the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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Daniel 3:6
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But whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire.”
and whoever doesn't fall down and worships shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
And whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace."
"But whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be thrown into the middle of a furnace of blazing fire."
Anyone who doesn't bow down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace."
"Whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire."
And whosoeuer falleth not downe & worshippeth, shall the same houre bee cast into the middes of an hote fierie fornace.
"But whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire."
And whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into the burning fiery furnace."
Anyone who refuses will at once be thrown into a flaming furnace.
Whoever does not fall down and worship is to be thrown immediately into a blazing hot furnace."
and whosoever doth not fall down and worship shall that same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
Whoever does not bow down and worship this gold idol will immediately be thrown into a very hot furnace."
And whosoever does not fall down and worship shall at the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
Anyone who does not bow down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace."
And whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown immediately into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire."
And whoever does not fall down and worship, at that moment they will be thrown into the middle of a burning, fiery furnace.
Who so then falleth not downe and boweth himself, shal euen the same houre be cast in to an hote burnynge ouen.
and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
And anyone not falling down and worshipping will that same hour be put into a burning and flaming fire.
and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.'
And who so falleth not down and worshippeth, shall the same houre bee cast into the middest of a burning fierie furnace.
And whosoever shall not fall down and worship, in the same hour he shall be cast into the burning fiery furnace.
and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
and whoever doesn't fall down and worships shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
Sotheli if ony man fallith not doun, and worschipith not, in the same our he schal be sent in to the furneis of fier brennynge.
and whoever does not fall down and worship shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
And whoever shall not fall down and worship shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
Whoever does not bow down and pay homage will immediately be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire!"
and whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace."
Anyone who refuses to obey will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace."
Whoever does not get down and worship will be thrown at once into the big and hot fire."
Whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire."
and, whosoever shall not fall down and adore, shall, instantly, be cast into the burning furnace of fire.
But if any man shall not fall down and adore, he shall the same hour be cast into a furnace of burning fire.
and whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace."
and whoso doth not fall down and do obeisance, in that hour he is cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.'
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
falleth: Daniel 3:11, Daniel 3:15, Exodus 20:5, Isaiah 44:17, Matthew 4:9, Revelation 13:15-17
the same: Daniel 2:5, Daniel 2:12, Daniel 2:13, Mark 6:27
a burning: Genesis 19:28, Jeremiah 29:22, Ezekiel 22:18-22, Matthew 13:42, Matthew 13:50, Revelation 9:2, Revelation 14:11
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 21:11 - compelled Daniel 5:19 - whom he would he slew Daniel 6:7 - he shall Ephesians 6:9 - forbearing
Cross-References
And the serpent was suttiller then euery beast of the fielde which ye lord God hadde made, and he sayde vnto the woman: yea, hath God saide, ye shall not eate of euery tree of the garden?
And the woman sayde vnto the serpent: We eate of ye fruite of the trees of the garden.
And Adam said: The woman whom thou gauest [to be] with me, she gaue me of the tree, and I dyd eate.
And the lord god said vnto ye serpent: Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed aboue all cattel, and aboue euery beast of the fielde: vpon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eate all the dayes of thy lyfe.
I wyll also put enmitie betweene thee & the woman, betweene thy seede and her seede: and it shall treade downe thy head, and thou shalt treade vpon his heele.
Unto Adam he sayde: Because thou hast hearkened vnto the voyce of thy wyfe, and hast eaten of the tree concernyng the whiche I commaunded thee, saying, thou shalt not eate of it, cursed is the grounde for thy sake, in sorowe shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy lyfe.
In the sweatte of thy face shalt thou eate thy breade, tyll thou be turned agayne into the ground, for out of it wast thou taken: For dust thou art, and into dust shalt thou be turned agayne.
And the sonnes of God also sawe the daughters of men that they were fayre, & they toke them wyues, such as theyliked, from among them all.
And after this, his maisters wyfe cast her eyes vpon Ioseph, and saide: [come] lye with me.
