Daniel 6:5-7

Revised Geneva Translation

⁵ Then said these men, “We shall not find a charge against this Daniel, unless we find it against him concerning the Law of his God.”

⁶ Therefore, the rulers and these governors went together to the king, and said to him, “King Darius, live forever.

⁷ “All the rulers of your kingdom, the officers and governors, the counselors and dukes, have consulted together to make a decree for the king, and to establish a statute: that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except you, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.