Verse 3
Daniel 6:3
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And Daniel excelled all the princes, and governors: because a greater spirit of God (Elohim) was in him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עֵ֤לָּא מִנְּ/הוֹן֙ סָרְכִ֣ין תְּלָתָ֔א דִּ֥י דָנִיֵּ֖אל חַֽד מִנְּ/ה֑וֹן דִּֽי לֶהֱוֺ֞ן אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֣/א אִלֵּ֗ין יָהֲבִ֤ין לְ/הוֹן֙ טַעְמָ֔/א וּ/מַלְכָּ֖/א לָֽא לֶהֱוֵ֥א נָזִֽק
English Translation
And from among them there are three leaders, Daniel being one of them, whom the chief officials appointed to give them advice, and the king should not be harmed.
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Chapter 6 Context
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It seemed good to Darius, and he appointed over the kingdom a hundred and twenty governors to be ove...
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And three princes over them, of whom Daniel was one: that the governors might give an account to the...
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And Daniel excelled all the princes, and governors: because a greater spirit of God (Elohim) was in...
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And the king thought to set him over all the kingdom: whereupon the princes, and the governors sough...
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Then these men said: We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, unless perhaps concerning t...
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Then the princes, and the governors craftily suggested to the king, and spoke thus unto him: King Da...
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All the princes of the kingdom, the magistrates, and governors, the senators, and judges have consul...
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Now, therefore, O king, confirm the sentence, and sign the decree: that what is decreed by the Medes...
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So king Darius set forth the decree, and established it.
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Now when Daniel knew this, that is to say, that the law was made, he went into his house: and openin...
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Wherefore those men carefully watching him, found Daniel praying and making supplication to his God...
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And they came and spoke to the king concerning the edict: O king, hast thou not decreed, that every...
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Then they answered, and said before the king: Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Jud...
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Now when the king had heard these words, he was very much grieved, and in behalf of Daniel he set hi...
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But those mer. perceiving the king's design, said to him: Know thou, O king, that the law of the Med...
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Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of the lions. And the ki...
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And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den: which the king sealed with his own ring...
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And the king went away to his house and laid himself down without taking supper, and meat was not se...
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Then the king rising very early in the morning, went in haste to the lions' den:
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And coming near to the den, cried with a lamentable voice to Daniel, and said to him: Daniel, servan...
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And Daniel answering the king, said: O king, live for ever:
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My God (Elohim) hath sent his angel, and hath shut up the mouths of the lions, and they have not hur...
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Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and he commanded that Daniel should be taken out of the de...
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And by the king's commandment, those men were brought that bad accused Daniel: and they were cast in...
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Then king Darius wrote to all people, tribes, and languages, dwelling in the whole earth: PEACE be m...
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It is decreed by me, that in all my empire and my kingdom all men dread and fear the God (Elohim) of...
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He is the deliverer, and saviour, doing signs and wonders in heaven, and in earth: who hath delivere...
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Now Daniel continued unto the reign of Darius, and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
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