^6:10When Daniel realized¹⁵ that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows¹⁶ in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem.¹⁷ Three¹⁸ times daily he was¹⁹ kneeling²⁰ and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.

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Footnotes

15 Aram “knew.”
16 In later rabbinic thought this verse was sometimes cited as a proof text for the notion that one should pray only in a house with windows. See Berakhot 34b.
17 For the location of Jerusalem see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
18 This is apparently the only specific mention in the OT of prayer being regularly offered three times a day. The practice was probably not unique to Daniel, however.
19 Read with several medieval Hebrew and printed editions הֲוָה (havah) rather than the הוּא (hu’).
20 Aram “kneeling on his knees” (so ). No specific posture for offering prayers is prescribed in the OT. Kneeling, as here, and standing were both practiced.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem. He got down on his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house. The windows in its upstairs room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.

NLTNew Living Translation

But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now when Daniel realized that the document was signed, he went to his house (now he had windows in his upper room that were open toward Jerusalem), and three times daily he knelt on his knees and prayed and gave praise before his God, just as he had been doing previously.

KJV 1900King James Version

Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

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