Then they have answered, yea, they are saying before the king, that, `Daniel, who <FI>is<Fi> of the sons of the Removed of Judah, hath not placed on thee, O king, <FI>any<Fi> regard, nor on the interdict that thou hast signed, and three times in a day he is seeking his petition.'
Daniel 6:11 Then these men have assembled, and found Daniel praying and entreating grace before his God;
Daniel 6:12 then they have come near, yea, they are saying before the king concerning the king's interdict: `Hast thou not signed an interdict, that any man who seeketh from any god and man until thirty days, save of thee, O king, is cast into a den of lions?' Answered hath the king, and said, `The thing <FI>is<Fi> certain as a law of Media and Persia, that doth not pass away.'
Daniel 6:13 Then they have answered, yea, they are saying before the king, that, `Daniel, who <FI>is<Fi> of the sons of the Removed of Judah, hath not placed on thee, O king, <FI>any<Fi> regard, nor on the interdict that thou hast signed, and three times in a day he is seeking his petition.'
Daniel 6:14 Then the king, when he hath heard the matter, is greatly displeased at himself, and on Daniel he hath set the heart to deliver him, and till the going up of the sun he was arranging to deliver him.
Daniel 6:15 Then these men have assembled near the king, and are saying to the king, `know, O king, that the law of Media and Persia <FI>is<Fi> : That any interdict and statute that the king doth establish is not to be changed.'
The verse centers on "answered", "saying", "before", "king", "daniel", "sons", "removed", and "judah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "answered" and "saying", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 12's "then they have come near yea they..." into verse 14's "Then the king when he hath heard...", so "answered" and "saying" 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 "answered" and "saying" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.