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.


In Context

2 and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these satraps might give account to them, and that the king should have no damage.

3 Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

4 Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault, because he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

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

6 Then these presidents and satraps assembled together to the king, and said thus to him, King Darius, live forever.

7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong decree, that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:5Finally 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."

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 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.