Daniel 6:11
9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
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.
13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.
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Compare
- BSB
- Then these men went as a group and found Daniel petitioning and imploring his God.
- KJV
- Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
- WEB
- Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.
- ASV
- Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.
- DARBY
- But those men came in a body, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
- BLB
- Then these men went as a group and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
- ÅB
- Da stormet disse menn inn og fant Daniel bedende og bønnfallende for sin Gud.
- OTB
- Da kom disse mennene samlet og fant Daniel bedende og søkende nåde fra sin Gud.
- B1930
- Da stormet disse menn inn og fant Daniel bedende og bønnfallende for sin Gud.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 37:32–33
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Read in contextPsalms 10:9
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
Read in contextDaniel 6:6
Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
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