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The Plot against Daniel

Daniel 6:5

In 11 translations

BSB
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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
Then these men said, “We won’t find any occasion against this Daniel, unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.” Then these men said, “We won’t find any occasion against this Daniel, unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.”
ASV
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.
LSV
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.”
YLT
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.'
DBY
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.Elohim
DRC
Then these men said: We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, unless perhaps concerning the law of his God.
GNV
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.
JPS6:6
Then said these men: 'We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him in the matter of the law of his God.'
LXXE6:6
And the governors said, We shall not find occasion against Daniel, except in the ordinances of his God.

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Original-language editions

WLC6:6
אֱ֠דַיִן גֻּבְרַיָּ֤א אִלֵּךְ֙ אָֽמְרִ֔ין דִּ֣י לָ֧א נְהַשְׁכַּ֛ח לְדָנִיֵּ֥אל דְּנָ֖ה כָּל־עִלָּ֑א לָהֵ֕ן הַשְׁכַּ֥חְנָֽה עֲל֖וֹהִי בְּדָ֥ת אֱלָהֵֽהּ׃KJV:Dan.6.5
LXX-Br6:6
Καὶ εἶπον οἱ τακτικοὶ, οὐχ εὑρήσομεν κατὰ Δανιὴλ πρόφασιν, εἰ μὴ ἐν νομίμοις Θεοῦ αὐτοῦ.

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  • Acts 24:13–16Nor can they prove to you any of their charges against me. I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the…
  • Esther 3:8Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s…
  • Acts 24:20–21Otherwise, let these men state for themselves any crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin, unless it was this one thing I called out as I stood in their presence: ‘It is concerning the resurrection of…
  • 1 Samuel 24:17and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.
  • John 19:6–7As soon as the chief priests and officers saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” “You take Him and crucify Him,” Pilate replied, “for I find no basis for a charge against Him.” “We have a law,” answered the…

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  • 6:6 in some Bibles
  • 6:5 in most Bibles

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