Daniel 6:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ So the administrators and satraps conspired and came to the king and said to him, “O King Darius, live forever!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Then these presidents and satraps came [tumultuously] together to the king and said to him, King Darius, live forever!

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Then these presidents and satraps assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.

Common English Bible

⁶ So these officers and chief administrators ganged together and went to the king. They said to him, “Long live King Darius!

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Then the leaders and governors took the king aside privately and spoke to him in this way: "King Darius, live forever.

English Standard Version 2016

⁶ Then these high officials and satraps came by agreement to the king and said to him, “O King Darius, live forever!

Daniel 6:6 Cross References

Nehemiah 2:3

I said to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should my face not be sad, when the city, the place of my ancestors’ graves, lies waste and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”

Psalm 56:6

They stir up strife; they lurk; they watch my steps, as they hoped to take my life.

Psalm 62:3

How long will you assail a person, will you batter your victim, all of you, as you would a leaning wall, a tottering fence?

Daniel 2:4

The Chaldeans said to the king (in Aramaic), “O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will reveal the interpretation.”

Daniel 3:9

They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live forever!

Daniel 5:10

The queen, when she heard the discussion of the king and his lords, came into the banquet hall. The queen said, “O king, live forever! Do not let your thoughts terrify you or your face grow pale.

Daniel 6:11

Then those men watched and found Daniel praying and seeking mercy before his God.

Daniel 6:21

Daniel then said to the king, “O king, live forever!

Acts 24:2

When Paul had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying: “Because of you, most excellent Felix, we have long enjoyed peace, and reforms have been made for this people because of your foresight.