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Daniel 6

Dan. 6:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Now
k`an (Hebrew #3705)
now
KJV usage: now.
Pronounce: keh-an'
Origin: (Aramaic) probably from 3652
, O king
melek (Hebrew #4430)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to 4428
, establish
quwm (Hebrew #6966)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 6965
KJV usage: appoint, establish, make, raise up self, (a-)rise (up), (make to) stand, set (up).
Pronounce: koom
the decree
'ecar (Hebrew #633)
an interdict
KJV usage: decree.
Pronounce: es-sawr'
Origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to 632 in a legal sense
, and sign
rsham (Hebrew #7560)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 7559
KJV usage: sign, write.
Pronounce: resh-am'
the writing
kthab (Hebrew #3792)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 3791
KJV usage: prescribing, writing(-ten).
Pronounce: keth-awb'
, that it be not
la' (Hebrew #3809)
corresponding to 3808
KJV usage: or even, neither, no(-ne, -r), ((can-))not, as nothing, without.
Pronounce: law
Origin: (Aramaic) or lah (Aramaic) (Dan. 4:32) {law}
changed
shna' (Hebrew #8133)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 8132
KJV usage: alter, change, (be) diverse.
Pronounce: shen-aw'
, according to the law
dath (Hebrew #1882)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 1881
KJV usage: decree, law.
Pronounce: dawth
o of the Medes
Maday (Hebrew #4076)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 4074
KJV usage: Mede(-s).
Pronounce: maw-dah'-ee
and Persians
Parac (Hebrew #6540)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 6539
KJV usage: Persia, Persians.
Pronounce: paw-ras'
, which θaltereth
`ada' (Hebrew #5709)
corresponding to 5710
KJV usage: alter, depart, pass (away), remove, take (away).
Pronounce: ad-aw'
Origin: (Aramaic) or adah (Aramaic) {ad-aw'}
not
la' (Hebrew #3809)
corresponding to 3808
KJV usage: or even, neither, no(-ne, -r), ((can-))not, as nothing, without.
Pronounce: law
Origin: (Aramaic) or lah (Aramaic) (Dan. 4:32) {law}
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Esther 1:19• 19If it please the king, let there go forth a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, that Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she. (Esther 1:19)
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Esther 8:8• 8Write ye also to the Jews, as it pleaseth 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, (Esther 8:8)
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passeth.

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Kings,
Medes; Media,
Persia; Persians,
Writing

Cross References

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establish.
Esther 3:12• 12Then were the king's scribes called in the first month, on the thirteenth day thereof, and there was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the king's satraps and to the governors that [were] over every province, and to the princes of every people; to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and it was sealed with the king's ring. (Esther 3:12)
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Esther 8:10• 10And he wrote in the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed [it] with the king's ring, and sent letters by couriers on horseback, riding on swift steeds that were used in the king's service, bred of the stud: (Esther 8:10)
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Isa. 10:1• 1Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and unto the writers that prescribe oppression; (Isa. 10:1)
according.
Dan. 6:12,15• 12Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king's decree: Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask anything of any god or man within thirty days, except 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 may not be revoked.
 15Then 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. (Dan. 6:12,15)
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Esther 1:19• 19If it please the king, let there go forth a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, that Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she. (Esther 1:19)
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Esther 8:3• 3And Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews. (Esther 8:3)
altereth not.
Chal. passeth not.
Matt. 24:35• 35The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. (Matt. 24:35)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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 may not be revoked.

W. Kelly Translation

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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 may not be revoked.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)