Daniel 6:4

4 Then the [other] administrators and satraps {began to seek} to find [a] pretext against Daniel {in connection with the kingdom}, but they were not able to find any pretext and {corruption} {because} he was trustworthy, and no negligence or {corruption} {could be found in him}.

Daniel 6:4 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 6:4

Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against
Daniel concerning the kingdom
Concerning the management of the affairs of the kingdom, he being prime minister of state; the presidents and princes joined together in this inquiry; the princes, because Daniel was so strict and exact in looking into their accounts, that no fraudulent measures were taken to cheat the king of his revenue; and the presidents, because he was preferred above them: but they could find none occasion nor fault;
or "corruption" ^F1, that he had been guilty of any mis-administration, or any corrupt practices: forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault
found in him;
no mistake in his accounts; no blunder in his management of things; nothing done amiss, neither wilfully, nor through ignorance, negligence, or inadvertence; so faithful and upright, so prudent and discreet, so exact and careful, that the most watchful observers of him, and these envious, and his most implacable enemies, could find no fault in him, or anything, or the colour of it, to ground an accusation upon.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 (htyxv) "corruptela", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius, Michaelis; "corruptionem", Gejerus.

Daniel 6:4 In-Context

2 and over them [were] three administrators, [of] whom Daniel [was] one, [so] that these satraps were giving account to them, and the king would not be suffering loss.

3 Then Daniel {began distinguishing himself} above the administrators and the satraps {because} an exceptional spirit [was] in him, and [so] the king planned to appoint him over the whole kingdom.

4 Then the [other] administrators and satraps {began to seek} to find [a] pretext against Daniel {in connection with the kingdom}, but they were not able to find any pretext and {corruption} {because} he was trustworthy, and no negligence or {corruption} {could be found in him}.

5 Then these men {said}, "We will not find any pretext against this Daniel unless we find it in connection with the law of his God."

6 So the administrators and the satraps conspired {with respect to} the king and so they said to him, "Darius, O king, live {forever}!

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "were seeking"
• [b]. Literally "from the side of the kingdom"
• [c]. Literally "being corrupt"
• [d]. Literally "all because that"
• [e]. Aramaic "any"
• [f]. Literally "being corrupt"
• [g]. Literally "not could be found"