KJV ORIGINAL
All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
All the top officials in your kingdom — the presidents, governors, princes, counselors, and captains — we've all gotten together and agreed on this royal law. For the next thirty days, anyone who prays to any god or asks anything from any person except you, the king, gets thrown into the lions' den.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The government officials basically said 'worship the king or become lion food for a month.'
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