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href="/bsb/daniel/3.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/daniel/3.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/daniel/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Anyone who refuses to obey will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/daniel/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/daniel/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/daniel/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/daniel/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />and whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/daniel/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be thrown into the middle of a furnace of blazing fire.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/daniel/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220But whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/daniel/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“But whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/daniel/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/daniel/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/daniel/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/daniel/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/daniel/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/daniel/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Anyone who refuses will at once be thrown into a flaming furnace. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/daniel/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/daniel/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Whoever doesn't bow down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/daniel/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Anyone who does not bow down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/daniel/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Anyone who does not fall down and worship is immediately to be thrown into the blazing fire furnace."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/daniel/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/daniel/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Whoever does not bow down and pay homage will immediately be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/daniel/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and whoever doesn't fall down and worship shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/daniel/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And whoever shall not fall down and worship shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/daniel/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Whoever doesn’t fall down and worship shall be cast into the middle of a burning fiery furnace the same hour.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/daniel/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and whoever does not fall down and pay respect, in that hour he is cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/daniel/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and whoso doth not fall down and do obeisance, in that hour he is cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/daniel/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And whoever shall not fall and prostrate himself in the same moment, he shall be cast into a furnace of flaming fire.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/daniel/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But if any man shall not fall down and adore, he shall the same hour be cast into a furnace of burning fire. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/daniel/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But if anyone will not bow down and adore, in the same hour he will be cast into a furnace of burning fire.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/daniel/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Whoever does not fall down and worship shall be instantly cast into a white-hot furnace.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/daniel/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/daniel/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And whosoever does not fall down and worship shall at the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/daniel/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And whoever will not fall and worship, at that moment he will be thrown into a burning furnace of fire!”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/daniel/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/daniel/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And whosoever shall not fall down and worship, in the same hour he shall be cast into the burning fiery furnace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/daniel/3-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/shUZJK-vYxI?start=872" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/daniel/3.htm">Nebuchadnezzar's Golden Image</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4479.htm" title="4479: ū·man- (Conj-w:: Interrog) -- Who?. (Aramaic) from mah; who or what (properly, interrogatively, hence, also indefinitely and relatively).">And whoever</a> <a href="/hebrew/1768.htm" title="1768: dî- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that, because. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3809.htm" title="3809: lā (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. (Aramaic) or lah (Aramaic) (Dan. 4:32); corresponding to lo'.">does not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5308.htm" title="5308: yip·pêl (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall. (Aramaic) corresponding to naphal.">fall down</a> <a href="/hebrew/5457.htm" title="5457: wə·yis·guḏ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-3ms) -- To do homage. (Aramaic) corresponding to cagad.">and worship</a> <a href="/hebrew/bah- (Prep:: 3fs) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/8160.htm" title="8160: ša·‘ă·ṯā (N-fsd) -- A brief time, moment. (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to sha'ah; properly, a look, i.e. A moment.">will immediately</a> <a href="/hebrew/7412.htm" title="7412: yiṯ·rə·mê (V-Hitpael-Imperf-3ms) -- To cast, throw. (Aramaic) corresponding to ramah; to throw, set, (figuratively) assess.">be thrown</a> <a href="/hebrew/1459.htm" title="1459: lə·ḡō·w- (Prep:: N-msc) -- Midst, middle. (Aramaic) corresponding to gev; the middle.">into</a> <a href="/hebrew/3345.htm" title="3345: yā·qiḏ·tā (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fsd) -- To burn. (Aramaic) corresponding to yaqad.">the blazing</a> <a href="/hebrew/5135.htm" title="5135: nū·rā (N-csd) -- A fire. (Aramaic) from an unused root (corresponding to that of niyr) meaning to shine; fire.">fiery</a> <a href="/hebrew/861.htm" title="861: ’at·tūn (N-msc) -- A furnace. (Aramaic) probably from the corresponding to 'esh; probably a fire-place, i.e. Furnace.">furnace.