Chapter 3
Daniel (Greek) · Prophet Daniel
¹ In [his] eighteenth year Nebuchadnezzar the king made a golden image, its height was sixty cubits, its breadth six cubits: and he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. ² And he sent forth to gather the governors, and the captains, and the heads of provinces, chiefs, and princes, and those who were in authority, and all the rulers of districts, to come to the dedication of the image. ³ So the heads of provinces, the governors, the captains, the chiefs, the great princes, those who were in authority, and all the rulers of districts, were gathered to the dedication of the image which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up; and they stood before the image.
Dan 3:1-3
⁴ Then a herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, ye peoples, tribes, [and] languages, ⁵ at what hour ye shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, and sackbut, and psaltery, and every kind of music, ye shall fall down and worship the golden image which King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. ⁶ And whosoever shall not fall down and worship, in the same hour he shall be cast into the burning fiery furnace. ⁷ And it came to pass when the nations heard the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, and sackbut, and psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the nations, tribes, [and] languages, fell down and worshiped the golden image which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Dan 3:4-7
⁸ Then came near [certain] Chaldeans, and accused the Jews to the king, [saying], ⁹ O king, live forever. ¹⁰ Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man who shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, sackbut, and psaltery, and all kinds of music, ¹¹ and shall not fall down and worship the golden image, shall be cast into the burning fiery furnace. ¹² There are [certain] Jews whom thou hast appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, [and] Abednego, who have not obeyed thy decree, O king: they serve not thy gods, and worship not the golden image which thou hast set up.
Dan 3:8-12
¹³ Then Nebuchadnezzar in wrath and anger commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: and they were brought before the king. ¹⁴ And Nebuchadnezzar answered and said to them, Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, [and] Abednego, that ye serve not my gods, and worship not the golden image which I have set up? ¹⁵ Now then if ye be ready, whensoever ye shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, and sackbut, and psaltery, and harmony, and every kind of music, to fall down and worship the golden image which I have made; [well]: but if ye worship not, in the same hour ye shall be cast into the burning fiery furnace; and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hand?
Dan 3:13-15
¹⁶ Then answered Shadrach, Meshach, [and] Abednego, and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, We have no need to answer thee concerning this matter. ¹⁷ For our God whom we serve is in the heavens, able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will rescue us from thy hands, O king. ¹⁸ But if not, be it known to thee, O king, that we [will] not serve thy gods, nor worship the image which thou hast set up.
Dan 3:16-18
¹⁹ Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with wrath, and the form of his countenance was changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: and he gave orders to heat the furnace seven times [more than usual], until it should burn to the uttermost. ²⁰ And he commanded mighty men to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast [them] into the burning fiery furnace. ²¹ Then those men were bound with their coats, and caps, and hose, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace, ²² forasmuch as the king’s word prevailed; and the furnace was made exceeding hot. ²³ Then these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell bound into the midst of the burning furnace, ²⁴ and walked in the midst of the flame, singing praise to God, and blessing the Lord.
Dan 3:19-24
²⁵ Then Azariah stood up, and prayed on this manner; and opening his mouth in the midst of the fire said,
Dan 3:25
³² And thou didst deliver us into the hands of lawless enemies, most hateful forsakers [of God],
Dan 3:32
⁴⁶ And the king’s servants, that put them in, ceased not to make the oven hot with rosin, pitch, tow, and small wood; ⁴⁷ so that the flame streamed forth above the furnace forty and nine cubits. ⁴⁸ And it passed through, and burned those Chaldeans it found about the furnace.
Dan 3:46-48
⁴⁹ But the angel of the Lord came down into the oven together with Azariah and his fellows, and smote the flame of the fire out of the oven; ⁵⁰ and made the midst of the furnace as it had been a moist whistling wind, so that the fire touched them not at all, neither hurt nor troubled them.
Dan 3:49-50
⁵¹ Then the three, as out of one mouth, praised, glorified, and blessed, God in the furnace, saying,
Dan 3:51
⁵⁶ Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven: and above all to be praised and glorified forever.
Dan 3:56
⁹¹ And Nebuchadnezzar heard them singing praises; and he wondered, and rose up in haste, and said to his nobles, Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? and they said to the king, Yes, O king. ⁹² And the king said, But I see four men loose, and walking in the midst of the fire, and there has no harm happened to them; and the appearance of the fourth is like the Son of God. ⁹³ Then Nebuchadnezzar drew near to the door of the burning fiery furnace, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, [and] Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, proceed forth, and come hither. So Shadrach, Meshach, [and] Abednego, came forth out of the midst of the fire. ⁹⁴ Then were assembled the satraps, and captains, and heads of provinces, and the royal princes; and they saw the men, [and perceived] that the fire had not had power against their bodies, and the hair of their head was not burned, and their coats were not scorched, nor was the smell of fire upon them.
Dan 3:91-94
⁹⁵ And King Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, [and] Abednego, who has sent his angel, and delivered his servants, because they trusted in him; and they have changed the king’s word, and delivered their bodies to be burned, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. ⁹⁶ Wherefore I publish a decree: Every people, tribe, [or] language, that shall speak reproachfully against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, [and] Abednego, shall be destroyed, and their houses shall be plundered: because there is no other God who shall be able to deliver thus. ⁹⁷ Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, [and] Abednego, in the province of Babylon, and advanced them, and gave them authority to rule over all the Jews who were in his kingdom.
Dan 3:95-97