Daniel 9:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:”

Daniel 9:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Daniel 9:3 in 6 Bible Translations

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Daniel 9:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.”

Daniel 9:3 — World English Bible

Daniel 9:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. ”

Daniel 9:3 — American Standard Version

Daniel 9:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek <FI>by<Fi> prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.”

Daniel 9:3 — Young's Literal Translation

Daniel 9:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And I set my face unto the LordGod, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes; ”

Daniel 9:3 — Darby Translation

Daniel 9:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And I turned my face vnto the Lord God, and sought by prayer and supplications with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.”

Daniel 9:3 — Geneva Bible

Daniel 9:3 in Context — Daniel 9

1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;

2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.

3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

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;

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:

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What Does Daniel 9:3 Mean?

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