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>Therefore, as soon as all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, and all kinds of music, the people of every nation and language would fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/13-15.htm">Revelation 13:15</a></span><br />The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-9.htm">Revelation 14:9-11</a></span><br />And a third angel followed them, calling out in a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on his forehead or on his hand, / he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. / And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/20-4.htm">Revelation 20:4</a></span><br />Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-42.htm">Matthew 13:42</a></span><br />And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-50.htm">Matthew 13:50</a></span><br />and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-8.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:8-9</a></span><br />in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. / They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-54.htm">Acts 7:54-60</a></span><br />On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him. / But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. / “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-34.htm">Hebrews 11:34</a></span><br />quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/4-12.htm">1 Peter 4:12</a></span><br />Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-6.htm">John 15:6</a></span><br />If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-2.htm">Isaiah 43:2</a></span><br />When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/29-22.htm">Jeremiah 29:22</a></span><br />Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/13-5.htm">Deuteronomy 13:5</a></span><br />Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-2.htm">Deuteronomy 17:2-5</a></span><br />If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant / and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden— / and if it is reported and you hear about it, you must investigate it thoroughly. If the report is true and such an abomination has happened in Israel, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-17.htm">2 Kings 17:17</a></span><br />They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And whoever falls not down and worships shall the same hour be cast into the middle of a burning fiery furnace.</p><p class="hdg">falleth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/3-11.htm">Daniel 3:11,15</a></b></br> And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, <i>that</i> he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a></b></br> Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God <i>am</i> a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth <i>generation</i> of them that hate me;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/44-17.htm">Isaiah 44:17</a></b></br> And the residue thereof he maketh a god, <i>even</i> his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth <i>it</i>, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou <i>art</i> my god.</p><p class="hdg">the same.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/2-5.htm">Daniel 2:5,12,13</a></b></br> The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/6-27.htm">Mark 6:27</a></b></br> And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,</p><p class="hdg">a burning.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/19-28.htm">Genesis 19:28</a></b></br> And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/29-22.htm">Jeremiah 29:22</a></b></br> And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which <i>are</i> in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/22-18.htm">Ezekiel 22:18-22</a></b></br> Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they <i>are</i> brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are <i>even</i> the dross of silver… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/38-19.htm">Blazing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-22.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-24.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/daniel/3-5.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-12.htm">Falleth</a> <a href="/daniel/2-46.htm">Falling</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-19.htm">Fiery</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-23.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-47.htm">Flaming</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-22.htm">Furnace</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-17.htm">Hour</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-22.htm">Immediately</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-22.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/esther/3-5.htm">Obeisance</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-20.htm">Thrown</a> <a href="/daniel/3-5.htm">Worship</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-17.htm">Worshippeth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-16.htm">Worshipping</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/daniel/3-11.htm">Blazing</a> <a href="/daniel/3-11.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/daniel/3-11.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/daniel/3-10.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/daniel/3-11.htm">Falleth</a> <a href="/daniel/3-11.htm">Falling</a> <a href="/daniel/3-11.htm">Fiery</a> <a href="/daniel/3-11.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/daniel/3-11.htm">Flaming</a> <a href="/daniel/3-11.htm">Furnace</a> <a href="/daniel/3-15.htm">Hour</a> <a href="/daniel/5-5.htm">Immediately</a> <a href="/daniel/3-11.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/daniel/3-11.htm">Obeisance</a> <a href="/daniel/3-11.htm">Thrown</a> <a href="/daniel/3-10.htm">Worship</a> <a href="/daniel/3-11.htm">Worshippeth</a> <a href="/daniel/3-11.htm">Worshipping</a><div class="vheading2">Daniel 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/3-1.htm">Nebuchadnezzar dedicates a golden image in Dura.