The Meaning of Daniel 6:11 Explained

Daniel 6:11

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

YLT: Then these men have assembled, and found Daniel praying and entreating grace before his God;

Darby: But those men came in a body, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Daniel 6:11 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Daniel"s colleagues knew about his prayer habits (cf. Philippians 4:6). They contrived to observe him praying in his own house, somehow, to enable them to give eyewitness testimony that they had seen him violate the king"s order. Did they suppose that Daniel would deny that he had been praying? They expected that the edict would not deter him from his regular devotional habit-even though it might cost him his life! What a testimony Daniel had among his fellow workers!

Context Summary

Daniel 6:1-15 - Fidelity In Worship
Though he was the most distinguished man of his day, and full of public business, Daniel managed to find time for prayer, in the evening, morning, and at noon, according to the Hebrew custom, Psalms 55:17. He was outwardly a great magnate of the Persian court, but inwardly he was as true as ever to the city of his fathers and to the Temple now in ruins, Daniel 6:10. What a marvelous tribute was afforded to his saintly character by his foes, when they could find no fault in him except as concerned his religious life! Time spent in prayer is not lost time to the suppliant. Luther used to say: "I have so much to do today that I cannot get through with less than three hours of prayer." It was customary for the Jews to turn the face toward the Holy City, which for so long had been the center of their great religious system, 1 Kings 8:44; Jonah 2:4. With us, the upturned face and the references we make to the great High Priest, are significant of a posture of soul analogous and yet superior to the open window. See to it that your windows are always open towards the New Jerusalem, of which you are a citizen, but from which for a little while you are exiled. [source]

Chapter Summary: Daniel 6

1  Daniel is made chief of the presidents
4  They, conspiring against him, obtain an idolatrous decree
10  Daniel, accused of the breach thereof, is cast into the lion's den
18  Daniel is saved;
24  his adversaries devoured;
25  and God magnified by a decree

What do the individual words in Daniel 6:11 mean?

Then men these assembled and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God
אֱ֠דַיִן גֻּבְרַיָּ֤א אִלֵּךְ֙ הַרְגִּ֔שׁוּ וְהַשְׁכַּ֖חוּ לְדָנִיֵּ֑אל בָּעֵ֥א וּמִתְחַנַּ֖ן קֳדָ֥ם אֱלָהֵֽהּ

גֻּבְרַיָּ֤א  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural determinate
Root: גְּבַר  
Sense: a man, a certain (one).
אִלֵּךְ֙  these 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אִלֵּךְ  
Sense: these, those.
הַרְגִּ֔שׁוּ  assembled 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine plural
Root: רְגַשׁ  
Sense: to be in tumult.
וְהַשְׁכַּ֖חוּ  and  found 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שְׁכַח  
Sense: to find.
לְדָנִיֵּ֑אל  Daniel 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּנִיֵּאל  
Sense: the 4th of the greater prophets, taken as hostage in the first deportation to Babylon, because of the gift of God of the interpretation of dreams, he became the 2nd in command of the Babylon empire and lasted through the end of the Babylonian empire and into the Persian empire. His prophecies are the key to the understanding of end time events. Noted for his purity and holiness by contemporary prophet, Ezekiel.
בָּעֵ֥א  praying 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: בְּעָה  
Sense: to ask, seek, request, desire, pray, make petition.
וּמִתְחַנַּ֖ן  and  making  supplication 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hitpael, Participle, masculine singular
Root: חֲנַן  
Sense: to show favour.
קֳדָ֥ם  before 
Parse: Preposition
Root: קֳדָם  
Sense: before, in front of.
אֱלָהֵֽהּ  his  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֱלָהּ  
Sense: god, God.

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