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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Daniel 3:16 Catholic Bible: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered, "Your Majesty, we will not try to defend ourselves. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/daniel/3-16.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/daniel/3-16.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/daniel/3-16.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/daniel/1.htm">Daniel</a> > <a href="/gntd/daniel/3.htm">Chapter 3</a> > Verse 16</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../daniel/3-15.htm" title="Daniel 3:15">◄</a> Daniel 3:16 <a href="../daniel/3-17.htm" title="Daniel 3:17">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/daniel/3.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/daniel/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered, "Your Majesty, we will not try to defend ourselves. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/daniel/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to present a defense to you in this matter.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/daniel/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The three men replied, "Your Majesty, we don't need to defend ourselves. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/daniel/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered King Nebuchadnezzar, “There is no need for us to defend ourselves before you in this matter.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/daniel/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, answered, and said to king Nabuchodonosor: We have no occasion to answer thee concerning this matter.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, answered, and said to king Nabuchodonosor: We have no occasion to answer thee concerning this matter.</p><p class="hdg">no references listed for this verse </p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/daniel/3.htm">Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego Accused</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">15</span>Now, therefore, if you be ready, at what hour soever, you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, flute, harp, sackbut, and psaltery, and symphony, and of all kind of music, prostrate yourselves, and adore the statue which I have made: but if you do not adore, you shall be cast the same hour into the furnace of burning fire: and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hand? <span class="reftext">16</span><span class="highl">Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, answered, and said to king Nabuchodonosor: We have no occasion to answer thee concerning this matter.</span><span class="reftext">17</span>For behold our God, whom we worship, is able to save us from the furnace of burning fire, and to deliver us out of thy hands, O king.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../daniel/1-7.htm">Daniel 1:7</a></span><br />And the master of the eunuchs gave them names: to Daniel, Baltassar: to Ananias, Sidrach: to Misael, Misach: and to Azarias, Abdenago.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../daniel/3-12.htm">Daniel 3:12</a></span><br />Now there are certain Jews, whom thou hast set over the works of the province of Babylon, Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago: these men, O king, have slighted thy decree: they worship not thy gods, nor do they adore the golden statue which thou hast set up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../daniel/3-28.htm">Daniel 3:28</a></span><br />For thou hast executed true judgments in all the things that thou hast brought upon us, and upon Jerusalem, the holy city of our fathers: for according to truth and judgment, thou hast brought all these things upon us for our sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/daniel/3-14.htm">Abednego</a> <a href="/daniel/3-14.htm">Abed'nego</a> <a href="/daniel/3-14.htm">Abed-Nego</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-24.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-36.htm">Defend</a> <a href="/daniel/2-23.htm">Matter</a> <a href="/daniel/3-14.htm">Meshach</a> <a href="/daniel/3-14.htm">Nebuchadnezzar</a> <a href="/daniel/3-14.htm">Nebuchadnez'zar</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-10.htm">Need</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-5.htm">Ourselves</a> <a href="/daniel/3-14.htm">Shadrach</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/daniel/3-19.htm">Abednego</a> <a href="/daniel/3-20.htm">Abed'nego</a> <a href="/daniel/3-19.htm">Abed-Nego</a> <a href="/micah/7-5.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/hosea/13-10.htm">Defend</a> <a href="/daniel/4-17.htm">Matter</a> <a href="/daniel/3-19.htm">Meshach</a> <a href="/daniel/3-19.htm">Nebuchadnezzar</a> <a href="/daniel/3-24.htm">Nebuchadnez'zar</a> <a href="/hosea/2-3.htm">Need</a> <a href="/amos/6-13.htm">Ourselves</a> <a href="/daniel/3-19.htm">Shadrach</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/daniel/3-16.htm">Daniel 3:16 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/daniel/3-16.htm">Daniel 3:16 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/daniel/3-16.htm">Daniel 3:16 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/daniel/3-16.htm">Daniel 3:16 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/daniel/3-16.htm">Daniel 3:16 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/daniel/3-16.htm">Daniel 3:16 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/daniel/3-16.htm">Daniel 3:16 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/daniel/3-16.htm">Daniel 3:16 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/daniel/3-16.htm">Daniel 3:16 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: Abednego Abed-nego an and answer before concerning defend do give in king matter Meshach Nebuchadnezzar need not O ourselves replied Shadrach the this to we you<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/daniel/3-16.htm">OT Prophets: Daniel 3:16 Shadrach Meshach and Abednego answered the king (Dan. 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