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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 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 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
When the human race began to increase, with more and more daughters being born, the sons of God noticed that the daughters of men were beautiful. They looked them over and picked out wives for themselves.
Then God said, "I'm not going to breathe life into men and women endlessly. Eventually they're going to die; from now on they can expect a life span of 120 years."
This was back in the days (and also later) when there were giants in the land. The giants came from the union of the sons of God and the daughters of men. These were the mighty men of ancient lore, the famous ones.
This is the story of Noah: Noah was a good man, a man of integrity in his community. Noah walked with God. Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
The people of Sodom were evil—flagrant sinners against God .
"The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful, a puzzle that no one can figure out. But I, God , search the heart and examine the mind. I get to the heart of the human. I get to the root of things. I treat them as they really are, not as they pretend to be."
He said, "Now walk through the door and take a look at the obscenities they're engaging in."
He said, "Son of man, do you see what the elders are doing here in the dark, each one before his favorite god-picture? They tell themselves, ‘ God doesn't see us. God has forsaken the country.'"
It wasn't so long ago that we ourselves were stupid and stubborn, dupes of sin, ordered every which way by our glands, going around with a chip on our shoulder, hated and hating back. But when God, our kind and loving Savior God, stepped in, he saved us from all that. It was all his doing; we had nothing to do with it. He gave us a good bath, and we came out of it new people, washed inside and out by the Holy Spirit. Our Savior Jesus poured out new life so generously. God's gift has restored our relationship with him and given us back our lives. And there's more life to come—an eternity of life! You can count on this. I want you to put your foot down. Take a firm stand on these matters so that those who have put their trust in God will concentrate on the essentials that are good for everyone. Stay away from mindless, pointless quarreling over genealogies and fine print in the law code. That gets you nowhere. Warn a quarrelsome person once or twice, but then be done with him. It's obvious that such a person is out of line, rebellious against God. By persisting in divisiveness he cuts himself off. As soon as I send either Artemas or Tychicus to you, come immediately and meet me in Nicopolis. I've decided to spend the winter there. Give Zenas the lawyer and Apollos a hearty send-off. Take good care of them. Our people have to learn to be diligent in their work so that all necessities are met (especially among the needy) and they don't end up with nothing to show for their lives. All here want to be remembered to you. Say hello to our friends in the faith. Grace to all of you.
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.
