H9002–/וְ–v

All the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects, and the satraps, the counsellors, and the governors have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

וַֽאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּא֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”וּפַחֲוָתָ֔א (וּ) u. “and”וּלְתַקָּפָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”וֶֽאֱנָ֜שׁ (וֶֽ) ve. “and”

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.

וְתִרְשֻׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “so”וּפָרַ֖ס (וּ) u. “and”

Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

וֶאֱסָרָֽא׃ (וֶ) ve. “and”

And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and, his windows being open in his upper chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

וְ֠דָנִיֵּאל (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וְכַוִּ֨ין (וְ) ve. “and”וְזִמְנִין֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמְצַלֵּ֤א (וּ) u. “and”וּמוֹדֵא֙ (וּ) u. “and”

But those men came in a body, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.

וְהַשְׁכַּ֖חוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִתְחַנַּ֖ן (וּ) u. “and”

Then 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 [ergänzt: 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.

וְאָמְרִ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”וֶֽאֱנָ֜שׁ (וֶֽ) ve. “and”וְאָמַ֗ר (וְ) ve. “and”וּפָרַ֖ס (וּ) u. “and”

Then they answered and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.

וְאָמְרִין֮ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְזִמְנִ֤ין (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore distressed thereby, and set his heart on Daniel to save him; and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.

וְעַ֧ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then 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.

וְאָמְרִ֣ין (וְ) ve. “and”וּפָרַ֔ס (וּ) u. “and”וּקְיָ֛ם (וּ) u. “and”

Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast [ergänzt: him] into the den of lions. The king spoke and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will save thee.

וְהַיְתִיו֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּרְמ֕וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וְאָמַ֣ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his nobles, that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.

וְהֵיתָ֙יִת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֻׂמַ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְחַתְמַ֨הּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְעִזְקָת֙ (וּ) u. “and”

Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were concubines brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.

וּבָ֣ת (וּ) u. “and”וְדַחֲוָ֖ן (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׁנְתֵּ֖הּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the king arose with the light at break of day, and went in haste unto the den of lions.

וּבְהִ֨תְבְּהָלָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”

And when he came near unto the den, he cried with a mournful voice unto Daniel: the king spoke and said unto Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, hath thy God whom thou servest continually been able to save thee from the lions?

וּכְמִקְרְבֵ֣הּ (וּ) u. “and”וְאָמַ֣ר (וְ) ve. “and”

My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before him innocence was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

וּֽסֲגַ֛ר (וּֽ) u. “and”וְלָ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַ֤ף (וְ) ve. “and”

Thereupon was the king exceeding glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.

וּלְדָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל (וּ) u. “and”וְהֻסַּ֨ק (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and broke all their bones in pieces ere they came to the bottom of the den.

וַאֲמַ֣ר (וַ) va. “and”וְהַיְתִ֞יו (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְגֹ֤ב (וּ) u. “and”וּנְשֵׁיה֑וֹן (וּ) u. “and”וְלָֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then king Darius wrote unto all peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied unto you.

וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֛א (וְ) ve. “and”

I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God, and steadfast for ever, and his kingdom [ergänzt: that] which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.

וְדָ֣חֲלִ֔ין (וְ) ve. “and”וְקַיָּם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַלְכוּתֵהּ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְשָׁלְטָנֵ֖הּ (וְ) ve. “and”

He saveth and delivereth, and he worketh signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth: who hath saved Daniel from the power of the lions.

וּמַצִּ֗ל (וּ) u. “and”וְעָבֵד֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְתִמְהִ֔ין (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְאַרְעָ֑א (וּ) u. “and”

And this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

וְדָנִיֵּ֣אל (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְמַלְכ֖וּת (וּ) u. “and”

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream; he told the sum of the matters.

וְחֶזְוֵ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of the heavens broke forth upon the great sea.

וְאָמַ֔ר (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲר֗וּ (וַ) va. “and”

And four great beasts came up from the sea, different one from another.

וְאַרְבַּ֤ע (וְ) ve. “and”

The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till its wings were plucked; and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand upon two feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

וְגַפִּ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְטִ֣ילַת (וּ) u. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְבַ֥ב (וּ) u. “and”