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Daniel 6:5

American Standard Version

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.

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Daniel 6:5 in other translations

Then these men said, “We won’t find any occasion against this Daniel, unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.”

Daniel 6:5 · World English Bible

Daniel 6:5 in context

  1. 3Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
  2. 4Then 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.
  3. 5Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
  4. 6Then these presidents and satraps assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
  5. 7All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counsellors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong interdict, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.