KJV King James Version
Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
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Daniel 3:10
Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You, O king, have issued a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music must fall down and worship the golden statue,
WEB World English Bible
You, O king, have made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;
ASV American Standard Version
Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thou, O king, hast made a decree that every man who doth hear the voice of the cornet, the flute, the harp, the sackbut, the psaltery, and the symphony, and all kinds of music, doth fall down and do obeisance to the golden image;
Surrounding context — Daniel 3
7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down [and] worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
8 Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.
9 They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.
10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
11 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, [that] he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in [his] rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.
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אַ֣נְתְּH607 · an.tahyouמַלְכָּא֮H4430 · me.lekhkingשָׂ֣מְתָּH7761 · sumto set: makeטְּעֵם֒H2942 · te.emcommandדִּ֣יH1768 · dithatכָל־H3606 · kolallאֱנָ֡שׁH606 · e.nashmanדִּֽי־H1768 · dithatיִשְׁמַ֡עH8086 · she.mato hearקָ֣לH7032 · qalvoice: soundקַרְנָ֣אH7162 · qe.renhornמַ֠שְׁרֹקִיתָאH4953 · mash.ro.qifluteקַתְר֨וֹסH7030 · qi.ta.roslyreשַׂבְּכָ֤אH5443 · sab.b.kahtrigonפְסַנְתֵּרִין֙H6460 · pe.san.te.rinpsalteryוְסוּפֹּ֣נְיָ֔הH5481 · sum.po.ne.yahbagpipeוְכֹ֖לH3606 · kolallזְנֵ֣יH2178 · zankindזְמָרָ֑אH2170 · ze.marmusicיִפֵּ֥לH5308 · ne.phalto fallוְיִסְגֻּ֖דH5457 · se.gidto do homageלְצֶ֥לֶםH6755 · tse.lemimageדַּהֲבָֽא׃H1722 · de.havgold
Cross-references
Daniel 3:4-7Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,Esther 3:12-14Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that [were] over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and [to] every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king’s ring.Daniel 6:12Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask [a petition] of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing [is] true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.Exodus 1:22And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.Exodus 1:16And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see [them] upon the stools; if it [be] a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it [be] a daughter, then she shall live.Ecclesiastes 3:16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there.1 Chronicles 25:1-6Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:Amos 6:5That chant to the sound of the viol, [and] invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;Psalm 150:3-6Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.2 Chronicles 29:25And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for [so was] the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.Exodus 15:20-21And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.Psalm 94:20Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?Revelation 13:16-17And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:1 Chronicles 15:16And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren [to be] the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.Exodus 32:18-19And he said, [It is] not the voice of [them that] shout for mastery, neither [is it] the voice of [them that] cry for being overcome: [but] the noise of [them that] sing do I hear.Isaiah 10:1Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness [which] they have prescribed;Psalm 149:3-4Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.1 Chronicles 15:28Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
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