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Daniel 6:12 Explained in Context
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Verse 12. 12Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save 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 altereth not.
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Quick Meaning
Daniel 6:12 develops this movement with “Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not…”.
Read It With
- Daniel 6:10–15
Read Daniel 6:12 with 6:10–15. Daniel 6:12 develops this movement with “Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not…”. The complete unit establishes this movement: Daniel continues his established prayer and thanksgiving, while conspirators cast him as a captive who disregards the king.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The scene centers steady practice, transparent vulnerability, and a ruler discovering that legal absolutism has made his own desire for justice powerless. “Known Prayer Continues and Accusers Spring the Trap” opens that larger movement. Its final verse prepares “Den, Seal, and the King's Vigil” in 6:16-18. Within that movement: Daniel 6:12 develops this movement with “Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not…”.
What Remains True
Faithful continuity can resist unjust law without turning devotion into performance, while sympathetic leaders remain responsible for systems they authorize. Daniel 6:10-15 keeps that truth tied to this claim: Daniel continues his established prayer and thanksgiving, while conspirators cast him as a captive who disregards the king. In this unit: Daniel 6:12 develops this movement with “Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not…”.
How It Can Shape Life
- Protect private and communal religious practice, and do not make a victim responsible for rescuing a leader from the leader's own policy. In Daniel 6:10-15, respond specifically to this movement: Daniel continues his established prayer and thanksgiving, while conspirators cast him as a captive who disregards the king. For Daniel 6:12 specifically, keep this reviewed contribution in view: develops this movement with “Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not…”. Read it inside 6:10–15; do not convert its wording into an unsupported modern identification.
Continue in Context
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Read Daniel 6:10-15 — Known Prayer Continues and Accusers Spring the TrapSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Daniel 6:10-15, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew aramaic text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Daniel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew-Aramaic wording, morphology, language boundary, names, repeated roots, clauses, and lexical controls.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Dan.xml, 6:10-15; Hebrew 1:1–2:4a and 8:1–12:13, Aramaic 2:4b–7:28
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Daniel with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level Hebrew-Aramaic, textual, historical, translation, chronology, angelic-language, and duration notes.
Exact location: NET Bible Daniel PDF, printed pp. 1655–1657, translation and translator notes on 6:10-15
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