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Daniel 6:5
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Then these men said, “We will never find any charge against this Daniel unless we find something against him concerning the law of his God.”
Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniyel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
Then these men said, "We shall not find any ground for complaint against this Daniel unless we find it in connection with the law of his God."
Then these men said, "We will not find any ground of accusation against this Daniel unless we find it against him regarding the law of his God."
Finally these men said, "We will never find any reason to accuse Daniel unless it is about the law of his God."
Then these men said, "We will not find any basis for an accusation against this Daniel unless we find something against him in connection with the law of his God."
Then sayd these men, We shall not finde an occasion against this Daniel, except we finde it against him concerning the Law of his God.
Then these men said, "We will not find any ground of accusation against this Daniel unless we find it against him with regard to the law of his God."
Finally these men said, "We will never find any charge against this Daniel, unless we find something against him concerning the law of his God."
Finally, they said to one another, "We will never be able to bring any charge against Daniel, unless it has to do with his religion."
The other chiefs and the viceroys tried to find a cause for complaint against Dani'el in regard to how he performed his governing duties, but they could find nothing to complain about, no fault; on the contrary, because he was so faithful, not a single instance of negligence or faulty administration could be found.
Then said these men, We shall not find any pretext against this Daniel, unless we find [it] against him touching the law of his God.
Finally, they said, "We will never find any reason to accuse Daniel of doing something wrong. So we must find something to complain about that is connected to the law of his God."
Then these men said, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel unless we find it against him in connection with the law of his God.
They said to each other, "We are not going to find anything of which to accuse Daniel unless it is something in connection with his religion."
Then these men said, "We will not find any pretext against this Daniel unless we find it in connection with the law of his God."
Then these men said, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel unless we find it against him concerning the Law of his God.
Then sayde these men: we will get no quarell agaynst this Daniel, excepte it be in the lawe off his God.
Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
Then these men said, We will only get a reason for attacking Daniel in connection with the law of his God.
Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
Then said these men, We shall not finde any occasion against this Daniel, except wee finde it against him concerning the Law of his God.
Then saide these men, We shall finde none occasion against this Daniel, except we finde it against him concerning the lawe of his God.
And the governors said, We shall not find occasion against Daniel, except in the ordinances of his God.
Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
Therfor tho men seiden, We schulen not fynde ony occasioun to this Danyel, no but in hap in the lawe of his God.
Then these [prominent] men said, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find [it] against him concerning the law of his God.
So these men concluded, "We won't find any pretext against this man Daniel unless it is in connection with the law of his God."
Then these men said, "We shall not find any charge against this Daniel unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God."
So they concluded, "Our only chance of finding grounds for accusing Daniel will be in connection with the rules of his religion."
Then these men said, "We will not find anything to say against Daniel unless it has to do with the Law of his God."
The men said, "We shall not find any ground for complaint against this Daniel unless we find it in connection with the law of his God."
Then, these men, were saying, We shall not find against this Daniel, any occasion; unless we find it against him in respect of the law of his God.
Then these men said: We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, unless perhaps concerning the law of his God.
Then these men said, "We shall not find any ground for complaint against this Daniel unless we find it in connection with the law of his God."
Then these men are saying, `We do not find against this Daniel any cause of complaint, except we have found [it] against him in the law of his God.'
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
1 Samuel 24:17, Esther 3:8, John 19:6, John 19:7, Acts 24:13-16, Acts 24:20, Acts 24:21
Reciprocal: Genesis 47:16 - Give your cattle 1 Samuel 18:15 - wisely 1 Samuel 29:3 - found Nehemiah 6:13 - that Psalms 27:11 - mine enemies Psalms 35:20 - but Psalms 64:6 - search Jeremiah 29:7 - seek Matthew 26:60 - found none Mark 7:2 - they found Acts 23:20 - as
Cross-References
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.
And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then said these men,.... To one another:
we shall not find any occasion against this Daniel; whom they speak of with great disdain and contempt, calling him this Daniel, this fellow, though in the highest post in the kingdom:
except we find it against him concerning the law of his God; about his religion; not that they thought he would be prevailed upon to break the law of his God in any respect; but they knew he was tenacious of the Jewish religion, and of all the laws, rites, and ceremonies of it; if therefore they could get an act passed, and signed by the king, which would any ways affect his religion, or any branch of it, or prohibit the performance of it for any time, they hoped to get an advantage of him, knowing that he would not on any consideration forsake or neglect that; which being said by his enemies was greatly to his honour.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
We shall not find any occasion ... - We shall not find any pretext or any cause by which he may be humbled and degraded. They were satisfied of his integrity, and they saw it was vain to hope to accomplish their purposes by any attack on his moral character, or any charge against him in respect to the manner in which he had discharged the duties of his office.
Except we find it against him concerning the law of his God - Unless it be in respect to his religion; unless we can so construe his known conscientiousness in regard to his religion as to make that a proof of his unwillingness to obey the king. It occurred to them that such was his well-understood faithfulness in his religious duties, and his conscientiousness, that they might expect that, whatever should occur, he would be found true to his God, and that this might be a basis of calculation in any measure they might propose for his downfall. His habits seem to have been well understood, and his character was so fixed that they could proceed on this as a settled matter in their plans against him. The only question was, how to construe his conduct in this respect as criminal, or how to make the king listen to any accusation against him on this account, for his religious views were well known when he was appointed to office; the worship of the God of Daniel was not prohibited by the laws of the realm, and it would not be easy to procure a law directly and avowedly prohibiting that.
It is not probable that the king would have consented to pass such a law directly proposed - a law which would have been so likely to produce disturbance, and when no plausible ground could have been alleged for it. There was another method, however, which suggested itself to these crafty counselors - which was, while they did not seem to aim absolutely and directly to have that worship prohibited, to approach the king with a proposal that would be flattering to his vanity, and that, perhaps, might be suggested as a test question, showing the degree of esteem in which he was held in the empire, and the willingness of his subjects to obey him. By proposing a law that, for a limited period, no one should be allowed to present a petition of any kind to anyone except to the king himself, the object would be accomplished. A vain monarch could be prevailed on to pass such a law, and this could be represented to him as a measure not improper in order to test his subjects as to their willingness to show him respect and obedience; and at the same time it would be certain to effect the purpose against Daniel - for they had no doubt that he would adhere steadfastly to the principles of his religion, and to his well-known habits of worship. This plan was, therefore, crafty in the extreme, and was the highest tribute that could be paid to Daniel. It would be well if the religious character and the fixed habits of all who profess religion were so well understood that it was absolutely certain that no accusation could lie against them on any other ground, but that their adherence to their religious principles could be calculated on as a basis of action, whatever might be the consequences.
