Daniel 6:5
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Then these men said: We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, unless perhaps concerning the law of his God.

1 Samuel 24:17 And he said to David: Thou art more just than I: for thou hast done good to me, and I have rewarded thee with evil.

Esther 3:8 And Aman said to king Assuerus: There is a people scattered through all the provinces of thy kingdom, and separated one from another, that use new laws and ceremonies, and moreover despise the king's ordinances: and thou knowest very well that it is not expedient for thy kingdom that they should grow insolent by impunity.

John 19:6,7 When the chief priests, therefore, and the servants had seen him, they cried out, saying: Crucify him, Crucify him. Pilate saith to them: Take him you, and crucify him: for I find no cause in him. . . .

Acts 24:13-16,20,21 Neither can they prove unto thee the things whereof they now accuse me. . . .

Context
The Plot Against Daniel
4And the king thought to set him over all the kingdom; whereupon the princes, and the governors, sought to find occasion against Daniel, with regard to the king: and they could find no cause, nor suspicion, because he was faithful, and no fault, nor suspicion was found in him. 5Then these men said: We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, unless perhaps concerning the law of his God.6Then the princes, and the governors, craftily suggested to the king, and spoke thus unto him: King Darius, live for ever:…
Cross References
Acts 24:13
Neither can they prove unto thee the things whereof they now accuse me.

Acts 24:20
Or let these men themselves say if they found in me any iniquity, when standing before the council,

1 Samuel 29:3
And the princes of the Philistines said to Achis: What mean these Hebrews? And Achis said to the princes of the Philistines: Do you not know David who was the servant of Saul, the king of Israel, and hath been with me many days, or years, and I have found no fault in him, since the day that he fled over to me until this day?

Jeremiah 29:7
And seek the peace of the city, to which I have caused you to be carried away captives; and pray to the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall be your peace.

Lexicon
Finally
אֱ֠דַיִן (’ĕ·ḏa·yin)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 116: Then, thereupon

these
אִלֵּךְ֙ (’il·lêḵ)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 479: These

men
גֻּבְרַיָּ֤א (guḇ·ray·yā)
Noun - masculine plural determinate
Strong's Hebrew 1400: A person

said,
אָֽמְרִ֔ין (’ā·mə·rîn)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 560: To say, tell, command

“We will never
לָ֧א (lā)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3809: Not, no

find
נְהַשְׁכַּ֛ח (nə·haš·kaḥ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7912: To discover

any
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3606: The whole, all, any, every

charge
עִלָּ֑א (‘il·lā)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5931: Matter, affair, occasion

against this
דְּנָ֖ה (də·nāh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1836: This

Daniel,
לְדָנִיֵּ֥אל (lə·ḏā·nî·yêl)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1841: Daniel -- 'God is my judge', an Israelite leader in Babylon

unless
לָהֵ֕ן (lā·hên)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3861: Therefore, except

we find [something]
הַשְׁכַּ֥חְנָֽה (haš·kaḥ·nāh)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7912: To discover

against him
עֲל֖וֹהִי (‘ă·lō·w·hî)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5922: Above, over, upon, against

concerning the law
בְּדָ֥ת (bə·ḏāṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1882: A royal edict, statute

of his God.”
אֱלָהֵֽהּ׃ (’ĕ·lā·hêh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 426: God


Additional Translations
Finally these men said, “We will never find any charge against this Daniel, unless we find something against him concerning the law of his God.”Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

And the governors said, We shall not find occasion against Daniel, except in the ordinances of his God.

Then said these men, We shall not find any pretext against this Daniel, unless we find [it] against him touching the law of his God.

Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

Then these men said, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

Then these men are saying, 'We do not find against this Daniel any cause of complaint, except we have found it against him in the law of his God.'
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