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/3-3.htm">They being threatened, make a good confession.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/3-8.htm">Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are accused for not worshipping the image.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/3-19.htm">They are cast into the furnace,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/3-24.htm">from which God delivers them.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/3-28.htm">Nebuchadnezzar seeing the miracle blesses God, and advances them.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the ancient Near Eastern context, rulers often demanded worship as a demonstration of loyalty and unity within their empire. The act of falling down and worshiping was a physical demonstration of submission and reverence, common in many ancient cultures. This decree sets the stage for a test of faith for the Jewish exiles, who are commanded by their own religious laws to worship only Yahweh (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-5</a>). The refusal to worship the image is a direct challenge to the king's authority and a test of fidelity to God's commandments.<p><b>will immediately be thrown</b><br>The immediacy of the punishment underscores the severity and non-negotiable nature of the king's decree. It reflects the absolute power wielded by Nebuchadnezzar and the swift justice typical of ancient monarchies. This immediate consequence serves as a deterrent to disobedience and emphasizes the king's intolerance for dissent. The urgency of the punishment also highlights the tension between the king's edict and the faith of the Jewish exiles, who must choose between immediate physical danger and spiritual compromise.<p><b>into the blazing fiery furnace.</b><br>The fiery furnace is a symbol of intense trial and judgment. In the ancient world, furnaces were used for smelting metals and were capable of reaching extremely high temperatures. Archaeological evidence from Babylon suggests that such furnaces were indeed used for executions. The furnace represents a test of faith and a place of purification, drawing parallels to other biblical themes of fire as a means of testing and refining (<a href="/1_peter/1-7.htm">1 Peter 1:7</a>, <a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Malachi 3:2-3</a>). This imagery also foreshadows the New Testament concept of fiery trials and the ultimate deliverance through faith in God. The furnace can be seen as a type of Christ's suffering and the believer's call to endure persecution for righteousness' sake, with the promise of divine presence and deliverance.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/k/king_nebuchadnezzar.htm">King Nebuchadnezzar</a></b><br>The Babylonian king who erected a golden statue and commanded all to worship it.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_golden_statue.htm">The Golden Statue</a></b><br>A massive idol set up by Nebuchadnezzar on the plain of Dura, symbolizing his power and authority.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_plain_of_dura.htm">The Plain of Dura</a></b><br>The location in the province of Babylon where the statue was erected.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_fiery_furnace.htm">The Fiery Furnace</a></b><br>A punishment method used by Nebuchadnezzar for those who refused to worship the statue.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/shadrach,_meshach,_and_abednego.htm">Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego</a></b><br>Jewish exiles who refused to bow to the statue, demonstrating faithfulness to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_under_pressure.htm">Faithfulness Under Pressure</a></b><br>The account of the fiery furnace challenges believers to remain faithful to God even when faced with severe consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/idolatry_in_modern_times.htm">Idolatry in Modern Times</a></b><br>While we may not face literal statues, modern idolatry can take many forms, such as materialism or the pursuit of power.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_presence_in_trials.htm">God's Presence in Trials</a></b><br>Just as God was with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, He promises to be with us in our own fiery trials.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/courage_to_stand_alone.htm">Courage to Stand Alone</a></b><br>The courage of these three men inspires us to stand firm in our convictions, even if we must stand alone.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_discipleship.htm">The Cost of Discipleship</a></b><br>Following Christ may require us to make difficult choices that go against societal norms or expectations.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_daniel_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Daniel 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/main_themes_in_book_of_daniel.htm">What are the main themes in the Book of Daniel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_happened_to_shadrach,_meshach,_abednego.htm">What happened to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in Babylon?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_foreign_kings_ever_honor_israel's_god.htm">Psalm 138:4-5 speaks of all kings praising God. Is there any historical evidence that surrounding nations' rulers ever truly honored Israel's God in this way?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_civil_disobedience.htm">What does the Bible say about civil disobedience?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/daniel/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">Shall be cast</span> . . .