King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. It pleased[H8232] [H6925] Darius[H1868] to set[H6966] over[H5922] the kingdom[H4437] a hundred[H3969] and twenty[H6243] princes,[H324] which[H1768] should be[H1934] over the whole[H3606] kingdom;[H4437]

2. And over[H5924] [H4481] these three[H8532] presidents;[H5632] of whom[H4481] [H1768] Daniel[H1841] was first:[H2298] that[H1768] the[H459] princes[H324] might[H1934] give[H3052] accounts[H2941] unto them, and the king[H4430] should have[H1934] no[H3809] damage.[H5142]

3. Then[H116] this[H1836] Daniel[H1841] was[H1934] preferred[H5330] above[H5922] the presidents[H5632] and princes,[H324] because[H3606] [H6903] [H1768] an excellent[H3493] spirit[H7308] was in him; and the king[H4430] thought[H6246] to set[H6966] him over[H5922] the whole[H3606] realm.[H4437]

4. Then[H116] the presidents[H5632] and princes[H324] sought[H1934] [H1156] to find[H7912] occasion[H5931] against Daniel[H1841] concerning[H4481] [H6655] the kingdom;[H4437] but they could[H3202] find[H7912] none[H3809] [H3606] occasion[H5931] nor fault;[H7844] forasmuch as[H3606] [H6903] [H1768] he[H1932] was faithful,[H540] neither[H3809] was there any[H3606] error[H7960] or fault[H7844] found[H7912] in[H5922] him.

5. Then[H116] said[H560] these[H479] men,[H1400] We shall not[H3809] find[H7912] any[H3606] occasion[H5931] against this[H1836] Daniel,[H1841] except[H3861] we find[H7912] it against[H5922] him concerning the law[H1882] of his God.[H426]

6. Then[H116] these[H459] presidents[H5632] and princes[H324] assembled together[H7284] to[H5922] the king,[H4430] and said[H560] thus[H3652] unto him, King[H4430] Darius,[H1868] live[H2418] forever.[H5957]

7. All[H3606] the presidents[H5632] of the kingdom,[H4437] the governors,[H5460] and the princes,[H324] the counselors,[H1907] and the captains,[H6347] have consulted together[H3272] to establish[H6966] a royal[H4430] statute,[H7010] and to make a firm[H8631] decree,[H633] that[H1768] whosoever[H3606] [H1768] shall ask[H1156] a petition[H1159] of[H4481] any[H3606] God[H426] or man[H606] for[H5705] thirty[H8533] days,[H3118] save[H3861] of[H4481] thee, O king,[H4430] he shall be cast[H7412] into the den[H1358] of lions.[H744]

8. Now,[H3705] O king,[H4430] establish[H6966] the decree,[H633] and sign[H7560] the writing,[H3792] that[H1768] it be not[H3809] changed,[H8133] according to the law[H1882] of the Medes[H4076] and Persians,[H6540] which[H1768] altereth[H5709] not.[H3809]

9. Wherefore[H3606] [H6903] [H1836] king[H4430] Darius[H1868] signed[H7560] the writing[H3792] and the decree.[H633]

10. Now when[H1768] Daniel[H1841] knew[H3046] that[H1768] the writing[H3792] was signed,[H7560] he went[H5954] into his house;[H1005] and his windows[H3551] being open[H6606] in his chamber[H5952] toward[H5049] Jerusalem,[H3390] he[H1932] kneeled[H1289] upon[H5922] his knees[H1291] three[H8532] times[H2166] a day,[H3118] and prayed,[H6739] and gave thanks[H3029] before[H6925] his God,[H426] as[H3606] [H6903] [H1768] he did[H1934] [H5648] formerly.[H4481] [H6928] [H1836]

11. Then[H116] these[H479] men[H1400] assembled,[H7284] and found[H7912] Daniel[H1841] praying[H1156] and making supplication[H2604] before[H6925] his God.[H426]

12. Then[H116] they came near,[H7127] and spoke[H560] before[H6925] the king[H4430] concerning[H5922] the king's[H4430] decree;[H633] Hast thou not[H3809] signed[H7560] a decree,[H633] that[H1768] every[H3606] man[H606] that[H1768] shall ask[H1156] a petition of[H4481] any[H3606] God[H426] or man[H606] within[H5705] thirty[H8533] days,[H3118] save[H3861] of[H4481] thee, O king,[H4430] shall be cast[H7412] into the den[H1358] of lions?[H744] The king[H4430] answered[H6032] and said,[H560] The thing[H4406] is true,[H3330] according to the law[H1882] of the Medes[H4076] and Persians,[H6540] which[H1768] altereth[H5709] not.[H3809]

13. Then[H116] answered[H6032] they and said[H560] before[H6925] the king,[H4430] That[H1768] Daniel,[H1841] which[H1768] is of[H4481] the children[H1123] of the captivity[H1547] of[H1768] Judah,[H3061] regardeth[H7761] [H2942] [H5922] not[H3809] thee, O king,[H4430] nor the decree[H633] that[H1768] thou hast signed,[H7560] but maketh[H1156] his petition[H1159] three[H8532] times[H2166] a day.[H3118]

14. Then[H116] the king,[H4430] when[H1768] he heard[H8086] these words,[H4406] was sore[H7690] displeased[H888] with[H5922] himself, and set[H7761] his heart[H1079] on[H5922] Daniel[H1841] to deliver[H7804] him: and he labored[H1934] [H7712] till[H5705] the going down[H4606] of the sun[H8122] to deliver[H5338] him.

