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 6:16

6:16 So the king gave the order, ³  and Daniel was brought and thrown into a den ⁴  of lions. The king consoled ⁵  Daniel by saying, “Your God whom you continually serve will rescue you!”

[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.”

[6:16]  ³ tn Aram “said.” So also in vv. 24, 25.

[6:16]  ⁴ sn The den was perhaps a pit below ground level which could be safely observed from above.

[6:16]  ⁵ tn Aram “answered and said [to Daniel].”