I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.
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Gill's Exposition
He delivereth and rescueth..... As he did the three companions of Daniel from the fiery furnace, and now Daniel himself from the lions' den:
and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth;…
Barnes' Notes
I make a decree - Compare Dan 3:29. That in every dominion of my kingdom - Every department or province. The entire kingdom or empire was made up of several kingdoms, as Media, Persia, Babylonia, etc.…
Adam Clarke
I make a decree that - men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel - As in the case of the three Hebrews, Dan 3:29. The true God was known by his servants, and by the deliverances he wrought for…
Darius here studies to make some amends for the dishonour he had done both to God and Daniel, in casting Daniel into the lions' den, by doing honour to both.
I. He gives honour to God by a decree…
Cambridge Bible
I make a decree almost exactly as Dan 3:29.
in every dominion in all the dominion&c.
tremble and fear before Cf. Dan 5:19 (of the dread felt towards Nebuchadnezzar).
stedfast or subsistent, enduring,…
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