◄ Daniel 6:11 ►
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Good News Translation
When Daniel's enemies observed him praying to God,

New Revised Standard Version
The conspirators came and found Daniel praying and seeking mercy before his God.

Contemporary English Version
The men who had spoken to the king watched Daniel and saw him praying to his God for help.

New American Bible
So these men stormed in and found Daniel praying and pleading before his God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Wherefore those men carefully watching him, found Daniel praying and making supplication to his God.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wherefore those men carefully watching him, found Daniel praying and making supplication to his God.

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Daniel 6:6 Then the princes, and the governors, craftily suggested to the king, and spoke thus unto him: King Darius, live for ever:

Psalm 10:9 His eyes are upon the poor man: He lieth in wait in secret like a lion in his den. He lieth in ambush that he may catch the poor man: to catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him.

Psalm 37:32,33 The wicked watcheth the just man, and seeketh to put him to death, . . .

Context
Daniel in the Lions' Den
10Now, when Daniel knew this, that is to say, that the law was made, he went into his house: and opening the windows in his upper chamber towards Jerusalem, he knelt down three times a day, and adored and gave thanks before his God, as he had been accustomed to do before. 11Wherefore those men carefully watching him, found Daniel praying and making supplication to his God.12And 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.…
Cross References
Psalm 37:32
The wicked watcheth the just man, and seeketh to put him to death,

Psalm 37:33
But the Lord will not leave him in his hands; nor condemn him when he shall be judged.

Daniel 6:6
Then the princes, and the governors, craftily suggested to the king, and spoke thus unto him: King Darius, live for ever:

Daniel 6:10
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