Daniel 6:8 (LSB)

Passage

Now, O king, establish the injunction and sign the written document so that it may not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be revoked.”

Nearby Context

Daniel 6:6 Then these commissioners and satraps came by agreement to the king and said thus to him: “King Darius, live forever!

Daniel 6:7 All the commissioners of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the high officials and the governors have counseled together that the king should establish a statute and enforce an injunction that anyone who seeks to make a petition to any god or man besides you, O king, for thirty days, shall be cast into the lions’ den.

Daniel 6:8 Now, O king, establish the injunction and sign the written document so that it may not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be revoked.”

Daniel 6:9 Therefore King Darius signed the written document, that is, the injunction.

Daniel 6:10 Now when Daniel knew that the written document was signed, he entered his house (now in his roof chamber he had windows open toward Jerusalem); and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God, as he had been doing previously.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "king", "establish", "injunction", "sign", "written", "document", "changed", and "medes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "king" and "establish", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "All the commissioners of the kingdom the..." into verse 9's "Therefore King Darius signed the written document...", so "king" and "establish" belong inside that flow. In Daniel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "king" and "establish" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.