Daniel 9 · Verse 5

Daniel 9:5

We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
Daniel 9:5, King James Version

Daniel 9:5 in other translations

BSBwe have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.
WEBwe have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts and from your ordinances.
ASVwe have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from thy precepts and from thine ordinances;
YLTwe have sinned, and done perversely, and done wickedly, and rebelled, to turn aside from Thy commands, and from Thy judgments:
DARBYwe have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from thy commandments and from thine ordinances.
BBEWe are sinners, acting wrongly and doing evil; we have gone against you, turning away from your orders and from your laws:
WebsterWe have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:

What does Daniel 9:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. Compare Nehemiah's confession (Ne 9:1-38). sinned ... committed iniquity ... done wickedly ... rebelled--a climax. Erred in ignorance ... sinned by infirmity ... habitually and wilfully done wickedness ... as open and obstinate rebels set ourselves against God.

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Daniel 9:4-19

In every prayer we must make confession, not only of the sins we have been guilty of, but of our faith in God, and dependence upon him, our sorrow for sin, and our resolutions against it. It must be our confession, the language of our convictions. Here is Daniel's humble, serious, devout address to God; in which he gives glory to him as a God to be feared, and as a God to be trusted. We should, in prayer, look both…

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Daniel 9:5 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.

חָטָ֥אנוּcha.Ta.nuwe have sinnedH2398
וְעָוִ֖ינוּve.'a.Vi.nuand we have committed iniquityH5753
הִרְשַׁ֣עְנוּve.hir.sha'.nuwe have acted wickedlyH7561
וּמָרָ֑דְנוּu.ma.Ra.de.nuand we have rebelledH4775
וְס֥וֹרve.Sorand we have turned asideH5493
מִמִּצְוֹתֶ֖ךָmi.mitz.vo.Te.khafrom commandments yourH4687
וּמִמִּשְׁפָּטֶֽיךָ\׃u.mi.mish.pa.Tei.khaand from judgments yourH4941

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Cross references for Daniel 9:5

  • Malachi 3:7

    Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

  • Daniel 9:11

    Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.

  • Daniel 9:15

    And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.

  • Psalms 106:6

    We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

  • Isaiah 64:5-7

    Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.

  • Psalms 18:21

    For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

  • Hebrews 3:12

    Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

  • Lamentations 1:20

    Behold, O Lord; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.

  • Jeremiah 14:7

    O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

  • Isaiah 53:6

    All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

  • Psalms 119:102

    I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

  • Hosea 1:2

    The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
have sinned.
15; 1Ki 8:47-50; 2Ch 6:37-39; Ezr 9:6; Ne 1:6-8; 9:33,34; Ps 106:6
Isa 64:5-7; Jer 3:25; 14:7
departing.
Ps 18:21; 119:102; Isa 59:13; Eze 6:9; Ho 1:2; Mal 3:7; Heb 3:12

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Context

  • Daniel 9:4

    And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;

  • Daniel 9:5

    We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:

  • Daniel 9:6

    Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

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Daniel 9:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Hemos pecado, hemos hecho iniquidad, hemos obrado impíamente, y hemos sido rebeldes, y nos hemos apartado de tus mandamientos y de tus juicios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Nous avons péché, nous avons commis l’iniquité, nous avons agi méchamment, et nous nous sommes rebellés et nous nous sommes détournés de tes commandements et de tes ordonnances;
German
Elberfelder 1871
wir haben gesündigt und verkehrt und gesetzlos gehandelt, und wir haben uns empört und sind von deinen Geboten und von deinen Rechten abgewichen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
peccavimus, iniquitatem fecimus, impie egimus, et recessimus: et declinavimus a mandatis tuis ac judiciis.