4481"> of{A9923.htm" title="{A9923"> thee{A4430.htm" title="{A4430">, O king{A7412.htm" title="{A7412">, is cast{A9987.htm" title="{A9987"> into{A1358.htm" title="{A1358"> a den{A744.htm" title="{A744"> of lions{A9984.htm" title="{A9984">?{A6032.htm" title="{A6032">’ Answered{A9988.htm" title="{A9988"> hath the{A4430.htm" title="{A4430"> king{A9989.htm" title="{A9989">, and{A560.htm" title="{A560"> said{A9988.htm" title="{A9988">, ‘The{A4406.htm" title="{A4406"> thing{A3330.htm" title="{A3330"> [is] certain{A9985.htm" title="{A9985"> as{A1882.htm" title="{A1882"> a law{A4076.htm" title="{A4076"> of Media{A9989.htm" title="{A9989"> and{A6540.htm" title="{A6540"> Persia{A1768.htm" title="{A1768">, that{A3809.htm" title="{A3809"> doth not{A5709.htm" title="{A5709"> pass away.’ King James Bible 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. Hebrew Soבֵּ֠אדַיִן (bê·ḏa·yin) Preposition-b | Adverb Strong's 116: Then, thereupon they approached קְרִ֨יבוּ (qə·rî·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7127: To approach the king מַלְכָּא֮ (mal·kā) Noun - masculine singular determinate Strong's 4430: A king and asked וְאָמְרִ֥ין (wə·’ā·mə·rîn) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 560: To say, tell, command about עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5922: Above, over, upon, against his royal מַלְכָּא֒ (mal·kā) Noun - masculine singular determinate Strong's 4430: A king decree: אֱסָ֣ר (’ĕ·sār) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 633: An interdict “Did you not הֲלָ֧א (hă·lā) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3809: Not, no sign רְשַׁ֗מְתָּ (rə·šam·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7560: To inscribe, sign a decree אֱסָ֣ר (’ĕ·sār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 633: An interdict that דִּ֣י (dî) Pronoun - relative Strong's 1768: Who, which, that, because for עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's 5705: Even to, until thirty תְּלָתִ֗ין (tə·lā·ṯîn) Number - common plural Strong's 8533: Ten times three days יוֹמִ֣ין (yō·w·mîn) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3118: A day any כָל־ (ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3606: The whole, all, any, every man אֱנָ֡שׁ (’ĕ·nāš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 606: Man, mankind who דִּֽי־ (dî-) Pronoun - relative Strong's 1768: Who, which, that, because petitions יִבְעֵה֩ (yiḇ·‘êh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1156: To seek, ask any כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3606: The whole, all, any, every god אֱלָ֨הּ (’ĕ·lāh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 426: God or man וֶֽאֱנָ֜שׁ (we·’ĕ·nāš) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 606: Man, mankind except you, לָהֵן֙ (lā·hên) Conjunction Strong's 3861: Therefore, except O king, מַלְכָּ֔א (mal·kā) Noun - masculine singular determinate Strong's 4430: A king will be thrown יִתְרְמֵ֕א (yiṯ·rə·mê) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7412: To throw, set, assess into the den לְג֖וֹב (lə·ḡō·wḇ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1358: A pit, den of lions?” אַרְיָותָ֑א (’ar·yā·w·ṯā) Noun - masculine plural determinate Strong's 744: A lion The king מַלְכָּ֜א (mal·kā) Noun - masculine singular determinate Strong's 4430: A king replied, עָנֵ֨ה (‘ā·nêh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 6032: To answer “According to the law כְּדָת־ (kə·ḏāṯ-) Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 1882: A royal edict, statute of the Medes מָדַ֥י (mā·ḏay) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4076: Medes -- descendants of Japheth, also their land and Persians, וּפָרַ֖ס (ū·p̄ā·ras) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 6540: Persians -- a country in west Asia which conquered Babylon the order מִלְּתָ֛א (mil·lə·ṯā) Noun - feminine singular determinate Strong's 4406: A word, command, discourse, subject stands יַצִּיבָ֧א (yaṣ·ṣî·ḇā) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 3330: Fixed, sure, certainty and it cannot לָ֥א (lā) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3809: Not, no be repealed.” תֶעְדֵּֽא׃ (ṯe‘·dê) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 5709: To advance, pass on, continue, to remove, to bedeck |