den 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. den 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. den Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast [him] into the {den} of lions. [Now] the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. den And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the {den}; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel. den Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the {den} of lions. den And when he came to the {den}, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: [and] the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? den Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the {den}, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God. den Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the {den}. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God. den And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast [them] into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the {den}. den And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast [them] into the {den} of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den. ~~~~~~