--This punishment was not uncommon among the Babylonians. One instance of it is mentioned by Jeremiah (<a href="/jeremiah/29-22.htm" title="And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;">Jeremiah 29:22</a>; see also <span class= "ital">Transactions of the Society of Biblical Arch?ology,</span> vol. ii., p. 361). The occasion being a national festival, any refusal to worship the national gods would be regarded as high treason. Any foreign subjects would be expected to take part in the ceremony, their gods being supposed to have been conquered, and being regarded as demons. (Comp. <a href="/2_kings/19-12.htm" title="Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?">2Kings 19:12</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/28-23.htm" title="For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.">2Chronicles 28:23</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/daniel/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace</span>. The only difference between the Septuagint and the Massoretic text is that instead of rendering, "shall be cast," it is put in the plural active, "they shall cast him." There may have been a difference of reading - <span class="hebrew">יִרְמונֵה</span> instead of <span class="hebrew">יִתְרְמֵא</span>. It is, perhaps, more probable that it is simply that the translator preferred this construction to the one which would have resulted from a more literal translation. Theodotion,the Peshitta, and Vulgate agree with the Massoretic. <span class="accented">In that very hour.</span> It has been suggested by Professor Fuller that the way the shadow fell would enable them to fix the hour. This, however, is giving an exact astronomical meaning to what had only a rhetorical significance. The word <span class="accented">sha'a</span> is very vague; it means "time" in general, it means "any short interval of time," from some days to a moment. <span class="accented">Shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.</span> The word <span class="hebrew">אַתּוּן</span> is of uncertain derivation; it is found in both dialects of Aramaic. It occurs in the Targum of pseudo-Jonathan, in the story of the death of Haran and the preservation of Abraham, which seems distinctly imitated from the events related here. In Smith's 'Life of Asshurbanipal,' we find this punishment more than once resorted to, <span class="accented">e.g.</span> pp. 163, 164. Professor Bevan maintains, in answer to Lenormant's appeal to this as a proof of the author's accurate knowledge of Babylonian methods of punishment, that this is derived from <a href="/jeremiah/29-22.htm">Jeremiah 29:22</a>, Zedekiah and Ahab, "whom the King of Babylon roasted in the fire." Only the action implied by the verb <span class="hebrew">קָלָה</span> (<span class="accented">qalah</span>) is not complete burning, as that implied in the punishment before us, but rather the more cruel torture of slowly burning The word is used of "parched corn" (<a href="/leviticus/2-14.htm">Leviticus 2:14</a>; <a href="/judges/5-11.htm">Judges 5:11</a>); it is used also of the heat of fever (<a href="/psalms/38-8.htm">Psalm 38:8</a>). There is no verbal indication that the author of Daniel was at all influenced by this passage. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/daniel/3-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And whoever</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמַן־</span> <span class="translit">(ū·man-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4479.htm">Strong's 4479: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">does not</span><br /><span class="heb">לָ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(lā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3809.htm">Strong's 3809: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fall down</span><br /><span class="heb">יִפֵּ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(yip·pêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5308.htm">Strong's 5308: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and worship</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיִסְגֻּ֑ד</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yis·guḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5457.htm">Strong's 5457: </a> </span><span class="str2">To prostrate oneself</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will immediately</span><br /><span class="heb">שַׁעֲתָ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(ša·‘ă·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular determinate<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8160.htm">Strong's 8160: </a> </span><span class="str2">A brief time, moment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be thrown</span><br /><span class="heb">יִתְרְמֵ֔א</span> <span class="translit">(yiṯ·rə·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7412.htm">Strong's 7412: </a> </span><span class="str2">To throw, set, assess</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into</span><br /><span class="heb">לְגֽוֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḡō·w-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1459.htm">Strong's 1459: </a> </span><span class="str2">Midst, middle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the burning</span><br /><span class="heb">יָקִֽדְתָּֽא׃</span> <span class="translit">(yā·qiḏ·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular determinate<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3345.htm">Strong's 3345: </a> </span><span class="str2">To burn</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fiery</span><br /><span class="heb">נוּרָ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(nū·rā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singulard<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5135.htm">Strong's 5135: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">furnace.”</span><br /><span class="heb">אַתּ֥וּן</span> <span class="translit">(’at·tūn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_861.htm">Strong's 861: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fire-place, furnace</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/daniel/3-6.htm">Daniel 3:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/daniel/3-6.htm">Daniel 3:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/daniel/3-6.htm">Daniel 3:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/daniel/3-6.htm">Daniel 3:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/daniel/3-6.htm">Daniel 3:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/daniel/3-6.htm">Daniel 3:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/daniel/3-6.htm">Daniel 3:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/daniel/3-6.htm">Daniel 3:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/daniel/3-6.htm">Daniel 3:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/daniel/3-6.htm">Daniel 3:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/daniel/3-6.htm">OT Prophets: Daniel 3:6 And whoever doesn't fall down and worship (Dan. 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