Daniel 3 (NET)

Daniel 3:1¹King Nebuchadnezzar had a golden statue made. It was 90 feet tall and 9 feet wide. He erected it on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hab 2:19Jer 16:20Isa 46:6Hos 8:4Acts 17:29Acts 19:26Isa 40:19-31Ps 135:151 Kgs 12:282 Kgs 19:17-18

Daniel 3:2²Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent out a summons to assemble the satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other authorities of the province to attend the dedication of the statue that he had erected.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 3:271 Kgs 12:32Dan 6:1-4Dan 6:6-7Exod 32:4-6Judg 16:23Num 25:2Prov 29:12Rev 17:2

Daniel 3:3³So the satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other provincial authorities assembled for the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had erected. They were standing in front of the statue that Nebuchadnezzar had erected.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 17:17Rev 17:13Rev 13:13-161 Cor 1:24-26Acts 19:34-35Ps 82:1-8Rom 1:21-28Rom 3:11

Daniel 3:4⁴Then the herald made a loud proclamation: “To you, O peoples, nations, and language groups, the following command is given:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 4:1Dan 6:25Mic 6:16Dan 4:14Esth 8:9Hos 5:11Isa 40:9Isa 58:1Prov 9:13-15

Daniel 3:5⁵When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must bow down and pay homage to the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has erected.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 3:15Dan 3:10Dan 3:7

Daniel 3:6⁶Whoever does not bow down and pay homage will immediately be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 13:42Matt 13:50Jer 29:22Dan 3:11Dan 3:15Ezek 22:18-22Rev 14:11Rev 9:2Dan 2:12-13Dan 2:5

Daniel 3:7⁷Therefore when they all heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, nations, and language groups began bowing down and paying homage to the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had erected.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 5:19Jer 51:7Rev 12:9Rev 13:14Rev 13:3Rev 13:8Rev 17:8Rev 19:20Acts 14:16

Daniel 3:8⁸Now at that time certain Chaldeans came forward and brought malicious accusations against the Jews.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 4:12-16Dan 6:12-13Esth 3:8-91 Pet 4:3-4Acts 16:20-22Acts 17:6-8Acts 28:22Dan 2:10Esth 3:6

Daniel 3:9⁹They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live forever!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 5:10Dan 6:6Dan 2:4Dan 6:21Dan 3:4-5Rom 13:7

Daniel 3:10¹⁰You have issued an edict, O king, that everyone must bow down and pay homage to the golden statue when they hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 3:4-7Dan 6:12Esth 3:12-141 Chr 15:161 Chr 15:281 Chr 16:5-61 Chr 25:1-62 Chr 29:25Amos 6:5Dan 3:15

Daniel 3:11¹¹And whoever does not bow down and pay homage must be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Daniel 3:12¹²But there are Jewish men whom you appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—and these men have not shown proper respect to you, O king. They don’t serve your gods and they don’t pay homage to the golden statue that you have erected.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 6:13Dan 2:49Acts 17:7Prov 27:41 Sam 18:7-11Acts 5:28Eccl 4:4Esth 3:8

Daniel 3:13¹³Then Nebuchadnezzar in a fit of rage demanded that they bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego before him. So they brought them before the king.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 3:19Dan 2:12Esth 3:5-61 Sam 20:30-33Acts 24:24Acts 5:25-27Gen 4:5Luke 21:12Luke 6:11Mark 13:9

Daniel 3:14¹⁴Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you don’t serve my gods and that you don’t pay homage to the golden statue that I erected?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 50:2Dan 3:1Isa 46:1Dan 4:8Exod 21:13-14

Daniel 3:15¹⁵Now if you are ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must bow down and pay homage to the statue that I had made. If you don’t pay homage to it, you will immediately be thrown into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire. Now, who is that god who can rescue you from my power?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 5:292 Chr 32:15-172 Kgs 18:35Dan 3:17Exod 5:2Acts 4:8-12Isa 36:18-20Acts 4:19Dan 3:5-6Dan 6:16

Daniel 3:16¹⁶Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to King Nebuchadnezzar, “We do not need to give you a reply concerning this.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 1:7Dan 3:12

