Daniel 6:8

6:8 Now let the king issue a written interdict ¹  so that it cannot be altered, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed. ² 

Daniel 6:12-15

6:12 So they approached the king and said to him, ³  “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, ⁴  according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed.” 6:13 Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the captives ⁵  from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the edict that you issued. Three times daily he offers his prayer.” ⁶ 

6:14 When the king heard this, ⁷  he was very upset and began thinking about ⁸  how he might rescue Daniel. Until late afternoon ⁹  he was struggling to find a way to rescue him. 6:15 Then those men came by collusion to the king and ¹⁰  said to him, ¹¹  “Recall, ¹²  O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no edict or decree that the king issues can be changed.”

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¹ tn Aram “establish a written interdict and inscribe a written decree.”

² tn Or “removed.”

³ 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.

tn Aram “before the king.”

⁴ tn Aram “the word is true.”

⁵ tn Aram “from the sons of the captivity [of].”

⁶ tn Aram “prays his prayer.”

⁷ tn Aram “the word.”

⁸ tn Aram “placed his mind on.”

⁹ tn Aram “the entrances of the sun.”

¹⁰ tc Theodotion lacks the words “came by collusion to the king and.”

¹¹ tn Aram “the king.”

¹² tn Aram “know”; NAB “Keep in mind”; NASB “Recognize”; NIV, NCV “Remember.”