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


In Context

1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,

2 in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years about which the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years.

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

4 I prayed to Yahweh my God, and made confession, and said, Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments,

5 we have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts and from your ordinances;

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:3So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in 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 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.