15. Then[H116] these[H479] men[H1400] assembled[H7284] unto[H5922] the king,[H4430] and said[H560] unto the king,[H4430] Know,[H3046] O king,[H4430] that[H1768] the law[H1882] of the Medes[H4076] and Persians[H6540] is, That[H1768] no[H3809] [H3606] decree[H633] nor statute[H7010] which[H1768] the king[H4430] establisheth[H6966] may be changed.[H8133]

16. Then[H116] the king[H4430] commanded,[H560] and they brought[H858] Daniel,[H1841] and cast[H7412] him into the den[H1358] of[H1768] lions.[H744] Now the king[H4430] spoke[H6032] and said[H560] unto Daniel,[H1841] Thy God[H426] whom[H1768] thou[H607] servest[H6399] continually,[H8411] he[H1932] will deliver[H7804] thee.

17. And a[H2298] stone[H69] was brought,[H858] and laid[H7761] upon[H5922] the mouth[H6433] of the den;[H1358] and the king[H4430] sealed[H2857] it with his own signet,[H5824] and with the signet[H5824] of his lords;[H7261] that[H1768] the purpose[H6640] might not[H3809] be changed[H8133] concerning Daniel.[H1841]

18. Then[H116] the king[H4430] went[H236] to his palace,[H1965] and passed the night[H956] fasting:[H2908] neither[H3809] were instruments of music[H1761] brought[H5954] before[H6925] him: and his sleep[H8139] went[H5075] from[H5922] him.

19. Then[H116] the king[H4430] arose[H6966] very early in the morning,[H8238] [H5053] and went[H236] in haste[H927] unto the den[H1358] of[H1768] lions.[H744]

20. And when he came[H7127] to the den,[H1358] he cried[H2200] with a lamentable[H6088] voice[H7032] unto Daniel:[H1841] and the king[H4430] spoke[H6032] and said[H560] to Daniel,[H1841] O Daniel,[H1841] servant[H5649] of the living[H2417] God,[H426] is thy God,[H426] whom[H1768] thou[H607] servest[H6399] continually,[H8411] able[H3202] to deliver[H7804] thee from[H4481] the lions?[H744]

21. Then[H116] said[H4449] Daniel[H1841] unto[H5974] the king,[H4430] O king,[H4430] live[H2418] forever.[H5957]

22. My God[H426] hath sent[H7972] his angel,[H4398] and hath shut[H5463] the lions'[H744] mouths,[H6433] that they have not[H3809] hurt[H2255] me: forasmuch as[H3606] [H6903] [H1768] before[H6925] him innocency[H2136] was found[H7912] in me; and also[H638] before[H6925] thee, O king,[H4430] have I done[H5648] no[H3809] hurt.[H2248]

23. Then[H116] was the king exceeding glad[H4430] [H7690] [H2868] for[H5922] him, and commanded[H560] that they should take Daniel up[H5267] [H1841] out of[H4481] the den.[H1358] So Daniel[H1841] was taken up[H5267] out of[H4481] the den,[H1358] and no manner[H3809] [H3606] of hurt[H2257] was found[H7912] upon him, because[H1768] he believed[H540] in his God.[H426]

24. And the king[H4430] commanded,[H560] and they brought[H858] those[H479] men[H1400] which[H1768] had accused[H399] [H7170] Daniel,[H1768] [H1841] and they cast[H7412] them into the den[H1358] of lions,[H744] them,[H581] their children,[H1123] and their wives;[H5389] and the lions[H744] had the mastery[H7981] of them, and broke all their bones in pieces[H1855] [H3606] [H1635] or ever they came[H5705] [H1768] [H3809] [H4291] at the bottom[H773] of the den.[H1358]

25. Then[H116] king[H4430] Darius[H1868] wrote[H3790] unto all[H3606] people,[H5972] nations,[H524] and languages,[H3961] that[H1768] dwell[H1753] in all[H3606] the earth;[H772] Peace[H8001] be multiplied[H7680] unto you.

26. I make[H4481] [H6925] [H7761] a decree,[H2942] That[H1768] in every[H3606] dominion[H7985] of my kingdom[H4437] men tremble[H1934] [H2112] and fear[H1763] before[H4481] [H6925] the God[H426] of[H1768] Daniel:[H1841] for[H1768] he[H1932] is the living[H2417] God,[H426] and steadfast[H7011] forever,[H5957] and his kingdom[H4437] that which[H1768] shall not[H3809] be destroyed,[H2255] and his dominion[H7985] shall be even unto[H5705] the end.[H5491]

27. He delivereth[H7804] and rescueth,[H5338] and he worketh[H5648] signs[H852] and wonders[H8540] in heaven[H8065] and in earth,[H772] who[H1768] hath delivered[H7804] Daniel[H1841] from[H4481] the power[H3028] of the lions.[H744]

28. So this[H1836] Daniel[H1841] prospered[H6744] in the reign[H4437] of Darius,[H1868] and in the reign[H4437] of Cyrus[H3567] the Persian.[H6543]