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Daniel 6:9 Explained in Context
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Verse 9. 9Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
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Quick Meaning
Daniel 6:9 completes this movement with “Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree”.
Read It With
- Daniel 6:6–9
Read Daniel 6:9 with 6:6–9. Daniel 6:9 completes this movement with “Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree”. The complete unit establishes this movement: Officials falsely claim unanimity and flatter the king into a thirty-day petition ban backed by the lions' den.
Why This Verse Appears Here
6:1-5 completes “Daniel Is Distinguished and Rivals Find No Corruption”; the text now turns to “Flattery Produces an Irrevocable Law Trap.” This completes the present movement before the next larger development: Daniel continues his known prayer practice, and the conspirators use it to force the king's own decree against him. Within that movement: Daniel 6:9 completes this movement with “Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree”.
What Remains True
A law becomes corrupt when officials design it around one person's conscience and a leader prizes flattery over review. Daniel 6:6-9 keeps that truth tied to this claim: Officials falsely claim unanimity and flatter the king into a thirty-day petition ban backed by the lions' den. In this unit: Daniel 6:9 completes this movement with “Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree”.
How It Can Shape Life
- Require conflict-of-interest disclosure, truthful signatories, appeal, and a path to correct unjust rules. In Daniel 6:6-9, respond specifically to this movement: Officials falsely claim unanimity and flatter the king into a thirty-day petition ban backed by the lions' den. For Daniel 6:9 specifically, keep this reviewed contribution in view: completes this movement with “Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree”. Read it inside 6:6–9; do not convert its wording into an unsupported modern identification.
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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 6:6-9, 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, 6:6-9; 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 6:6-9
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