Daniel 6:2

Hebrew	שְׁפַר֙ קֳדָ֣ם דָּרְיָ֔וֶשׁ וַהֲקִים֙ עַל מַלְכוּתָ֔א לַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֖א מְאָ֣ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֑ין דִּ֥י לֶהֱוֺ֖ן בְּכָל מַלְכוּתָֽא
ESV	and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one, to whom these satraps should give account, so that the king might suffer no loss.
NIV	with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel. The satraps were made accountable to them so that the king might not suffer loss.
NLT	The king also chose Daniel and two others as administrators to supervise the high officers and protect the king's interests.
LXX	καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” ἐπ αὐτῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English) ἄνδρας τρεῖς ἡγουμένους αὐτῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English) καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” Δανιηλ εἷς ἦνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. τῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article τριῶν ἀνδρῶν
KJV	And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.

^{Daniel 6:1 ← Daniel 6:2 → Daniel 6:3}

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