Daniel 6:8Wycliffe's Bible with Modern SpellingNow therefore, king, confirm thou the sentence, and write thou the decree, that this that is ordained of Medes and Persians be not changed, neither be it leaveful to any man to break. See the chapter |
And then the scribes, or writers, of the king were called in the first month of Nisan, that is, April, in the thirteenth day of the same month; and it was written, as Haman had commanded, to all the princes of the king, and to doomsmen of diverse provinces and of folks, that for diversity of language, each folk might read these letters and hear them, in the name of king Ahasuerus.
And they nighed and spake to the king of the commandment, King, whether thou ordainedest not, that each man that asked any asking of gods and of men, till to thirty days, no but of thee, thou king, he should be sent into the pit of lions? To which men the king answered, and said, The word is sooth, by the decree of Medes and Persians, which it is not leaveful to break.