Verse 4
Daniel 6:4
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Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֱדַ֨יִן֙ דָּנִיֵּ֣אל דְּנָ֔ה הֲוָ֣א מִתְנַצַּ֔ח עַל סָרְכַיָּ֖/א וַ/אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֑/א כָּ/ל קֳבֵ֗ל דִּ֣י ר֤וּחַ יַתִּירָא֙ בֵּ֔/הּ וּ/מַלְכָּ֣/א עֲשִׁ֔ית לַ/הֲקָמוּתֵ֖/הּ עַל כָּל מַלְכוּתָֽ/א
English Translation
Then Daniel was contending with the satraps, and with the administrators, all because a greater spirit was in him, and the king made him ruler over all the kingdom.
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Chapter 6 Context
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It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty satraps, which should be throughout...
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and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these satraps might give account unto t...
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Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the satraps, because an excellent spirit...
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Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom;...
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Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against h...
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Then these presidents and satraps assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Dariu...
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7
All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counsellors and the governors,...
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Now, O king, establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the...
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9
And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; (now his windows were open...
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10
Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God...
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11
Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s interdict; Hast thou not signed...
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12
Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity...
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13
Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to delive...
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14
Then these men assembled together unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that it is a...
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15
Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king s...
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And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own sig...
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Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of music br...
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Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.
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And when he came near unto the den to Daniel, he cried with a lamentable voice: the king spake and s...
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Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
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My God (Elohim) hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me: for...
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Then was the king exceeding glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So D...
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And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into...
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Then king Darius wrote unto all the peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Pe...
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I make a decree, that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God (Elohim)...
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He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth; who hath delive...
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So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
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