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Daniel in the Lions’ Den

Daniel 6:11

In 11 translations

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. 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.
LSV
Then these men have assembled, and found Daniel praying and pleading grace before his God;
YLT
Then these men have assembled, and found Daniel praying and entreating grace before his God;
DBY
But those men came in a body, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.Elohim
DRC
Wherefore those men carefully watching him, found Daniel praying and making supplication to his God.
GNV
Then these men assembled, and founde Daniel praying, and making supplication vnto his God.
JPS6:12
Then these men came tumultuously, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.
LXXE6:12
Then these men watched, and found Daniel praying and supplicating to his God.

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Original-language editions

WLC6:12
אֱ֠דַיִן גֻּבְרַיָּ֤א אִלֵּךְ֙ הַרְגִּ֔שׁוּ וְהַשְׁכַּ֖חוּ לְדָנִיֵּ֑אל בָּעֵ֥א וּמִתְחַנַּ֖ן קֳדָ֥ם אֱלָהֵֽהּ׃KJV:Dan.6.11
LXX-Br6:12
Τότε οἱ ἄνδρες ἐκεῖνοι παρετήρησαν, καὶ εὗρον τὸν Δανιὴλ ἀξιοῦντα καὶ δεόμενον τοῦ Θεοῦ αὐτοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 37:32–33Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them, the LORD will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned under judgment.
  • Psalms 10:9He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
  • Daniel 6:6So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said, “O King Darius, may you live forever!

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 6:12 in some Bibles
  • 6:11 in most Bibles

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