Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes. New Living Translation So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and fasting. I also wore rough burlap and sprinkled myself with ashes. English Standard Version Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. Berean Standard Bible So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. King James Bible And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: New King James Version Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. New American Standard Bible So I gave my attention to the Lord God, to seek Him by prayer and pleading, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. NASB 1995 So I gave my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes. NASB 1977 So I gave my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. Legacy Standard Bible So I gave my face to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. Amplified Bible So I directed my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes. Christian Standard Bible So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. Holman Christian Standard Bible So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. American Standard Version And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. Aramaic Bible in Plain English I lifted my face before LORD JEHOVAH God to inquire in prayer, and in supplication and with fasting, and in sackcloth, and in ashes Brenton Septuagint Translation And I set my face toward the Lord God, to seek him diligently by prayer and supplications, with fastings and sackcloth. Douay-Rheims Bible And I set my face to the Lord my God, to pray and make supplication with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes. English Revised Version And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes. GOD'S WORD® Translation So I turned to the Lord God and looked to him for help. I prayed, pleaded, and fasted in sackcloth and ashes. Good News Translation And I prayed earnestly to the Lord God, pleading with him, fasting, wearing sackcloth, and sitting in ashes. International Standard Version "So I turned my attention to the Lord God, seeking him in prayer and supplication, accompanied with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. JPS Tanakh 1917 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes. Literal Standard Version and I set my face toward the Lord God, to seek [by] prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes. Majority Standard Bible So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. New American Bible I turned to the Lord God, to seek help, in prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. NET Bible So I turned my attention to the Lord God to implore him by prayer and requests, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. New Revised Standard Version Then I turned to the Lord God, to seek an answer by prayer and supplication with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. New Heart English Bible And I turned to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. Webster's Bible Translation And I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: World English Bible I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. Young's Literal Translation and I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Daniel's Prayer for His People…2in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years. 3So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. 4And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,… Cross References Jeremiah 29:12 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. Daniel 9:2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years. Daniel 9:4 And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, "O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments, Daniel 9:20 While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain-- Joel 2:12 "Yet even now," declares the LORD, "return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning." Jonah 3:5 And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least. Treasury of Scripture And I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: I set. Daniel 6:10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. Nehemiah 1:4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, Psalm 102:13-17 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come… with. Daniel 10:2,3 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks… Ezra 8:21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. Ezra 9:5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God, Jump to Previous Ashes Attention Dust Face Fasting Food Grace Haircloth Petition Petitions Pleaded Prayer Requesting Sackcloth Seek Seeking Supplications Turned TurningJump to Next Ashes Attention Dust Face Fasting Food Grace Haircloth Petition Petitions Pleaded Prayer Requesting Sackcloth Seek Seeking Supplications Turned TurningDaniel 9 1. Daniel, considering the time of the captivity,3. makes confession of sins, 16. and prays for the restoration of Jerusalem. 20. Gabriel informs him of the seventy weeks. (3) I set my face.--Comp. Daniel 6:11. Probably he prayed, as on that occasion, with his face towards Jerusalem. The prayer of Daniel bears some resemblance to those offered by Ezra and Nehemiah, while that of Baruch resembles it much more closely. (On this see Excursus F.)Verse 3. - And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes. The Septuagint Version here is slavishly close; it renders אֶתְּנָא ('etruria) in accordance with its more common meaning, ἔδωακ, and the idiomatic phrase, "to seek prayer and supplication," is rendered εὑρεῖν προσευχήν. The true rendering is, as Professor Bevan points out," to set to prayer." Theodotion is nearly as slavish; only he omits "ashes," and has "fastings." The Peshitta is close, but does not follow the change of construction in the last clause. Jerome seems to have read, "my God." The cessation of the temple-worship, with its sacrifices, was naturally fitted to bring prayer as a mode of worship into a prominence it bad not before. Yet we find prayers made while the first temple was yet standing, as the prayer of Hezekiah (2 Kings 19:15), of Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 20:6). The comparison more naturally stands with the prayers of Ezra and Nehemiah, as the subject of their supplication is similar to that of the prayer before us. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So I turned my attentionוָאֶתְּנָ֣ה (wā·’et·tə·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the Lord אֲדֹנָי֙ (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 136: The Lord God הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative to seek לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (lə·ḇaq·qêš) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after Him by prayer תְּפִלָּ֖ה (tə·p̄il·lāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8605: Intercession, supplication, a hymn and petition, וְתַחֲנוּנִ֑ים (wə·ṯa·ḥă·nū·nîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8469: Supplication for favor with fasting, בְּצ֖וֹם (bə·ṣō·wm) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6685: Fasting, a fast sackcloth, וְשַׂ֥ק (wə·śaq) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8242: A mesh, coarse loose cloth, sacking, a bag and ashes. וָאֵֽפֶר׃ (wā·’ê·p̄er) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 665: Ashes Links Daniel 9:3 NIVDaniel 9:3 NLT Daniel 9:3 ESV Daniel 9:3 NASB Daniel 9:3 KJV Daniel 9:3 BibleApps.com Daniel 9:3 Biblia Paralela Daniel 9:3 Chinese Bible Daniel 9:3 French Bible Daniel 9:3 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Daniel 9:3 I set my face to the Lord (Dan. 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