Daniel 6
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Daniel 6:3-5

3ThenH116 thisH1836 DanielH1841 began distinguishingH5330 himself 1amongH5922 the commissionersH5632 and satrapsH324 becauseH6903H1768 2he possessed an 3extraordinaryH3493 spiritH7308, and the kingH4430 intendedH6246 to appointH6966 him overH5922 the 4entireH3606 kingdomH4437. 4ThenH116 the commissionersH5632 and satrapsH324 began 5tryingH1156 to findH7912 a groundH5931 ofH5931 accusationH5931 against DanielH1841 regardingH6655 6governmentH4437 affairsH4437; but they couldH3202 findH7912 7noH3606H3809 groundH5931 ofH5931 accusationH5931 or evidence of corruptionH7844, becauseH6903H1768 he was trustworthyH540, and noH3606H3809 negligenceH7960 or corruptionH7844 was to be foundH7912 in him. 5ThenH116 theseH479 menH1400 saidH560, “We will not findH7912 anyH3606 groundH5931 ofH5931 accusationH5931 against thisH1836 DanielH1841 unlessH3861 we findH7912 it againstH5922 him regarding the 8lawH1882 of his GodH426.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Daniel 6:3 Lit above ↩
  2. 2. Daniel 6:3 Lit there was in him ↩
  3. 3. Daniel 6:3 Dan 5:12, 14; 9:23 ↩
  4. 4. Daniel 6:3 Gen 41:40; Esth 10:3 ↩
  5. 5. Daniel 6:4 Gen 43:18; Judg 14:4; Jer 20:10; Dan 3:8; Luke 20:20 ↩
  6. 6. Daniel 6:4 Lit the kingdom ↩
  7. 7. Daniel 6:4 Dan 6:22; Luke 20:26; 23:14, 15; Phil 2:15; 1 Pet 2:12; 3:16 ↩
  8. 8. Daniel 6:5 Acts 24:13-16, 20, 21 ↩

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