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Darius Honors God

Daniel 6:25

In 11 translations

BSB
Then King Darius wrote to the people of every nation and language throughout the land: “May your prosperity abound.
KJV
¶ Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
WEB
Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages who dwell in all the earth: “Peace be multiplied to you. Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: “Peace be multiplied to you.
ASV
Then king Darius wrote unto all the peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied unto you.
LSV
Then Darius the king has written to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who are dwelling in all the land: “Your peace be great!
YLT
Then Darius the king hath written to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who are dwelling in all the land: 'Your peace be great!
DBY
Then king Darius wrote unto all peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied unto you.
DRC
Then king Darius wrote to all people, tribes, and languages, dwelling in the whole earth: PEACE be multiplied unto you.
GNV
Afterwarde King Darius wrote, Vnto all people, nations and languages, that dwel in all the world: Peace be multiplied vnto you.
JPS6:26
Then king Darius wrote unto all the peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: 'Peace be multiplied unto you.
LXXE6:26
Then king Darius wrote to all nations, tribes, and languages, who dwell in all the earth, saying, Peace be multiplied to you.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Leningrad Codex reads דָאְרִ֥ין; read aloud (Qere) reads דָיְרִ֥ין (“[were] dwelling”).
  • Written (Ketiv): דָאֲרִין. Read aloud (Qere): דָיְרִ֥ין (“[were] dwelling”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.

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Original-language editions

WLC6:26
בֵּאדַ֜יִן דָּרְיָ֣וֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֗א כְּ֠תַב לְֽכָל־עַֽמְמַיָּ֞א אֻמַיָּ֧א וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֛א דִּֽי־דארין בְּכָל־אַרְעָ֖א שְׁלָמְכ֥וֹן יִשְׂגֵּֽא׃KJV:Dan.6.25Read aloud as (qere): דָיְרִ֥ין
LXX-Br6:26
Τότε Δαρεῖος ὁ βασιλεὺς ἔγραψε πᾶσι τοῖς λαοῖς, φυλαῖς, γλώσσαις, τοῖς οἰκοῦσιν ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ· εἰρήνη ὑμῖν πληθυνθείη.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Daniel 4:1King Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation and language who dwell in all the earth: May your prosperity be multiplied.
  • Ezra 1:1–2In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in…
  • Ezra 4:17Then the king sent this reply: To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates: Greetings.
  • Esther 3:12On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the…
  • Esther 8:9At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127…
  • 1 Peter 1:2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
  • 2 Peter 1:2Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
  • Jude 1:2Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

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  • 6:26 in some Bibles
  • 6:25 in most Bibles

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