Daniel 6:6
Strong's Lexicon
So
אֱ֠דַיִן (’ĕ·ḏa·yin)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 116: 1) then, afterwards, thereupon, from that time

the administrators
סָרְכַיָּ֤א (sā·rə·ḵay·yā)
Noun - masculine plural determinate
Strong's Hebrew 5632: 1) chief, overseer

and satraps
וַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּא֙ (wa·’ă·ḥaš·dar·pə·nay·yā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural determinate
Strong's Hebrew 324: 1) satrap, a governor of a Persian province

אִלֵּ֔ן (’il·lên)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 459: 1) these, those

went together
הַרְגִּ֖שׁוּ (har·gi·šū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7284: 1) to be in tumult 1a) (Aphel) to gather in a tumultuous throng, show tumultuousness, come thronging

to
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5922: 1) upon, over, on account of, above, to, against 1a) upon, over, on account of, regarding, concerning, on behalf of 1b) over (with verbs of ruling) 1c) above, beyond (in comparison) 1d) to, against (of direction)

the king
מַלְכָּ֑א (mal·kā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 4430: 1) king

וְכֵן֙ (wə·ḵên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3652: 1) thus, so, as follows

and said,
אָמְרִ֣ין (’ā·mə·rîn)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 560: 1) (P'al) to say, to speak, to command, to tell, to relate

“O King
מַלְכָּ֖א (mal·kā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 4430: 1) king

Darius,
דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ (dā·rə·yā·weš)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1868: Darius = 'lord' 1) Darius the Mede, the son of Ahasuerus, king of the Chaldeans, who succeeded to the Babylonian kingdom on the death of Belshazzar; probably the same as 'Astyages' the last king of the Medes (538 BC) (same as H01867 (1)) 2) Darius, the son of Hystaspes, the founder of the Perso-Arian dynasty (521 BC) (same as H01867 (2)) 3) Darius II or Darius III 3a) Darius II, Nothus (Ochus) was king of Persia during the time of Nehemiah (424/3-405/4 BC). Darius II is the most probable because he is mentioned by Nehemiah and ruled during the time of Nehemiah 3b) Darius III, Codomannus was king of Persia during its last years at the time of Alexander the Great and was his opponent (336-330 BC)

may you live
חֱיִֽי׃ (ḥĕ·yî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2418: 1) to live 1a) (P'al) to live 1b) (Aphel) to let live, keep alive

forever !
לְעָלְמִ֥ין (lə·‘ā·lə·mîn)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5957: 1) perpetuity, antiquity, for ever

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said, “O King Darius, may you live forever!

Young's Literal Translation
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Holman Christian Standard Bible
So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said to him, “ May King Darius live forever .

New American Standard Bible
Then these commissioners and satraps came by agreement to the king and spoke to him as follows: "King Darius, live forever!

King James Bible
Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
So these administrators and satraps went as a group to the king and said: "May King Darius live forever!

New Living Translation
So the administrators and high officers went to the king and said, "Long live King Darius!

English Standard Version
Then these high officials and satraps came by agreement to the king and said to him, “O King Darius, live forever!

New American Standard Bible
Then these commissioners and satraps came by agreement to the king and spoke to him as follows: "King Darius, live forever!

King James Bible
Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said to him, "May King Darius live forever.

International Standard Version
Then these administrators and regional authorities went as a group to the king and said this, "Your majesty, live forever!

NET Bible
So these supervisors and satraps came by collusion to the king and said to him, "O King Darius, live forever!

American Standard Version
Then these presidents and satraps assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.

English Revised Version
Then these presidents and satraps assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.

Young's Literal Translation
Then these presidents and satraps have assembled near the king, and thus they are saying to him: 'O king Darius, to the ages live!
















Cross References
Nehemiah 2:3
And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

Daniel 2:4
Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.

Daniel 3:9
They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.

Daniel 5:10
Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:

Daniel 6:11
Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.

Daniel 6:21
Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.

Daniel 1:1
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

Daniel 6:5
Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

Daniel 6:4
Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

Daniel 6:3
Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

Daniel 6:7
All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellers, 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.
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