Daniel 6:4 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁴ 2 And they came and spoke to the king concerning the edict: O king, hast thou not decreed, that every man that should make a request to any of the gods, or men, for thirty days, but to thyself, O king, should be cast into the den of the lions? And the king answered them, saying: The word is true according to the decree of the Medes and Persians, which it is not lawful to violate.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Then the presidents and satraps sought to find occasion [to bring accusation] against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no occasion or fault, for he was faithful, nor was there any error or fault found in him.

American Standard Version (1901)

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, forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

Common English Bible

⁴ As a result, the other officers and the chief administrators tried to find some problem with Daniel’s work for the kingdom. But they couldn’t find any problem or corruption at all because Daniel was trustworthy. He wasn’t guilty of any negligence or corruption.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Furthermore, the king considered setting him over the entire kingdom; whereupon the leaders and the governors sought to find a complaint against Daniel and in favor of the king. And they could find no case, or even suspicion, because he was faithful, and no fault or suspicion was found in him.

English Standard Version 2016

⁴ Then the high officials and the satraps sought to find a ground for complaint against Daniel with regard to the kingdom, but they could find no ground for complaint or any fault, because he was faithful, and no error or fault was found in him.

Daniel 6:4 Cross References

Genesis 41:38

9 He said therefore to Joseph: Seeing God hath shewn thee all that thou hast said, can I find one wiser and one like unto thee?

Genesis 43:18

9 Wherefore going up to the steward of the house, at the door,

Proverbs 29:27

Two things I have asked of thee, deny them not to me before I die.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

1 And if two lie together, they shall warm one another: how shall one alone be warmed?

Jeremiah 18:18

And thou shalt say: Hear the word of the Lord, O ye kings of Juda, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold I will bring an affliction upon this place: so that whoever shall hear it, his ears shall tingle:

Jeremiah 18:23

And I will make this city an astonishent, and a hissing: every one that shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and shall hiss because of all the plagues thereof.

Jeremiah 20:10

8 Why came I out of the womb, to see labour and sorrow, and that my days should be spent in confusion?

Jeremiah 29:7

5 Because you have said: The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon:

Daniel 3:8

6 Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago answered and said to king Nabuchodonosor: We have no occasion to answer thee concerning this matter.

Daniel 5:12

0 But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit hardened unto pride, he was put down from the throne of his kingdom, and his glory was taken away.

Daniel 6:22

I saw in my vision by night, and behold the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.

Matthew 26:4

2 For she in pouring this ointment upon my body, hath done it for my burial.

Matthew 27:18

6 Then he released to them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him unto them to be crucified.

Luke 20:20

8 Saying: Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he leave no children, that his brother should take her to wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

Luke 20:26

4 And Jesus said to them: The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:

Luke 22:2

0 And he said to them: Behold, as you go into the city, there shall meet you a man carrying a pitcher of water: follow him into the house where he entereth in.

John 19:4

2 And from henceforth Pilate sought to release him. But the Jews cried out, saying: If thou release this man, thou art not Caesar's friend. For whosoever maketh himself a king, speaketh against Caesar.

2 Corinthians 11:12

1 I speak according to dishonour, as if we had been weak in this part. Wherein if any man dare (I speak foolishly), I dare also.

Philippians 2:15

4 And I trust in the Lord, that I myself also shall come to you shortly.

1 Timothy 5:14

3 Do not still drink water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake, and thy frequent infirmities.

Titus 2:8

To speak evil of no man, not to be litigious, but gentle: shewing all mildness towards all men.

1 Peter 2:12

1 For unto this are you called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example that you should follow his steps.

1 Peter 3:16

For the time past is sufficient to have fulfilled the will of the Gentiles, for them who have walked in riotousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and unlawful worshipping of idols.

Judges 14:4

And when be had taken it in his hands, he went on eating: and coming to his father and mother, he gave them of it, and they ate: but he would not tell them, that he had taken the honey from the body of the lion.

1 Samuel 12:4

And they forgot the Lord their God, and he delivered them into the hands of Sisara, captain of the army of Hasor, and into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

1 Samuel 18:14

9 And it came to pass at the time when Merob the daughter of Saul should have been given to David, that she was given to Hadriel the Molathite to wife.

1 Samuel 22:14

9 And Nobe the city of the priests he smote with the edge of his sword, both men and women, children, and sucklings, and ox and ass, and sheep with the edge of the sword.