Daniel 6:5-7

International Standard Version

⁵ So these men said, “We’ll never find any basis for complaint against Daniel unless we build it on the requirements of his God.”

⁶ Then these administrators and regional authorities^[a] went as a group to the king and said this, “Your majesty, live forever! ⁷ All of the royal administrators, prefects, regional authorities,^[b] scribes, and governors have concluded that the king should establish and enforce an edict that anyone who prays to any god or man for the next 30 days (except to you, your majesty) is to be thrown into the lions’ pit.