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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="../cmenus/daniel/3.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="../topmenuchap/daniel/3-1.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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Daniel 3</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></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../daniel/2.htm" title="Daniel 2">◄</a> Daniel 3 <a href="../daniel/4.htm" title="Daniel 4">►</a></div></td></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="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/daniel/3.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Nebuchadnezzar’s Golden Image</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters">a</a></sup></span> and its breadth six cubits. He set it up on the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces gathered for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. And they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And the herald proclaimed aloud, “You are commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>that when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, you are to fall down and worship the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Therefore, as soon as all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, all the peoples, nations, and languages fell down and worshiped the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.</p> <p class="heading">The Fiery Furnace</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came forward and maliciously accused the Jews. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They declared<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Aramaic answered and said; also verses 24, 26">b</a></sup></span> to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live forever! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>You, O king, have made a decree, that every man who hears the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast into a burning fiery furnace. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, pay no attention to you; they do not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then Nebuchadnezzar in furious rage commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought. So they brought these men before the king. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Nebuchadnezzar answered and said to them, “Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden image that I have set up? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Now if you are ready when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, well and good.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Aramaic lacks well and good">c</a></sup></span> But if you do not worship, you shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace. And who is the god who will deliver you out of my hands?”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or If our God whom we serve is able to deliver us, he will deliver us from the burning fiery furnace and out of your hand, O king">d</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury, and the expression of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was usually heated. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And he ordered some of the mighty men of his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then these men were bound in their cloaks, their tunics,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The meaning of the Aramaic words rendered cloaks and tunics is uncertain; also verse 27">e</a></sup></span> their hats, and their other garments, and they were thrown into the burning fiery furnace. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Because the king’s order was urgent and the furnace overheated, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell bound into the burning fiery furnace.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished and rose up in haste. He declared to his counselors, “Did we not cast three men bound into the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “True, O king.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>He answered and said, “But I see four men unbound, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the burning fiery furnace; he declared, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here!” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the fire. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And the satraps, the prefects, the governors, and the king’s counselors gathered together and saw that the fire had not had any power over the bodies of those men. The hair of their heads was not singed, their cloaks were not harmed, and no smell of fire had come upon them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants, who trusted in him, and set aside<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Aramaic and changed">f</a></sup></span> the king’s command, and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Therefore I make a decree: Any people, nation, or language that speaks anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be torn limb from limb, and their houses laid in ruins, for there is no other god who is able to rescue in this way.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> A <i class="catch-word-plural">cubit</i> was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Aramaic <i>answered and said</i>; also verses 24, 26<br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> Aramaic lacks <i class="catch-word">well and good</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> Or <i>If our God whom we serve is able to deliver us, he will deliver us from the burning fiery furnace and out of your hand, O king</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> The meaning of the Aramaic words rendered <i class="catch-word">cloaks</i> and <i class="catch-word">tunics</i> is uncertain; also verse 27<br /><span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">28</span> Aramaic <i><span class="catch-word">and</span> changed</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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