I sawe among the spoyles a goodly babilonishe garment, and two hundred sicles of siluer, and a tonge of golde of fiftie sicles wayghte, and I coueted them, and toke them: and beholde they lye hyd in the earth in the middest of my tent, and the siluer is ther vnder.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth,.... Who refuses to worship it, or wilfully neglects it; which would be interpreted a contempt of it, and of the king's command:
shall in the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; such as were used to burn stones in for lime, as Jarchi observes: the music was to draw, the furnace was to drive, men to this idolatrous worship; the one was to please and sooth the minds of men, and so allure them to such stupid service; the other to frighten them into obedience. This is the first time that mention is made of "hours" in the sacred Scriptures; it was very probably the invention of the Chaldeans or Babylonians; for Herodotus m says the Greeks received the twelve parts of the day from the Babylonians.
m Euterpe, sive l. 2. c. 109.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth - The order in this verse seems to be tyrannical, and it is contrary to all our notions of freedom of religious opinion and worship. But it was much in the spirit of that age, and indeed of almost every age. It was an act to enforce uniformity in religion by the authority of the civil magistrate, and to secure it by threatened penalties. It should be observed, however, that the command at that time would not be regarded as harsh and oppressive by “pagan” worshippers, and might be complied with consistently with their views, without infringing on their notions of religious liberty. The homage rendered to one god did not, according to their views, conflict with any honor that was due to another, and though they were required to worship this divinity, that would not be a prohibition against worshipping any other. It was also in accordance with all the views of paganism that all proper honor should be rendered to the particular god or gods which any people adored.
The nations assembled here would regard it as no dishonor shown to the particular deity whom they worshipped to render homage to the god worshipped by Nebuchadnezzar, as this command implied no prohibition against worshipping any other god. It was only in respect to those who held that there is but one God, and that all homage rendered to any other is morally wrong, that this command would be oppressive. Accordingly, the contemplated vengeance fell only on the Jews - all, of every other nation, who were assembled, complying with the command without hesitation. It violated “no” principle which they held to render the homage which was claimed, for though they had their own tutelary gods whom they worshipped, they supposed the same was true of every other people, and that “their” gods were equally entitled to respect; but it violated “every” principle on which the Jew acted - for he believed that there was but one God ruling over all nations, and that homage rendered to any other was morally wrong. Compare Hengstenberg, “Authentie des Daniel,” pp. 83, 84.
Shall the same hour - This accords with the general character of an Oriental despot accustomed to enjoin implicit obedience by the most summary process, and it is entirely conformable to the whole character of Nebuchadnezzar. It would seem from this, that there was an apprehension that some among the multitudes assembled would refuse to obey the command. Whether there was any “design” to make this bear hard on the Jews, it is impossible now to determine. The word which is here rendered “hour” (שׁעתא sha‛etâ) is probably from שׁעה shâ‛âh - “to look;” and properly denotes a look, a glance of the eye, and then the “time” of such a glance - a moment, an instant. It does not refer to “an hour,” as understood by us, but means “instantly, immediately” - as quick as the glance of an eye. The word is not found in Hebrew, and occurs in Chaldee only in Daniel 3:6, Daniel 3:15; Daniel 4:19, Daniel 4:33 (Daniel 4:16, Daniel 4:30); Daniel 5:5, in each case rendered “hour.” Nothing can be inferred from it, however, in regard to the division of time among the Chaldeans into “hours” - though Herodotus says that the Greeks received the division of the day into twelve parts from them. - Lib. ii., c. 109.
Be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace - The word here rendered “furnace” (אתון 'attûn) is derived from (תנן tenan), “to smoke;” and may be applied to any species of furnace, or large oven. It does not denote the use to which the furnace was commonly applied, or the form of its construction. Any furnace for burning lime - if lime was then burned - or for burning bricks, if they were burned, or for smelting ore, would correspond with the meaning of the word. Nor is it said whether the furnace referred to would be one that would be constructed for the occasion, or one in common use for some other purpose. The editor of Calmet (Taylor) supposes that the “furnace” here referred to was rather a fire kindled in the open court of a temple, like a place set apart for burning martyrs, than a closed furnace of brick. See Cal. “Dict.” vol. iv. p. 330, following. The more obvious representation, however, is, that it was a closed place, in which the intensity of the fire could be greatly increased. Such a mode of punishment is not uncommon in the East. Chardin (vi. p. 118), after speaking of the common modes of inflicting the punishment of death in Persia, remarks that “there are other modes of inflicting the punishment of death on those who have violated the police laws, especially those who have contributed to produce scarcity of food, or who have used false weights, or who have disregarded the laws respecting taxes. The cooks,” says he, “were fixed on spits, and roasted over a gentle fire (compare Jeremiah 29:22), and the bakers were cast into a burning oven. In the year 1668, when the famine was raging, I saw in the royal residence in Ispahan one of these ovens burning to terrify the bakers, and to prevent their taking advantage of the scarcity to increase their gains.” See Rosenmuller, “Alte u. neue Morgenland, in loc.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Daniel 3:6. Shall the same hour — This is the first place in the Old Testament where we find the division of time into hours. The Greeks say that Anaximander was the inventor. He had it probably from the Chaldeans, among whom this division was in use long before Anaximander was born.
Be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. — This was an ancient mode of punishment among the Chaldeans, if we may credit the tradition that Abram was cast into such a fire by this idolatrous people because he would not worship their idols.
