KJV King James Version
Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, [Is it] true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Daniel 3:14
Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, [Is it] true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, is it true that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden statue I have set up?
WEB World English Bible
Nebuchadnezzar answered them, Is it on purpose, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you don’t serve my god, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
ASV American Standard Version
Nebuchadnezzar answered and said unto them, Is it of purpose, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, that ye serve not my god, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Nebuchadnezzar hath answered and said to them, ‘Is it a laid plan, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego—my gods ye are not serving, and to the golden image that I have raised up ye are not doing obeisance?
Surrounding context — Daniel 3
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.
14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, [Is it] true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; [well]: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who [is] that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we [are] not careful to answer thee in this matter.
17 If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver [us] out of thine hand, O king.
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עָנֵ֤הH6032 · a.nahto answerנְבֻֽכַדְנֶצַּר֙H5020 · ne.vu.khad.nets.tsarNebuchadnezzarוְאָמַ֣רH560 · a.marto sayלְה֔וֹןH9038 · hemthemהַצְדָּ֕אH6656 · tse.daintendedשַׁדְרַ֥ךְH7715 · shad.rakhShadrachמֵישַׁ֖ךְH4336 · me.shakhMeshachוַעֲבֵ֣דH5665 · a.ved ne.goAbednegoנְג֑וֹH5665 · a.ved ne.goAbednegoלֵֽאלָהַ֗יH426 · e.lahgodלָ֤אH3809 · lanotאִֽיתֵיכוֹן֙H383 · i.taythere isפָּֽלְחִ֔יןH6399 · pe.lachto serveוּלְצֶ֧לֶםH6755 · tse.lemimageדַּהֲבָ֛אH1722 · de.havgoldדִּ֥יH1768 · dithatהֲקֵ֖ימֶתH6966 · qumto stand: riseלָ֥אH3809 · lanotסָֽגְדִֽין׃H5457 · se.gidto do homage
Cross-references
Jeremiah 50:2Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, [and] conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.Daniel 3:1Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height [was] threescore cubits, [and] the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.Isaiah 46:1Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages [were] heavy loaden; [they are] a burden to the weary [beast].Daniel 4:8But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name [was] Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom [is] the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, [saying],Exodus 21:13-14And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver [him] into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
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