◄ Daniel 6:5 ►
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Good News Translation
They said to each other, "We are not going to find anything of which to accuse Daniel unless it is something in connection with his religion."

New Revised Standard Version
The men said, “We shall not find any ground for complaint against this Daniel unless we find it in connection with the law of his God.”

Contemporary English Version
Finally, they said to one another, "We will never be able to bring any charge against Daniel, unless it has to do with his religion."

New American Bible
Then these men said to themselves, “We shall find no grounds for accusation against this Daniel except in connection with the law of his God.”

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

1 Samuel 24:17 And he said to David: Thou art more just than I: for thou hast done good to me, and I have rewarded thee with evil.

Esther 3:8 And Aman said to king Assuerus: There is a people scattered through all the provinces of thy kingdom, and separated one from another, that use new laws and ceremonies, and moreover despise the king's ordinances: and thou knowest very well that it is not expedient for thy kingdom that they should grow insolent by impunity.

John 19:6,7 When the chief priests, therefore, and the servants had seen him, they cried out, saying: Crucify him, Crucify him. Pilate saith to them: Take him you, and crucify him: for I find no cause in him. . . .

Acts 24:13-16,20,21 Neither can they prove unto thee the things whereof they now accuse me. . . .

Context
The Plot Against Daniel
…4And the king thought to set him over all the kingdom; whereupon the princes, and the governors, sought to find occasion against Daniel, with regard to the king: and they could find no cause, nor suspicion, because he was faithful, and no fault, nor suspicion was found in him. 5Then these men said: We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, unless perhaps concerning the law of his God.6Then the princes, and the governors, craftily suggested to the king, and spoke thus unto him: King Darius, live for ever:…
Cross References
Acts 24:13
Neither can they prove unto thee the things whereof they now accuse me.

Acts 24:20
Or let these men themselves say if they found in me any iniquity, when standing before the council,

1 Samuel 29:3
And the princes of the Philistines said to Achis: What mean these Hebrews? And Achis said to the princes of the Philistines: Do you not know David who was the servant of Saul, the king of Israel, and hath been with me many days, or years, and I have found no fault in him, since the day that he fled over to me until this day?

Jeremiah 29:7
And seek the peace of the city, to which I have caused you to be carried away captives; and pray to the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall be your peace.

Daniel 6:4
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