decree But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, [there is but] one {decree} for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can show me the interpretation thereof. decree And the {decree} went forth that the wise [men] should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain. decree He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why [is] the {decree} [so] hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. decree Thou, O king, hast made a {decree}, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image: decree Therefore I make a {decree}, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. decree Therefore made I a {decree} to bring in all the wise [men] of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream. decree This matter [is] by the {decree} of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. decree This [is] the interpretation, O king, and this [is] the {decree} of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king: decree All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm {decree}, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. decree Now, O king, establish the {decree}, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. decree Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the {decree}. decree Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's {decree}; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask [a petition] of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing [is] true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. decree Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a {decree}, that every man that shall ask [a petition] of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing [is] true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. decree Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which [is] of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the {decree} that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day. decree Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians [is], That no {decree} nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed. decree I make a {decree}, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he [is] the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom [that] which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion [shall be even] unto the end. ~~~~~~