Daniel 6:12

6:12 So they approached the king and said to him, ¹  “Did you not issue an edict to the effect that for the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human other than to you, O king, would be thrown into a den of lions?” The king replied, “That is correct, ²  according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed.”

Daniel 6:15

6:15 Then those men came by collusion to the king and ³  said to him, ⁴  “Recall, ⁵  O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no edict or decree that the king issues can be changed.”

[6:12]  ¹ tc The MT also has “about the edict of the king,” but this phrase is absent in the LXX and the Syriac. The present translation deletes the expression.

[6:12]  tn Aram “before the king.”

[6:12]  ² tn Aram “the word is true.”

[6:15]  ³ tc Theodotion lacks the words “came by collusion to the king and.”

[6:15]  ⁴ tn Aram “the king.”

[6:15]  ⁵ tn Aram “know”; NAB “Keep in mind”; NASB “Recognize”; NIV, NCV “Remember.”