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Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
Daniel 6:9 · World English Bible
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 & the web

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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  • VideoBibleProject — Daniel videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on DanielMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

Daniel sees the stone cut without hands that shatters the kingdoms, and 'one like a son of man' given everlasting dominion — titles and visions Jesus claims as his own.

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