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Bishop's Bible
Daniel 3:9
They spake, and sayde vnto the king Nabuchodonozor: O king, liue for euer.
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Christian Standard Bible®
They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “May the king live forever.
They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “May the king live forever.
Hebrew Names Version
They answered Nevukhadnetztzar the king, O king, live for ever.
They answered Nevukhadnetztzar the king, O king, live for ever.
King James Version
They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.
They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.
English Standard Version
They declared to King Nebuchadnezzar, "O king, live forever!
They declared to King Nebuchadnezzar, "O king, live forever!
New American Standard Bible
They began to speak and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king: "O king, live forever!
They began to speak and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king: "O king, live forever!
New Century Version
They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "O king, live forever!
They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "O king, live forever!
Amplified Bible
They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "O king, live forever!
They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "O king, live forever!
Geneva Bible (1587)
For they spake and said to the King Nebuchad-nezzar, O King, liue for euer.
For they spake and said to the King Nebuchad-nezzar, O King, liue for euer.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They responded and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king: "O king, live forever!
They responded and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king: "O king, live forever!
Berean Standard Bible
saying to King Nebuchadnezzar, "O king, may you live forever!
saying to King Nebuchadnezzar, "O king, may you live forever!
Contemporary English Version
They said, "Your Majesty, we hope you live forever!
They said, "Your Majesty, we hope you live forever!
Complete Jewish Bible
They said to N'vukhadnetzar the king, "May the king live forever!
They said to N'vukhadnetzar the king, "May the king live forever!
Darby Translation
They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever!
They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever!
Easy-to-Read Version
They said, "King, may you live forever!
They said, "King, may you live forever!
George Lamsa Translation
They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever!
They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever!
Good News Translation
They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "May Your Majesty live forever!
They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "May Your Majesty live forever!
Lexham English Bible
They responded and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king, "O king, may you live forever!
They responded and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king, "O king, may you live forever!
Literal Translation
They answered and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever!
They answered and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever!
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and sayde vnto kynge Nabuchodonosor: O kynge, God saue thy lyfe for euer.
and sayde vnto kynge Nabuchodonosor: O kynge, God saue thy lyfe for euer.
American Standard Version
They answered and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king, O king, live for ever.
They answered and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king, O king, live for ever.
Bible in Basic English
They made answer and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king, O King, have life for ever.
They made answer and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king, O King, have life for ever.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
They spoke and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king: 'O king, live for ever!
They spoke and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king: 'O king, live for ever!
King James Version (1611)
They spake and sayd to the King Nebuchad-nezzar, O King, liue for euer.
They spake and sayd to the King Nebuchad-nezzar, O King, liue for euer.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
O king, live for ever.
O king, live for ever.
English Revised Version
They answered and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king, O king, live for ever.
They answered and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king, O king, live for ever.
World English Bible
They answered Nebuchadnezzar the king, O king, live for ever.
They answered Nebuchadnezzar the king, O king, live for ever.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seiden to the kyng Nabugodonosor, Kyng, lyue thou with outen ende.
and seiden to the kyng Nabugodonosor, Kyng, lyue thou with outen ende.
Update Bible Version
They answered and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king, O king, live forever.
They answered and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king, O king, live forever.
Webster's Bible Translation
They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.
They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.
New English Translation
They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "O king, live forever!
They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "O king, live forever!
New King James Version
They spoke and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "O king, live forever!
They spoke and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "O king, live forever!
New Living Translation
They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "Long live the king!
They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "Long live the king!
New Life Bible
They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "O king, live forever!
They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "O king, live forever!
New Revised Standard
They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "O king, live forever!
They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "O king, live forever!
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
they spake, and said, to Nebuchadnezzar the king: O king! for ages, live!
they spake, and said, to Nebuchadnezzar the king: O king! for ages, live!
Douay-Rheims Bible
And said to king Nabuchodonosor: O king, live for ever:
And said to king Nabuchodonosor: O king, live for ever:
Revised Standard Version
They said to King Nebuchadnez'zar, "O king, live for ever!
They said to King Nebuchadnez'zar, "O king, live for ever!
Young's Literal Translation
they have answered, yea, they are saying to Nebuchadnezzar the king, `O king, to the ages live!
they have answered, yea, they are saying to Nebuchadnezzar the king, `O king, to the ages live!
