Daniel 6:5

6:5 So these men concluded, ¹  “We won’t find any pretext against this man Daniel unless it is ²  in connection with the law of his God.”

Daniel 6:8

6:8 Now let the king issue a written interdict ³  so that it cannot be altered, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed. ⁴ 

Daniel 6:24

6:24 The king gave another order, ⁵  and those men who had maliciously accused ⁶  Daniel were brought and thrown ⁷  into the lions’ den – they, their children, and their wives. ⁸  They did not even reach the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

[6:5]  ¹ tn Aram “were saying.”

[6:5]  ² tn Aram “unless we find [it] against him.”

[6:8]  ³ tn Aram “establish a written interdict and inscribe a written decree.”

[6:8]  ⁴ tn Or “removed.”

[6:24]  ⁵ tn Aram “said.”

[6:24]  ⁶ tn Aram “had eaten the pieces of.” The Aramaic expression is ironic, in that the accusers who had figuratively “eaten the pieces of Daniel” are themselves literally devoured by the lions.

[6:24]  ⁷ tn The Aramaic active impersonal verb is often used as a substitute for the passive.

[6:24]  ⁸ tc The LXX specifies only the two overseers, together with their families, as those who were cast into the lions’ den.