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

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

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.

And the king talked with them, and out of them all not one was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; so they entered the king’s personal service.As for every matter of expertise and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the soothsayer priests and conjurers who were in all his realm.

Like a roaring lion and a rushing bear Is a wicked ruler over a poor people.A leader who is a great oppressor lacks understanding, But a person who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.A person who is burdened with the guilt of human blood Will be a fugitive until death; no one is to support him!

Woe to those who enact unjust statutes And to those who constantly record harmful decisions,

Then the king’s scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and it was written just as Haman commanded to the king’s satraps, to the governors who were over each province and to the officials of each people, each province according to its script, each people according to its language, being written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king’s signet ring.Letters were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces to annihilate, kill, and destroy all the Jews, both young and old, women and children, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to seize their possessions as plunder.A copy of the edict to be issued as law in every province was published to all the peoples so that they would be ready for this day.The couriers went out, speeded by the king’s order while the decree was issued at the citadel in Susa; and while the king and Haman sat down to drink, the city of Susa was agitated.

Thereupon, King Darius signed the document, that is, the injunction.Now when Daniel learned that the document was signed, he entered his house( and in his roof chamber he had windows open toward Jerusalem); and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and offering praise before his God, just as he had been doing previously.Then these men came by agreement and found Daniel offering a prayer and imploring favor before his God.Then they approached and spoke before the king about the king’s injunction:“ Did you not sign an injunction that any person who offers a prayer to any god or person besides you, O king, for thirty days, is to be thrown into the lions’ den?” The king replied,“ The statement is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be revoked.”Then they responded and spoke before the king,“ Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the injunction which you signed, but keeps offering his prayer three times a day.”Then, as soon as the king heard this statement, he was deeply distressed, and set his mind on rescuing Daniel; and until sunset he kept exerting himself to save him.Then these men came by agreement to the king and said to the king,“ Recognize, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no injunction or statute which the king establishes may be changed.”

Can a throne of destruction be allied with You, One which devises mischief by decree?