Daniel 6:11

Daniel 6:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
• New International Version (NIV)Then these men went as a group and found Daniel praying and asking God for help.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then these men came by agreement and found Daniel making petition and plea before his God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then these men assembled and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.

Context of Daniel 6:11

9So King Darius signed the law. 10But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God. Then the officials went together to Daniel’s house and found him praying and asking for God’s help. 12So they went straight to the king and reminded him about his law. “Did you not sign a law that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions?” “Yes,” the king replied, “that decision stands; it is an official law of the Medes and Persians that cannot be revoked.” 13Then they told the king, “That man Daniel, one of the captives from Judah, is ignoring you and your law. He still prays to his God three times a day.”

Daniel 6:11 word by word

אֱ֠דַיִן גֻּבְרַיָּ֤א אִלֵּךְ֙ הַרְגִּ֔שׁוּ וְהַשְׁכַּ֖חוּ לְדָנִיֵּ֑אל בָּעֵ֥א וּמִתְחַנַּ֖ן קֳדָ֥ם אֱלָהֵֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenאֱדַ֫יִן'ĕdayin · thenH116
• theseאִלֵּךְ'illêk · theseH479
• menגְּבַרgebar · manH1400
• assembledרְגַשׁregash · to throngH7284
• and foundשְׁכַחshekach · to findH7912
• Danielדָּנִיֵּאל, דָּנִאֵלdânîyê'l · DanielH1841
• prayingבְּעָאbe‛â' be‛âh · to askH1156
• and making supplicationחֲנַןchănan · be graciousH2604
• beforeקֳדָםqŏdâm qedâm · beforeH6925
• his Godאֱלָהּ'ĕlâhh · godH426

Cross-references for Daniel 6:11

• Daniel 6:6So the administrators and high officers went to the king and said, “Long live King Darius!
• Psalms 10:9Like lions crouched in hiding, they wait to pounce on the helpless. Like hunters they capture the helpless and drag them away in nets.
• Psalms 37:32The wicked wait in ambush for the godly, looking for an excuse to kill them.

Commentaries on Daniel 6:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Then these men assembled … - Evidently with a design of finding him at his devotions.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-17Verses 11-17 It is no new thing for what is done faithfully, in conscience toward God, to be misrepresented as done obstinately, and in contempt of the civil powers. Through want of due thought, we often do that which afterwards, like Darius, we see cause a thousand times to wish undone again. Daniel, that venerable man, is brought as the vilest of malefactors, and is thrown into the den of lions, to be devoured, only for worshipping his God. No doubt the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11just as he had done before: Daniel's regular prayer time helped him worship God daily. Jerusalem was God's chosen city (1 Kings 11:36). Even though the temple was gone, forgetting Jerusalem was unthinkable (Psalm 137:5–6). Someday, the temple would be rebuilt (Isaiah 2:2–4; 44:28).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. assembled--as in Da 6:6, "assembled" or "ran hastily," so as to come upon Daniel suddenly and detect him in the act.Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 6:11

• Civil Service
• Conspiracy
• Daniel
• Diplomacy
• Faith
• Indictments
• Persia
• Politics
• Religion

In the dictionaries

• Daniel
• God
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• Temptation
• Aramaic; Aramaic Language
• Bible, the

Commentaries on Daniel 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings