3So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.


In Context

1 In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes (a Mede by descent), who was made ruler over the Babylonian kingdom-

2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the Lord given to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.

3 So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.

4 I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed: "O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with all who love him and obey his commands,

5 we have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away from your commands and laws.

Daniel 9:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:3And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:3And I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:3And I set my face to the Lord my God, to pray and make supplication with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:3And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:3And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:3And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:3And I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:3I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:3and I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.