Daniel 6:11

11 Then these men went as a group and found Daniel praying and asking God for help.

Daniel 6:11 in Other Translations

11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.

11 Then these men came by agreement and found Daniel making petition and plea before his God.

11 Then the officials went together to Daniel’s house and found him praying and asking for God’s help.

11 The conspirators came and found him praying, asking God for help.

11 Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.

11 One of those times the men came in as a group and found Daniel praying and pleading to his God.

11 Then these men went as a group and found Daniel petitioning and imploring his God.

11 Some of the other royal officials went to where Daniel was staying. They saw him praying and asking God for help.

Daniel 6:11 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 6:11

Then these men assembled
Gathered together, and went in a body to Daniel's house; knowing his times of prayer, and where, and in what manner, he used to pray, to see if they could find him at it as aforetime; that so they might have to accuse him with it. Saadiah says, they found a girl, and asked her what Daniel was doing? she told him that Daniel was on his knees, praying to his God in his chamber; immediately they went, and found as she had said: and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God;
they went into his house, and up into his chamber, the doors not being locked, pretending perhaps business with him, and saw him at his devotions; so that they were able, upon their own knowledge, to bring in an accusation against him for breach of the king's law, and prove it.

Daniel 6:11 In-Context

9 So King Darius put the decree in writing.

10 Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.

11 Then these men went as a group and found Daniel praying and asking God for help.

12 So they went to the king and spoke to him about his royal decree: “Did you not publish a decree that during the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human being except to you, Your Majesty, would be thrown into the lions’ den?” The king answered, “The decree stands—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”

13 Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, Your Majesty, or to the decree you put in writing. He still prays three times a day.”

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 8:48-50; Psalms 55:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:17-18