Contextual Overview
8 Nowe were there certayne men of the Chaldees, that went euen then, and cried out an accusation of the Iewes. 9 They spake, and sayde vnto the king Nabuchodonozor: O king, liue for euer. 10 Thou O king, hast made a decree, that euery man that shall heare the sound of the cornet, trumpet, harpe, shawme, psaltries, dulcimer, & all instrumentes of musicke, shall fall downe and worship the golden image: 11 And who so then fel not downe, & worshipped not, that he shoulde be cast into the mids of an hot firie fornace. 12 Now are there certayne Iewes, whom thou hast set ouer the charge of the prouince of Babylon: [namely] Sidrach, Misach, and Abednego: these men, O king, regarded not thy commaundement: yea they will not serue thy gods, nor worship the golden image that thou hast set vp. 13 Then Nabuchodonozor in his anger and wrath commaunded that Sidrach, Misach, & Abednego should be brought vnto hym: so these men were brought before the king. 14 Then Nabuchodonozor spake vnto them, and sayde: Is it true, O Sidrach, Misach, & Abednego, will not you serue my gods, nor worship the golden image that I haue set vp? 15 Nowe therfore be redy when ye heare the sound of the cornet, trumpet, harpe, shawme, psaltries, dulcimers, and al instrumentes of musicke, to fal downe and worship the image whiche I haue made: for if ye worship it not, ye shalbe cast immediatly into the mids of a hot firie fornace: for who is that God that can deliuer you out of my handes? 16 Sidrach, Misach, and Abednego aunswered the king, and sayd: O Nabuchodonozor, we are not carefull to aunswere thee in this matter: 17 Beholde, our God whom we serue, is able to deliuer vs from the hot firie fornace: and he wil deliuer vs out of thy hande O king.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
king: Daniel 3:4, Daniel 3:5
O King: Daniel 2:4, Daniel 5:10, Daniel 6:6, Daniel 6:21, Romans 13:7
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:31 - Let my 2 Kings 11:12 - and said Ezra 5:7 - all peace Nehemiah 2:3 - Let the king Esther 3:4 - that they told Daniel 3:24 - O king
Cross-References
Genesis 3:12
And Adam said: The woman whom thou gauest [to be] with me, she gaue me of the tree, and I dyd eate.
And Adam said: The woman whom thou gauest [to be] with me, she gaue me of the tree, and I dyd eate.
Genesis 3:13
And the Lord God sayd vnto the woman: Why hast thou done this? And the woman sayde: the serpent begyled me, and I dyd eate.
And the Lord God sayd vnto the woman: Why hast thou done this? And the woman sayde: the serpent begyled me, and I dyd eate.
Genesis 3:17
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.
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.
Genesis 3:19
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.
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.
Genesis 3:20
And Adam called his wyfes name Heua, because she was the mother of all lyuyng.
And Adam called his wyfes name Heua, because she was the mother of all lyuyng.
Genesis 3:21
Unto Adam also and to his wyfe dyd the Lorde God make garments of skynnes, and he put them on.
Unto Adam also and to his wyfe dyd the Lorde God make garments of skynnes, and he put them on.
Genesis 4:9
And the Lorde said vnto Cain: where is Habel thy brother? Which sayde I wote not: Am I my brothers keper?
And the Lorde said vnto Cain: where is Habel thy brother? Which sayde I wote not: Am I my brothers keper?
Genesis 11:5
But the Lorde came downe to see the citie and towre whiche the chyldren of men buylded.
But the Lorde came downe to see the citie and towre whiche the chyldren of men buylded.
Genesis 16:8
And he said: Hagar Sarais mayde, whence camest thou? and whither wylt thou go? She sayde: I flee fro the face of my mistresse Sarai.
And he said: Hagar Sarais mayde, whence camest thou? and whither wylt thou go? She sayde: I flee fro the face of my mistresse Sarai.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
They spake and said to Nebuchadnezzar,.... Having got access unto him, and within his hearing, they expressed themselves in the following manner:
O king, live for ever; this they said to show their fidelity and hearty attachment to him, and their regard to his welfare, and the continuance of his life; and the rather to ingratiate themselves into his affections, and gain audience of him; :-.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
O king, live for ever - A customary form of address to a monarch, implying that long life was regarded as an eminent blessing. See the notes at Daniel 2:4.
