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New Century Version

Daniel 3:23

Firmly tied, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego fell into the blazing furnace.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abed-Nego;   Coercion;   Faith;   Furnace;   Indictments;   Meshach;   Miracles;   Mishael;   Persecution;   Punishment;   Rulers;   Scofield Reference Index - Miracles;   Thompson Chain Reference - Abed-Nego;   Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Home;   Meshach;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Shadrach;   Stories for Children;   The Topic Concordance - Jesus Christ;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Persecution;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abednego;   Furnaces;   Image;   Punishments;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Apocrypha;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Furnace;   Meshach;   Shadrach;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Furnace;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Apocrypha;   Daniel, Book of;   God;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Angel;   Apocrypha;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Abednego ;   Furnace;   Meshach ;   Miracles;   Shadrach ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Sackbut;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abednego;   Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Furnace;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Dan'iel, Apocryphal Additions to;   Furnace;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Dress;   Song of the Three Children;   Vulgate;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Theodotion;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego fell, bound, into the furnace of blazing fire.
Hebrew Names Version
These three men, Shadrakh, Meshakh, and `Aved-Nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
King James Version
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
English Standard Version
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell bound into the burning fiery furnace.
New American Standard Bible
But these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell into the middle of the furnace of blazing fire still tied up.
Amplified Bible
But these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire still tied up.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And these three men Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego fell downe bound into the middes of the hote fierie fornace.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But these three men, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, fell into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire still tied up.
Berean Standard Bible
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, firmly bound, fell into the burning fiery furnace.
Complete Jewish Bible
These three men, Shadrakh, Meishakh and ‘Aved-N'go, fell, bound, into the blazing hot furnace.
Darby Translation
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
Easy-to-Read Version
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego fell into the fire. They were tied up very tightly.
George Lamsa Translation
But the three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. (And they rose up and walked bound in the midst of the flame, praising God and blessing the LORD.)
Good News Translation
Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, still tied up, fell into the heart of the blazing fire.
Lexham English Bible
But these men, the three of them, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, fell down into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire, and they were bound.
Literal Translation
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the middle of the burning, fiery furnace.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And these thre men Sydrac, Misac and Abdenago fell downe in ye hote burnynge ouen, beinge fast bounde.
American Standard Version
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
Bible in Basic English
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, with the cords about them, went down into the burning and flaming fire.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
King James Version (1611)
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell downe bound into the midst of the burning fierie furnace.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And these three men Sidrach, Misach, and Abednego, fel downe in the mids of the hot firie fornace bounde.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Then these three men, Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago, fell bound into the midst of the burning furnace, and walked in the midst of the flame, singing praise to God, and blessing the Lord.
English Revised Version
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
World English Bible
These three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli these thre men, Sidrac, Misaac, and Abdenago, fellen doun boundun in the mydis of the chymenei of fier brennynge.
Update Bible Version
And these three [prominent] men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
Webster's Bible Translation
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
New English Translation
But those three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell into the furnace of blazing fire while still securely bound.
New King James Version
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
New Living Translation
So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, securely tied, fell into the roaring flames.
New Life Bible
The three men were still tied up when they fell into the fire.
New Revised Standard
But the three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down, bound, into the furnace of blazing fire.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down into the midst of the burning furnace of fire, fast bound.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But these three men, that is, Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, fell down bound in the midst of the furnace of burning fire.
Revised Standard Version
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed'nego, fell bound into the burning fiery furnace.
Young's Literal Translation
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, have fallen down in the midst of the burning fiery furnace -- bound.

Contextual Overview

19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was furious with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and he changed his mind. He ordered the furnace to be heated seven times hotter than usual. 20 Then he commanded some of the strongest soldiers in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and throw them into the blazing furnace. 21 So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were tied up and thrown into the blazing furnace while still wearing their robes, trousers, turbans, and other clothes. 22 The king's command was very strict, and the furnace was made so hot that the flames killed the strong soldiers who threw Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego into the furnace. 23 Firmly tied, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego fell into the blazing furnace. 24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was so surprised that he jumped to his feet. He asked the men who advised him, "Didn't we tie up only three men and throw them into the fire?" They answered, "Yes, O king." 25 The king said, "Look! I see four men walking around in the fire. They are not tied up, and they are not burned. The fourth man looks like a son of the gods." 26 Then Nebuchadnezzar went to the opening of the blazing furnace and shouted, "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, come out! Servants of the Most High God, come here!" So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire. 27 When they came out, the governors, assistant governors, captains of the soldiers, and royal advisers crowded around them and saw that the fire had not harmed their bodies. Their hair was not burned, their robes were not burned, and they didn't even smell like smoke!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

fell: Daniel 6:16, Daniel 6:17, Psalms 34:19, Psalms 66:11, Psalms 66:12, Psalms 124:1-5, Jeremiah 38:6, Lamentations 3:52-54, 2 Corinthians 1:8-10, 2 Corinthians 4:17, 1 Peter 4:12, 1 Peter 4:13

Reciprocal: Esther 3:4 - he had told

Cross-References

Genesis 2:5
there were still no plants on the earth. Nothing was growing in the fields because the Lord God had not yet made it rain on the land. And there was no person to care for the ground,
Genesis 3:19
You will sweat and work hard for your food. Later you will return to the ground, because you were taken from it. You are dust, and when you die, you will return to the dust."
Genesis 4:2
After that, Eve gave birth to Cain's brother Abel. Abel took care of flocks, and Cain became a farmer.
Genesis 4:12
You will work the ground, but it will not grow good crops for you anymore, and you will wander around on the earth."
Genesis 9:20
Noah became a farmer and planted a vineyard.
Ecclesiastes 5:9
The wealth of the country is divided up among them all. Even the king makes sure he gets his share of the profits.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And these three men fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. The fire not so much as destroying what they were bound with, and much less them; but being bound they fell, and there they lay for the present, unbound and alive; when those that cast them in were destroyed. In the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions, follow sixty seven verses, containing the song of Azariah and his companions in the furnace, which are not in the Hebrew text.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And these three men - fell down bound ... - That is, the flame did not loosen the cords by which they had been fastened. The fact that they were seen to fall into the furnace “bound,” made the miracle the more remarkable that they should be seen walking loose in the midst of the fire.

In the Septuagint, Syriac, Arabic, and Latin Vulgate, there follow in this place sixty-eight verses, containing “The Song of the Three Holy Children.” This is not in the Chaldee, and its origin is unknown. It is with entire propriety placed in the Apocrypha, as being no part of the inspired canon. With some things that are improbable and absurd, the “song” contains many things that are beautiful, and that would be highly appropriate if a song had been uttered at all in the furnace.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 23. And these three men - fell down bound — There is a most evident want of connexion between this and the following verse; and it is between these verses that the apocryphal Song of the Three Children, as it is called, has been inserted by St. Jerome and others; but with this note: Quae sequuntur in Hebraeis voluminibus non reperi; "What follows I have not found in the Hebrew books." And then begins, "They walked in the midst of the flame, praising God, and blessing the Lord." The Septuagint and Arabic read the twenty-fourth verse thus: "Then Nebuchadnezzar heard them singing praise, and was astonished." To connect the two verses Houbigant adds two verses found in the Vulgate, which are the forty-ninth and the twenty-third: "But an angel of the Lord went down with Azariah and his companions into the furnace, and drove out the flame of fire from the furnace; and they walked in the midst of the furnace." This verse (the forty-ninth) has been added to show the reason of Nebuchadnezzar's astonishment, and also to account for the appearance of a fourth person in the furnace, as in Daniel 3:25.


 
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