Daniel 9:6 “We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your…”

Daniel 9:6

We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, fathers, and all the people of the land.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

World English Bible

We haven’t listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

American Standard Version

neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, that spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

Geneva Bible 1599

For we would not obey thy seruants the Prophets, which spake in thy Name to our Kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

Darby Translation

And we have not hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, who spoke in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

Young's Literal Translation

and we have not hearkened unto Thy servants, the prophets, who have spoken in Thy name unto our kings, our heads, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

Bible in Basic English

We have not given ear to your servants the prophets, who said words in your name to our kings and our rulers and our fathers and all the people of the land.

.mt-body { max-height: none !important; -webkit-mask-image: none !important; mask-image: none !important; } .mt-bar { display: none !important; } .o-trans::after { display: block !important; }

Cross references

“have we”

Daniel 9:10 Zechariah 1:4–6 Zechariah 7:8–12 Luke 20:10–12 2 Chronicles 33:10 Jeremiah 7:13

Daniel 9:10 · BSB

and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets.

Zechariah 1:4–6 · BSB

Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.

Zechariah 7:8–12 · BSB

Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,

Luke 20:10–12 · BSB

At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.

2 Chronicles 33:10 · BSB

And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.

Jeremiah 7:13 · BSB

And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,

“our kings”

Ezra 9:7 Nehemiah 9:34 Nehemiah 9:32

Ezra 9:7 · BSB

From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and subjected to the sword and to c…

Nehemiah 9:34 · BSB

Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.

Nehemiah 9:32 · BSB

So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors a…

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

In context

5we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.

7To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.

Read Daniel 9