Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
Parallel translations
- KJV Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
- BSB Therefore King Darius signed the written decree.
- ESV Therefore King Darius signed the document and injunction.
- NKJV Therefore King Darius signed the written decree.
- NASB Thereupon, King Darius signed the document, that is, the injunction.
- NLT So King Darius signed the law.
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Cross-references · 5
- Ps 146:3Don’t put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help.
- Ps 118:9It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in princes.
- Isa 2:22Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?
- Prov 6:2You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth.
- Ps 62:9–10Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.
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