Daniel 9:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Daniel 9:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Daniel 9:8 is a verse from the book of Daniel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned agai..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Daniel 9:8 — KJV
“O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.”
— Daniel 9:8 (KJV)
Daniel 9:8 in Context — About the Book of Daniel
Daniel proves you can serve God at full integrity inside a hostile empire. Lions' den, fiery furnace, interpreted dreams, and twenty-one-day prayer battles — Daniel and his friends out-pray and out-live every decree against them, while visions unveil God's rule over all kingdoms and centuries.
Cross-References for Daniel 9:8
“And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. nursing fathers: Heb. nourishers queens: Heb. princesses”
Shares key themes with Daniel 9:8: lord, face, kings
“We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”
Shares key themes with Daniel 9:8: lord, confusion, fathers
“All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.”
Shares key themes with Daniel 9:8: lord, fathers, because
“Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. Babel: that is, Confusion”
Shares key themes with Daniel 9:8: lord, confusion, face
“And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.”
Shares key themes with Daniel 9:8: lord, princes, because
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