Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Daniel 6:15 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 15. 15Then these men assembled 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.
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Quick Meaning
Daniel 6:15 contributes this concrete line to the movement: “Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that…”.
Read It With
- Daniel 6:10–15
Read Daniel 6:15 with 6:10–15. Daniel 6:15 advances “Known Prayer Continues and Accusers Spring the Trap” with the textual step “Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that…”. 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
This boundary keeps “Known Prayer Continues and Accusers Spring the Trap” together inside the larger chapter movement and prevents the next scene or disclosure from being flattened into it. At Daniel 6:15, the wording “Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that…” supplies this verse's distinct step.
What Remains True
Faithful continuity can resist unjust law without turning devotion into performance, while sympathetic leaders remain responsible for systems they authorize. Daniel 6:15 contributes the concrete textual step “Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that…”.
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. Keep Daniel 6:15 inside 6:10–15 and do not convert its wording into an unsupported modern identification.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Daniel 6:10-15 — Known Prayer Continues and Accusers Spring the TrapSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
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
Open source ↗