Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s interdict: Hast thou not signed an interdict, that every man that shall make petition unto any god or man within thirty days, save unto 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.

Then they came near before the king and said, O King, have you not put your name to an order that any man who makes a request to any god or man but you, O King, for thirty days, is to be put into the lions' hole? The king made answer and said, The thing is fixed by the law of the Medes and Persians which may not come to an end.

Οθεν προσελθοντες ελαλησαν εμπροσθεν του βασιλεως περι της βασιλικης απαγορευσεως λεγοντες, Δεν υπεγραψας αποφασιν, οτι πας ανθρωπος, οστις καμη αιτησιν παρ' οποιουδηποτε θεου η ανθρωπου, εως τριακοντα ημερων, εκτος παρα σου, βασιλευ, θελει ριφθη εις τον λακκον των λεοντων; Ο βασιλευς απεκριθη και ειπεν, Αληθινος ειναι ο λογος, κατα τον νομον των Μηδων και Περσων, οστις δεν ακυρουται.

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.