Daniel 6:5 (DBY)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Daniel 6:3 Now this Daniel surpassed the presidents and the satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to appoint him over the whole realm.

Daniel 6:4 Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find a pretext against Daniel with respect to the kingdom; but they could not find any pretext or fault; inasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

Daniel 6:5 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.

Daniel 6:6 Then these presidents and satraps came in a body to the king, and said thus unto him: King Darius, live for ever!

Daniel 6:7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects, and the satraps, the counsellors, and the governors have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "shall", "find", "pretext", "against", "daniel", and "unless". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "Then the presidents and the satraps sought..." into verse 6's "Then these presidents and satraps came in...", so "said" and "shall" belong inside that flow. In Daniel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "said" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.