Daniel 6:4
And 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.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Porro rex cogitabat constituere eum super omne regnum : unde principes, et satrapæ quærebant occasionem ut invenirent Danieli ex latere regis : nullamque causam, et suspicionem reperire potuerunt, eo quod fidelis esset, et omnis culpa, et suspicio non inveniretur in eo.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ οἱ τακτικοὶ καὶ οἱ σατράπαι ἐζήτουν πρόφασιν εὑρεῖν κατὰ Δανιήλ· καὶ πᾶσαν πρόφασιν καὶ παράπτωμα καὶ ἀμβλάκημα οὐχ εὗρον κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι πιστὸς ἦν.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Daniel 6:5
- אֱדַ֨יִן סָֽרְכַיָּ֜א וַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֗א הֲו֨וֹ בָעַ֧יִן עִלָּ֛ה לְהַשְׁכָּחָ֥ה לְדָנִיֵּ֖אל מִצַּ֣ד מַלְכוּתָ֑א וְכָל עִלָּ֨ה וּשְׁחִיתָ֜ה לָא יָכְלִ֣ין לְהַשְׁכָּחָ֗ה כָּל קֳבֵל֙ דִּֽי מְהֵימַ֣ן ה֔וּא וְכָל שָׁלוּ֙ וּשְׁחִיתָ֔ה לָ֥א הִשְׁתְּכַ֖חַת עֲלֽוֹהִי
Haydock's commentary
Kingdom, as prime minister, to whom the three princes should be accountable, as the inferior governors were to them. (Haydock)
The king was now advanced in years, and wished to ease himself of part of the burden, (Calmet) as he could entirely confide in Daniel. (Haydock)
He reigned only one year, chap. xiii. 65. (Worthington)
King. Chaldean, "kingdom," (Haydock) to accuse him of treason, (Grotius) or to get him removed. (Calmet)
This is an old and malignant trick, to call religion treason, and to get laws made for that purpose. (Worthington)
In him a great proof of integrity! (Menochius)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.