Daniel 6 · Verse 11

Daniel 6:11

Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
Daniel 6:11, King James Version

Daniel 6:11 in other translations

BSBThen these men went as a group and found Daniel petitioning and imploring his God.
WEBThen these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.
ASVThen these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.
YLTThen these men have assembled, and found Daniel praying and entreating grace before his God;
DARBYBut those men came in a body, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
BBEThen these men were watching and saw Daniel making prayers and requesting grace before his God.
WebsterThen these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.

What does Daniel 6:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. assembled--as in Da 6:6, "assembled" or "ran hastily," so as to come upon Daniel suddenly and detect him in the act.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Daniel 6:11-17
It is no new thing for what is done faithfully, in conscience toward God, to be misrepresented as done obstinately, and in contempt of the civil powers. Through want of due thought, we often do that which afterwards, like Darius, we see cause a thousand times to wish undone again. Daniel, that venerable man, is brought as the vilest of malefactors, and is thrown into the den of lions, to be devoured, only for worshipping his God. No doubt the placing the stone was ordered by the providence of God, that the miracle of Daniel's deliverance might appear more plain; and the king sealed it with his own signet, probably lest Daniel's enemies should kill him. Let us commit our lives and souls unto God, in well-doing. We cannot place full confidence even in men whom we faithfully serve; but believers may, in all cases, be sure of the Divine favour and consolation.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Daniel 6:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֱ֠דַיִן'E.da.yinthenH116
גֻּבְרַיָּ֤אguv.rai.Ya'men theH1400
אִלֵּךְ֙'i.leKhtheseH479
הַרְגִּ֔שׁוּhar.Gi.shuthey came as a crowdH7284
וְהַשְׁכַּ֖חוּve.hash.Ka.chuand they foundH7912
לְדָנִיֵּ֑אלle.da.ni.Yel<obj.> DanielH1841
בָּעֵ֥אba.'E'askingH1156
וּמִתְחַנַּ֖ןu.mit.cha.Nanand imploring favorH2604
קֳדָ֥םko.DambeforeH6925
אֱלָהֵֽהּ\׃'e.la.HehGod hisH426

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Daniel 6:11

  • Psalms 37:32-33

    The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

  • Psalms 10:9

    He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

  • Daniel 6:6

    Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
assembled.
6; Ps 10:9; 37:32,33

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • Daniel 6:11

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

  • Daniel 6:12

    Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

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Daniel 6:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces se juntaron aquellos hombres, y hallaron á Daniel orando y rogando delante de su Dios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Or Daniel, quand il sut que l’écrit était signé, entra dans sa maison; et, ses fenêtres étant ouvertes dans sa chambre haute, du côté de Jérusalem, il s’agenouillait sur ses genoux trois fois le jour, et priait, et rendait grâce devant son Dieu, comme il avait fait auparavant.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und als Daniel erfuhr, daß die Schrift aufgezeichnet war, ging er in sein Haus; und er hatte in seinem Obergemach offene Fenster gegen Jerusalem hin; und dreimal des Tages kniete er auf seine Knie und betete und lobpries vor seinem Gott, wie er vordem getan hatte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Viri ergo illi curiosius inquirentes invenerunt Danielem orantem, et obsecrantem Deum suum.