KJV King James Version
He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
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Daniel 3:25
He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Look!” he exclaimed. “I see four men, unbound and unharmed, walking around in the fire—and the fourth looks like a son of the gods!”
WEB World English Bible
He answered, Look, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are unharmed; and the aspect of the fourth is like a son of the gods.
ASV American Standard Version
He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the aspect of the fourth is like a son of the gods.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
He answered and hath said, ‘Lo, I am seeing four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like to a son of the gods.’
Surrounding context — Daniel 3
22 Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, [and] spake, and said unto his counsellers, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, [and] spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come [hither]. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.
27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellers, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
28 [Then] Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed [be] the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
עָנֵ֣הH6032 · a.nahto answerוְאָמַ֗רH560 · a.marto sayהָֽא־H1888 · habeholdאֲנָ֨הH576 · a.nameחָזֵ֜הH2370 · cha.zahto seeגֻּבְרִ֣יןH1400 · ge.varmanאַרְבְּעָ֗הH703 · ar.bafourשְׁרַ֙יִן֙H8271 · she.reto looseמַהְלְכִ֣יןH1981 · ha.lakhto goבְּגֽוֹא־H1459 · gavmidstנוּרָ֔אH5135 · nurfireוַחֲבָ֖לH2257 · cha.valharmלָא־H3809 · lanotאִיתַ֣יH383 · i.taythere isבְּה֑וֹןH9038 · hemthemוְרֵוֵהּ֙H7299 · revappearanceדִּ֣יH1768 · dithatרְֽבִיעָאָ֔הH7244 · re.vi.ayfourthדָּמֵ֖הH1821 · de.mahbe likeלְבַר־H1247 · barsonאֱלָהִֽין׃ סH426 · e.lahgod
Cross-references
Isaiah 43:2When thou passest through the waters, I [will be] with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.Acts 28:5And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.Mark 16:18They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.Psalm 91:3-9Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, [and] from the noisome pestilence.Job 1:6Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.Psalm 34:7The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.Daniel 3:28[Then] Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed [be] the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.1 Peter 3:13And who [is] he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?Job 38:7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?Daniel 3:18But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.Proverbs 30:4Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what [is] his name, and what [is] his son’s name, if thou canst tell?Romans 1:4And declared [to be] the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:Luke 1:35And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.John 19:7-8The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
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