| 1 | Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, and the breadth of it six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. | Dn 2:31 Dn 2:32 Dn 5:23 Ex 20:23 Ex 32:2-4 Ex 32:31-4 Dt 7:25 Jg 8:26 Jg 8:27 1Ki 12:28 2Ki 19:17 2Ki 19:18 Ps 115:4-8 Ps 135:15 Isa 2:20 Isa 30:22 Isa 40:19-31 Isa 46:6 Jer 10:9 Jer 16:20 Hos 8:4 Hab 2:19 Ac 17:29 Ac 19:26 Rev 9:20 |
| 2 | Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. | Ex 32:4-6 Nm 25:2 Jg 16:23 1Ki 12:32 Pr 29:12 Rev 17:2 |
| 3 | Then the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. | Ps 82:1-8 Ac 19:34 Ac 19:35 Ro 1:21-28 Ro 3:11 1Co 1:24-26 Rev 13:13-16 Rev 17:13 Rev 17:17 |
| 4 | Then the herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, peoples, nations, and languages, | Dn 4:14 Pr 9:13-15 Isa 40:9 Isa 58:1 |
| 5 | that whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, you fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up; | Dn 3:10 Dn 3:15 |
| 6 | and whoever doesn`t fall down and worships shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. | Dn 3:11 Dn 3:15 Ex 20:5 Isa 44:17 Mt 4:9 Rev 13:15-17 |
| 7 | Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. | Jer 51:7 Ac 14:16 1Jn 5:19 Rev 12:9 Rev 13:3 Rev 13:8 Rev 13:14 Rev 17:8 Rev 19:20 |
| 8 | Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought accusation against the Jews. | Dn 6:12 Dn 6:13 Ezr 4:12-16 Es 3:6 Es 3:8 Es 3:9 Ac 16:20-22 Ac 17:6-8 Ac 28:22 1Pe 4:3 1Pe 4:4 |
| 9 | They answered Nebuchadnezzar the king, O king, live for ever. | Dn 3:4 Dn 3:5 |
| 10 | You, O king, have made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image; | Dn 3:4-7 Dn 6:12 Ex 1:16 Ex 1:22 Es 3:12-14 Ps 94:20 Ec 3:16 Isa 10:1 Jn 11:57 Rev 13:16 Rev 13:17 |
| 11 | and whoever doesn`t fall down and worships, shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. |
| 12 | There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded you: they don`t serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up. | Dn 2:49 Dn 6:13 1Sa 18:7-11 Es 3:8 Pr 27:4 Ec 4:4 |
| 13 | Then Nebuchadnezzar in [his] rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king. | Dn 3:19 Dn 2:12 Gn 4:5 1Sa 20:30-33 Es 3:5 Es 3:6 Pr 17:12 Pr 27:3 Pr 29:22 Lk 6:11 |
| 14 | Nebuchadnezzar answered them, Is it on purpose, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, that you don`t serve my god, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? | Ex 21:13 Ex 21:14 |
| 15 | Now if you are ready whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music to you fall down and worship the image which I have made, [well]: but if you don`t worship, you 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? | Lk 4:7 Lk 4:8 |
| 16 | Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered the king, Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you 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 your hand, O king. | Dn 4:35 Dn 6:20-22 Dn 6:27-22 Gn 17:1 Gn 18:14 1Sa 17:37 1Sa 17:46 Jb 5:19 Jb 34:29 Ps 27:1 Ps 27:2 Ps 62:1-6 Ps 73:20 Ps 115:3 Ps 121:5-7 Ps 18:10 Ps 18:11 Isa 12:2 Isa 26:3 Isa 26:4 Isa 54:14 Lk 1:37 Ac 20:24 Ac 21:13 Ac 27:20-25 Ro 8:31 Heb 7:25 |
| 18 | But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up. | Jb 13:15 Pr 28:1 Isa 51:12 Isa 51:13 Mt 10:28 Mt 10:32 Mt 10:33 Mt 10:39 Mt 16:2 Lk 12:3-9 Ac 4:10-13 Ac 4:19-13 Ac 5:29-32 Rev 2:10 Rev 2:11 Rev 12:11 |
| 19 | Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: [therefore] he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated. | Dn 3:13 Pr 21:24 Isa 51:23 Lk 12:4 Lk 12:5 Ac 5:33 Ac 7:54 |
| 20 | He commanded certain mighty men who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, [and] to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. | Dn 3:15 Ac 12:4 Ac 12:5 Ac 16:23 Ac 16:25 |
| 21 | Then these men were bound in their pants, their tunics, and their mantles, and their [other] garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. |
| 22 | Therefore because the king`s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. | Ex 12:33 |
| 23 | These three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. | Dn 6:16 Dn 6:17 Ps 34:19 Ps 66:11 Ps 66:12 Ps 124:1-5 Jer 38:6 Lam 3:52-54 2Co 1:8-10 2Co 4:17 1Pe 4:12 1Pe 4:13 |
| 24 | Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste: he spoke and said to his counselors, Didn`t we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered the king, True, O king. | Dn 5:6 Ac 5:23-25 Ac 9:6 Ac 12:13 |
| 25 | He answered, Look, 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. | Isa 43:2 |
| 26 | Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace: he spoke and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, you servants of the Most High God, come forth, and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego came forth out of the midst of the fire. | Dn 3:17 Dn 2:47 Dn 6:20 Ezr 5:11 Ac 16:17 Ac 27:23 Ga 1:10 Rev 19:5 |
| 27 | The satraps, the deputies, and the governors, and the king`s counselors, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power on their bodies, nor was the hair of their head singed, neither were their pants changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them. | Dn 3:2 Dn 3:3 1Sa 17:46 1Sa 17:47 2Ki 19:19 Ps 83:18 Ps 96:7-9 Isa 26:11 Ac 2:6-12 Ac 26:26 |
| 28 | Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who has sent his angel, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed the king`s word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. | Dn 2:47 Dn 4:34 Dn 6:26 Gn 9:26 Ezr 1:3 Ezr 7:23-28 |
| 29 | Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, which speak anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill; because there is no other god who is able to deliver after this sort. | Dn 6:26 Dn 6:27 |
| 30 | Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego in the province of Babylon. | 1Sa 2:30 Ps 91:14 Jn 12:26 Ro 8:31 |
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