Daniel 6:5 “Finally these men said, “We will never find any charge against this Da…”

Daniel 6:5

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

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.'

Bible in Basic English

Then these men said, We will only get a reason for attacking Daniel in connection with the law of his God.

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Cross references

“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.”

Acts 24:13–16 1 Samuel 24:17 Esther 3:8 John 19:6 John 19:7 Acts 24:20

Acts 24:13–16 · BSB

Nor can they prove to you any of their charges against me.

1 Samuel 24:17 · BSB

and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.

Esther 3:8 · BSB

Then 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 laws…

John 19:6 · BSB

As 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.”

John 19:7 · BSB

“We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”

Acts 24:20 · BSB

Otherwise, let these men state for themselves any crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4Thus the administrators and satraps sought a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no charge or corruption, because he was trustworthy, and no negligence or corruption was found in him.

6So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said, “O King Darius, may you live forever!

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