Daniel 9:3
“¶ And I set my face vnto the Lord God to seeke by prayer, and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.”
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Daniel 9:3 Context
1In the first yeere of Darius the sonne of Ahasuerus, of the seede of the Medes, which was made King ouer the realme of the Caldeans, 2In the first yeere of his reigne, I Daniel vnderstood by bookes the number of the yeeres, whereof the word of the Lord came to Ieremiah the Prophet, that he would accomplish seuentie yeeres in the desolations of Ierusalem. 3¶ And I set my face vnto the Lord God to seeke by prayer, and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes. 4And I prayed vnto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said; O Lord, the great and dreadfull God, keeping the couenant, and mercy to them that loue him, and to them that keepe his Commandements: 5We haue sinned, and haue committed iniquitie, and haue done wickedly, and haue rebelled, euen by departing from thy precepts, and from thy iudgements.
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And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
- King James Version
So I gave my attention to the Lord God to seek {Him by} prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And turning my face to the Lord God, I gave myself up to prayer, requesting his grace, going without food, in haircloth and dust.
- Basic English Bible
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes;
- Darby Bible
And I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
- Webster's Bible
I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
- World English Bible
and I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek [by] prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible