Daniel 6:6-8

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁶ Then the princes, and the governors craftily suggested to the king, and spoke thus unto him: King Darius, live for ever:

⁷ All the princes of the kingdom, the magistrates, and governors, the senators, and judges have consulted together, that an imperial decree, and an edict be published: That whosoever shall ask any petition of any god, or man, for thirty days, but of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.

⁸ Now, therefore, O king, confirm the sentence, and sign the decree: that what is decreed by the Medes and Persians may not be altered, nor any man be allowed to transgress it.