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Parallel DAN 6:10

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BI Dan 6:10 ©

Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal(All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV)However although Daniel knew that that law had been passed, he still went into his house (with the windows in his upper room open toward Yerushalem), and he continued to kneel three times a day to pray and give thanks to God, just as he’d always done.

OET-LV[fn] as_to because this Oh/the_king Dārəyāvesh he_signed document_the and_interdict_the.


6:10 Note: KJB: Dān.6.9

UHB11 וְ֠⁠דָנִיֵּאל כְּ⁠דִ֨י יְדַ֜ע דִּֽי־רְשִׁ֤ים כְּתָבָ⁠א֙ עַ֣ל לְ⁠בַיְתֵ֔⁠הּ וְ⁠כַוִּ֨ין פְּתִיחָ֥ן לֵ⁠הּ֙ בְּ⁠עִלִּיתֵ֔⁠הּ נֶ֖גֶד יְרוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וְ⁠זִמְנִין֩ תְּלָתָ֨ה בְ⁠יוֹמָ֜⁠א ה֣וּא ׀ בָּרֵ֣ךְ עַל־בִּרְכ֗וֹ⁠הִי וּ⁠מְצַלֵּ֤א וּ⁠מוֹדֵא֙ קֳדָ֣ם אֱלָהֵ֔⁠הּ כָּ⁠ל־קֳבֵל֙ דִּֽי־הֲוָ֣א עָבֵ֔ד מִן־קַדְמַ֖ת דְּנָֽה׃ס
   (11 və⁠dāniyyēʼl kə⁠diy yədaˊ diy-rəshim kətāⱱā⁠ʼ ˊal lə⁠ⱱaytē⁠h və⁠kaūin pətīḩān lē⁠h bə⁠ˊillītē⁠h neged yərūshəlem və⁠zimnīn təlātāh ə⁠yōmā⁠ʼ hūʼ bārēk ˊal-birkō⁠hī ū⁠məʦallēʼ ū⁠mōdēʼ qₒdām ʼₑlāhē⁠h kā⁠l-qₒⱱēl diy-hₐvāʼ ˊāⱱēd min-qadmat dənāh)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXXNo BrLXX DAN book available

BrTrNo BrTr DAN book available

ULTNow when Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his roof chamber toward Jerusalem), and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God, as he had been doing previously.

USTBut when I found out that the king had written and signed that law, I went home. I knelt down in my upstairs room and prayed. I looked toward Jerusalem, and the windows were open with the result that everyone could see me while I was praying . I prayed three times each day, just as I always did, thanking God.

BSBNow when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before

MSB (Same as above)


OEBWhen Daniel learnt that the law was signed, he went into his house. His windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem, and he knelt upon his knees three times a day and prayed, and gave thanks to his God as he had done before.

WEBBEWhen Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room towards Jerusalem) and he knelt on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.

WMBB (Same as above)

NETWhen Daniel realized that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. Three times daily he was kneeling and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.

LSVAnd Daniel, when he has known that the writing is signed, has gone up to his house, and the window being opened for him, in his upper chamber, toward Jerusalem, three times in a day he is kneeling on his knees, and praying, and confessing before his God, because that he was doing [it] before this.

FBVWhen Daniel found out that the decree had been signed he went home to his upstairs room where he would pray three times a day, with the windows open facing Jerusalem. There he kneeled down, praying and thanking his God as he always did.

T4TBut when I found out that the king had written and signed that law, I went home. I knelt down in my upstairs room and prayed. I looked toward Jerusalem, and the windows were open with the result that everyone could see me while I was praying. I prayed three times each day, just as I always did, thanking God.

LEBNo LEB DAN book available

BBEAnd Daniel, on hearing that the writing had been signed, went into his house; (now he had windows in his room on the roof opening in the direction of Jerusalem;) and three times a day he went down on his knees in prayer and praise before his God, as he had done before.

MoffNo Moff DAN book available

JPS(6-11) And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house — now his windows were open in his upper chamber toward Jerusalem — and he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

ASVAnd when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem); and he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

DRANow 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.

YLTAnd Daniel, when he hath known that the writing is signed, hath gone up to his house, and the window being opened for him, in his upper chamber, over-against Jerusalem, three times in a day he is kneeling on his knees, and praying, and confessing before his God, because that he was doing [it] before this.

DrbyAnd when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and, his windows being open in his upper chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed and gave thanks before his [fn]God, as he did aforetime.


6.10 Elohim

RVAnd when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem;) and he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
   (And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; (now his windows were open in his chamber/room toward Yerusalem;) and he knelt upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime/previously. )

SLTAnd Daniel as soon as he knew that the writing was signed, went up into his house; and the windows being opened to him in his upper chambers before Jerusalem, three times in the day he kneeled upon his knees, and praying and praising before his God, for the cause that he did from before this.

WbstrNow when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber towards Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.

KJB-1769¶ 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.
   (¶ Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber/room toward Yerusalem, he knelt upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime/previously. )

KJB-1611¶ Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, hee went into his house, and his windowes being open in his chamber toward Ierusalem, hee kneeled vpon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gaue thankes before his God, as hee did afore time.
   (¶ Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house, and his windows being open in his chamber/room toward Yerusalem, he knelt upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime/previously.)

BshpsNo Bshps DAN book available

GnvaNow when Daniel vnderstood that he had sealed the writing, hee went into his house, and his window being open in his chamber toward Ierusalem, he kneeled vpon his knees three times a day, and prayed and praysed his God, as he did aforetime.
   (Now when Daniel understood that he had sealed the writing, he went into his house, and his window being open in his chamber/room toward Yerusalem, he knelt upon his knees three times a day, and prayed and praised his God, as he did aforetime/previously. )

CvdlNo Cvdl DAN book available

WyclNo Wycl DAN book available

LuthNo Luth DAN book available

ClVgQuod cum Daniel comperisset, id est, constitutam legem, ingressus est domum suam: et fenestris apertis in cœnaculo suo contra Jerusalem tribus temporibus in die flectebat genua sua, et adorabat, confitebaturque coram Deo suo sicut et ante facere consueverat.
   (That when/with Daniel comperisset, id it_is, constitutam lawfullym, entering it_is home his_own: and fenestris apertis in/into/on cœnaculo his_own on_the_contrary Yerusalem tribe temporibus in/into/on day flectebat knees his_own, and adorabat, confitebaturque before to_God his_own like and before to_do consueverat. )

RP-GNTNo RP-GNT DAN book available


HAPHebrew accents and phrasing: See Allan Johnson's Hebrew accents and phrasing analysis.

TSNTyndale Study Notes:

6:1-28 God rescued and delivered his faithful servant Daniel (5:23; 6:20), whereas Belshazzar’s dead gods could not save him.


UTNuW Translation Notes:

וְ֠⁠דָנִיֵּאל כְּ⁠דִ֨י יְדַ֜ע דִּֽי־רְשִׁ֤ים כְּתָבָ⁠א֙

(Some words not found in UHB: as=to corresponding this/about_this Oh/the=king Dārəyāvesh signed document,the and,interdict,the )

It is important to the story to state clearly that Daniel knew about the new law before he prayed to God.

Note 1 topic: writing-background

וְ⁠כַוִּ֨ין פְּתִיחָ֥ן לֵ⁠הּ֙ בְּ⁠עִלִּיתֵ֔⁠הּ נֶ֖גֶד יְרוּשְׁלֶ֑ם

(Some words not found in UHB: as=to corresponding this/about_this Oh/the=king Dārəyāvesh signed document,the and,interdict,the )

This is background information that explains how Daniel’s enemies knew he was praying to God.

BI Dan 6:10 ©