Daniel 6:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ 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.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion [to bring accusation] against this Daniel except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. [Acts 24:13-21; I Pet. 4:12-16.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

Common English Bible

⁵ So these men said, “We won’t find any fault in Daniel, unless we can find something to use against him from his religious practice.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Therefore, these men said, "We will not find any complaint against this Daniel, unless it is against the law of his God."

English Standard Version 2016

⁵ Then these 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.”

Daniel 6:5 Cross References

Esther 3:8

Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and separated among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king’s laws, so that it is not appropriate for the king to tolerate them.

Psalm 37:32

The wicked watch for the righteous and seek to kill them.

Jeremiah 29:7

But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.

1 Samuel 24:17

He said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil.

1 Samuel 29:3

the commanders of the Philistines said, “What are these Hebrews doing here?” Achish said to the commanders of the Philistines, “Is this not David, the servant of King Saul of Israel, who has been with me now for days and years? Since he deserted to me I have found no fault in him to this day.”