5Finally these men said, "We will never find any basis for charges against this man Daniel unless it has something to do with the law of his God."


In Context

2 with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel. The satraps were made accountable to them so that the king might not suffer loss.

3 Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.

4 At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent.

5 Finally these men said, "We will never find any basis for charges against this man Daniel unless it has something to do with the law of his God."

6 So the administrators and the satraps went as a group to the king and said: "O King Darius, live forever!

7 The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or man during the next thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be thrown into the lions' den.

Daniel 6:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:5Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find [it] against him concerning the law of his God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:5Then these men said: We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, unless perhaps concerning the law of his God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:5Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:5Then said these men, We shall not find any pretext against this Daniel, unless we find it against him touching the law of his God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:5Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:5Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:5Then these men said, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:5Then 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:5Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.