Daniel 3:17¹⁷If our God whom we are serving exists, he is able to rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire, and he will rescue us, O king, from your power as well.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 8:31Luke 1:37Heb 7:25Ps 27:1-2Jer 1:8Isa 26:3-4Acts 21:13Dan 6:20-22Job 5:19Gen 18:14

Daniel 3:18¹⁸But if he does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we don’t serve your gods, and we will not pay homage to the golden statue that you have erected.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 5:29-32Matt 10:39Rev 2:10-11Matt 10:32-33Luke 12:3-9Acts 4:10-13Dan 3:28Isa 51:12-13Josh 24:15Prov 28:1

Daniel 3:19¹⁹Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and his disposition changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than it was normally heated.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 3:13Lev 26:24Lev 26:28Prov 21:241 Kgs 18:33-352 Kgs 19:27-28Acts 5:33Dan 5:6Gen 4:5-6Lev 26:18

Daniel 3:20²⁰He ordered strong soldiers in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and to throw them into the furnace of blazing fire.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 16:23Acts 16:25Dan 3:15Acts 12:4-5

Daniel 3:21²¹So those men were tied up while still wearing their cloaks, trousers, turbans, and other clothes, and were thrown into the furnace of blazing fire.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Daniel 3:22²²But since the king’s command was so urgent, and the furnace was so excessively hot, the men who escorted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were killed by the leaping flames.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 11:8Prov 21:18Acts 12:19Dan 2:15Dan 6:24Exod 12:33Matt 27:5Zech 12:2-3Dan 1:7

Daniel 3:23²³But those three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell into the furnace of blazing fire while still securely bound.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 6:16-17Jer 38:6Ps 124:1-5Ps 34:19Ps 66:11-121 Pet 4:12-132 Cor 1:8-102 Cor 4:17Lam 3:52-54

Daniel 3:24²⁴Then King Nebuchadnezzar was startled and quickly got up. He said to his ministers, “Wasn’t it three men that we tied up and threw into the fire?” They replied to the king, “For sure, O king.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 6:22Dan 6:71 Sam 17:55Acts 12:13Acts 26:13Acts 26:27Acts 5:23-25Acts 9:6Dan 3:17Dan 3:2-3

Daniel 3:25²⁵He answered, “But I see four men, untied and walking around in the midst of the fire! No harm has come to them! And the appearance of the fourth is like that of a god!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 43:2Acts 28:5Mark 16:18Ps 91:3-9Job 1:6Ps 34:7Dan 3:281 Pet 3:13Dan 3:18Job 38:7

Daniel 3:26²⁶Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the furnace of blazing fire. He called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the most high God, come out! Come here!” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego emerged from the fire.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 3:17Dan 4:2Isa 52:12Rev 19:5Acts 16:17Dan 2:47Gal 1:10Gen 14:18Josh 3:17Josh 4:10

Daniel 3:27²⁷Once the satraps, prefects, governors, and ministers of the king had gathered around, they saw that those men were physically unharmed by the fire. The hair of their heads was not singed, nor were their trousers damaged. Not even the smell of fire was to be found on them!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 43:2Heb 11:34Isa 26:11Acts 27:34Luke 21:17-18Matt 10:30Ps 83:181 Sam 17:46-472 Kgs 19:19Dan 3:2-3

Daniel 3:28²⁸Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed, “Praised be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent forth his angel and has rescued his servants who trusted in him, ignoring the edict of the king and giving up their bodies rather than serve or pay homage to any god other than their God!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 14:7-8Ps 34:7-8Ps 84:11-12Exod 20:5Rev 12:11Ps 147:11Ps 22:4-5Rom 12:1Acts 5:19Dan 3:25

Daniel 3:29²⁹I hereby decree that any people, nation, or language group that blasphemes the God of Shadrach, Meshach, or Abednego will be dismembered and his home reduced to rubble! For there exists no other god who can deliver in this way.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 2:5Dan 6:26-27Deut 32:31Ps 76:10Dan 3:15Dan 3:17Dan 3:28Ezra 6:11Ps 3:8

Daniel 3:30³⁰Then Nebuchadnezzar promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 2:30Dan 2:49Dan 3:12John 12:26Ps 1:3Ps 91:14Rom 8:31