The decree was issued that the wise men were to be executed, and they searched for Daniel and his friends, to execute them.

于是命令发出，哲士将要见杀，人就寻找但以理和他的同伴，要杀他们。

命令发出，智慧人将要被杀，人就寻找但以理和他的同伴，要杀他们。

命令发出，智慧人将要被杀，人就寻找但以理和他的同伴，要杀他们。

于是，处死智者的谕旨发出，但以理和他的同伴都在被杀之列。

于是王的御旨发出，要把智慧人都杀死；人就寻找但以理和他的同伴，要杀死他们。

法令发出，要杀掉智慧人；人就寻找但以理和他的同伴，要杀掉他们。

於是命令發出，哲士將要見殺，人就尋找但以理和他的同伴，要殺他們。

命令發出，智慧人將要被殺，人就尋找但以理和他的同伴，要殺他們。

命令發出，智慧人將要被殺，人就尋找但以理和他的同伴，要殺他們。

於是，處死智者的諭旨發出，但以理和他的同伴都在被殺之列。

於是王的御旨發出，要把智慧人都殺死；人就尋找但以理和他的同伴，要殺死他們。

於是有指令發出，要博士都被殺掉。人就尋找但以理和他的同伴，要給殺死。

法令發出，要殺掉智慧人；人就尋找但以理和他的同伴，要殺掉他們。

王命出、將誅哲士、則索但以理、及其同儕、欲殺之、

王詔既頒、將戮哲士、遍索但以理、及其同儕、亦將加戮、

王命已出、將殺哲士、遍索但以理及其同儕、亦欲殺之、

So the decree was issued to put the wise men to death, and men were sent to look for Daniel and his friends to put them to death.

So the order was given to kill them. Men were sent out to look for Daniel and his friends. They were also supposed to be put to death.

So the decree went out, and the wise men were about to be killed; and they sought Daniel and his companions, to kill them.

And because of the king’s decree, men were sent to find and kill Daniel and his friends.

The decree was issued that the wise men were to be executed, and they searched for Daniel and his friends, to execute them.

So the decree was issued that the wise men be killed; and they looked for Daniel and his friends, to kill them.

So the decree went out, and they began killing the wise men; and they sought Daniel and his companions, to kill them.

So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

And the decree went forth that the wise[ men] should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

So a decree went out, and the wise men were about to be executed. They also sought Daniel and his friends so that they could be executed.

So the decree went out, and the wise men were to be slain. They sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

The king interviewed them, and among all of them, no one was found equal to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they began to serve in the king’s court.In every matter of wisdom and understanding that the king consulted them about, he found them 10 times better than all the diviner-priests and mediums in his entire kingdom.

A wicked ruler over a helpless people is like a roaring lion or a charging bear.A leader who lacks understanding is very oppressive, but one who hates dishonest profit prolongs his life.A man burdened by bloodguilt will be a fugitive until death. Let no one help him.

Woe to those enacting crooked statutes and writing oppressive laws

The royal scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded. It was intended for the royal satraps, the governors of each of the provinces, and the officials of each ethnic group and written for each province in its own script and to each ethnic group in its own language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the royal signet ring.Letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces telling the officials to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jewish people— young and old, women and children— and plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.A copy of the text, issued as law throughout every province, was distributed to all the peoples so that they might get ready for that day.The couriers left, spurred on by royal command, and the law was issued in the fortress of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink, while the city of Susa was in confusion.

So King Darius signed the document.When Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house. The windows in its upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.Then these men went as a group and found Daniel petitioning and imploring his God.So they approached the king and asked about his edict:“ Didn’t you sign an edict that for 30 days any man who petitions any god or man except you, the king, will be thrown into the lions’ den?” The king answered,“ As a law of the Medes and Persians, the order stands and is irrevocable.”Then they replied to the king,“ Daniel, one of the Judean exiles, has ignored you, the king, and the edict you signed, for he prays three times a day.”As soon as the king heard this, he was very displeased; he set his mind on rescuing Daniel and made every effort until sundown to deliver him.Then these men went to the king and said to him,“ You as king know it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no edict or ordinance the king establishes can be changed.”

Can a corrupt throne— one that creates trouble by law— become Your ally?