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Daniel 6:17

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.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Daniel 6:18.

וְהֵיתָ֨יִת֙veheytayitand comeאָתָהconjunction, verb, hophal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and come”, a completed actionH858{to arrive}(be-) come, bring.אֶ֣בֶןevenstoneאֶבֶןnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “stone”, the ordinary formH69{a stone}stone.חֲדָ֔הchadahfirstחַדnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “first”, the ordinary formH2298as card. one; as article single; as an ordinal, first; adverbially, at oncea, first, one, together.וְשֻׂמַ֖תvesumatand giveשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal passive, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and give”, a completed actionH7761{to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)}[phrase] command, give, lay, make, [phrase] name, [phrase] regard, set.עַלalagainstעַלpreposition — “against”H5922{above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications}about, against, concerning, for, (there-) fore, from, in, [idiom] more, of, (there-, up-) on, (in-) to, [phrase] why with.פֻּ֣םpummouthפֻּםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “mouth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6433the mouth (literally or figuratively)mouth.גֻּבָּ֑אgubadenגֹּבnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “den”, the definite formH1358a pit (for wild animals) (as cut out)den.וְחַתְמַ֨הּvechatmahand sealחֲתַםconjunction, verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and seal”, a completed actionH2857to sealseal.מַלְכָּ֜אmalkakingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “king”, the definite formH4430a kingking, royal.בְּעִזְקְתֵ֗הּbeizqetehin signetעִזְקָאpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in signet”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5824a signet-ring (as engraved)signet.וּבְעִזְקָת֙uveizqatand in signetעִזְקָאconjunction, preposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and in signet”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5824a signet-ring (as engraved)signet.רַבְרְבָנ֔וֹהִיravrevanohilordרַבְרְבָןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “lord”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7261a magnatelord, prince.דִּ֛יdithatדִּיconjunction — “that”H1768that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of[idiom] as, but, for(-asmuch [phrase]), [phrase] now, of, seeing, than, that, therefore, until, [phrase] what (-soever), when, which, whom, whose.לָאlaor evenלָאparticle, negative — “or even”H3809{not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no;}or even, neither, no(-ne, -r), (can-) not, as nothing, without.תִשְׁנֵ֥אtishnealterשְׁנָאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “alter”, an unfinished actionH8133{to alter}alter, change, (be) diverse.צְב֖וּtsevvpurposeצְבוּnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “purpose”, the ordinary formH6640properly, will; concretely, an affair (as a matter of determination)purpose.בְּדָנִיֵּֽאלbedaniyelin Danielדָּנִיֵּאלpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Daniel”H1841Danijel, the Hebrew prophetDaniel.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(6-18) 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 nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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 nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.

Young’s Literal Translation

And a stone hath been brought and placed at the mouth of the den, and the king hath sealed it with his signet, and with the signet of his great men, that the purpose be not changed concerning Daniel.

World English Bible

A stone was brought, and laid on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.

Darby Translation

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 nobles, that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.

Douay-Rheims

And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den: which the king sealed with his own ring, and with the ring of his nobles, that nothing should be done against Daniel.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(6-18) 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 nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they brought a stone, and put it on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his ring, and with the ring of his nobles; that the case might not be altered with regard to Daniel.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἤνεγκαν λίθον, καὶ ἐπέθηκαν ἐπὶ τὸ στόμα τοῦ λάκκου, καὶ ἐσφραγίσατο ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐν τῷ δακτυλίῳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν τῷ δακτυλίῳ τῶν μεγιστάνων αὐτοῦ, ὅπως μὴ ἀλλοιωθῇ πρᾶγμα ἐν τῷ Δανιήλ.