NET

12 So they approached the king and said to him, “Did you not issue an edict to the effect that for the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human other than to you, O king, would be thrown into a den of lions?” The king replied, “That is correct, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed.”

Darby

12 Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king's decree: Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask [anything] of any god or man within thirty days, except 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 may not be revoked.

KJV

12 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.

Strong's

12 Then ^H116 they came near^H7127, and spake^H560 before^H6925 the king^H4430 concerning^H5922 the king's^H4430 decree^H633; Hast thou not^H3809 signed^H7560 a decree^H633, that every^H3606 man^H606 that shall ask^H1156 a petition of^H4481 any^H3606 God^H426 or man^H606 within^H5705 thirty^H8533 days^H3118, save^H3861 of thee^H4481, O king^H4430, shall be cast^H7412 into the den^H1358 of lions^H744? The king^H4430 answered^H6032 and said^H560, The thing^H4406 is true^H3330, according to the law^H1882 of the Medes^H4076 and Persians^H6540, which altereth^H5709 not^H3809.