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Young's Literal Translation

Daniel 3:11

and whoso doth not fall down and do obeisance, is cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Coercion;   Conspiracy;   Faith;   Furnace;   Indictments;   Persecution;   Rulers;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Home;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Stories for Children;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Persecution;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abednego;   Furnaces;   Image;   Punishments;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Government;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Decrees;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Daniel, Book of;   God;   Image, Nebuchadnezzar's;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Furnace;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Abednego ;   Cornet;   Furnace;   Psaltery;   Sackbut;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abednego;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Furnace;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Fire;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire.
Hebrew Names Version
and whoever doesn't fall down and worships, shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
King James Version
And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
English Standard Version
And whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast into a burning fiery furnace.
New American Standard Bible
"But whoever does not fall down and worship shall be thrown into the middle of a furnace of blazing fire.
New Century Version
Anyone who wouldn't do this was to be thrown into a blazing furnace.
Amplified Bible
"Whoever does not fall down and worship shall be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And whosoeuer falleth not downe, and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the mids of an hote fierie fornace.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.
Berean Standard Bible
and that whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into the burning fiery furnace.
Contemporary English Version
And you said that anyone who did not bow down and worship it would be thrown into a flaming furnace.
Complete Jewish Bible
and that whoever does not fall down and worship is to be thrown into a blazing hot furnace.
Darby Translation
and [that] whosoever doth not fall down and worship, shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
Easy-to-Read Version
And you also said that whoever does not bow down and worship the gold idol will be thrown into a very hot furnace.
George Lamsa Translation
And whosoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
Good News Translation
and that anyone who does not bow down and worship it is to be thrown into a blazing furnace.
Lexham English Bible
And whoever does not fall down and worship shall be thrown into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire.
Literal Translation
And whoever does not fall down and worship, he should be thrown into the middle of a burning, fiery furnace.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
who so the fell not downe and worshipped not, that he shulde be cast in to an hote burnynge ouen.
American Standard Version
and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
Bible in Basic English
And anyone not falling down and worshipping is to be put into a burning and flaming fire.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
King James Version (1611)
And who so falleth not downe & worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fierie furnace.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And who so then fel not downe, & worshipped not, that he shoulde be cast into the mids of an hot firie fornace.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and shall not fall down and worship the golden image, shall be cast into the burning fiery furnace.
English Revised Version
and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
World English Bible
and whoever doesn't fall down and worships, shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and worschipith not, be he sent in to the furneis of fier brennynge.
Update Bible Version
and whoever does not fall down and worship, shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
Webster's Bible Translation
And whoever shall not fall down and worship, [that] he shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
New English Translation
And whoever does not bow down and pay homage must be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.
New King James Version
and whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
New Living Translation
That decree also states that those who refuse to obey must be thrown into a blazing furnace.
New Life Bible
And whoever does not get down and worship must be thrown into the big and hot fire.
New Revised Standard
and whoever does not fall down and worship shall be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, whosoever shall not fall down and adore, shall be cast into the burning furnace of fire.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And that if any man shall not fall down and adore, he should be cast into a furnace of burning fire.
Revised Standard Version
and whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast into a burning fiery furnace.

Contextual Overview

8 Therefore at that time drawn near have certain Chaldeans, and accused the Jews; 9 they have answered, yea, they are saying to Nebuchadnezzar the king, `O king, to the ages live! 10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree that every man who doth hear the voice of the cornet, the flute, the harp, the sackbut, the psaltery, and the symphony, and all kinds of music, doth fall down and do obeisance to the golden image; 11 and whoso doth not fall down and do obeisance, is cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. 12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast appointed over the work of the province of Babylon -- Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, these men have not made of thee, O king, [any] regard; thy gods they are not serving, and to the golden image thou hast raised up -- are not making obeisance.' 13 Then Nebuchadnezzar, in anger and fury, hath said to bring in Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. Then these men have been brought in before the king. 14 Nebuchadnezzar hath answered and said to them, `Is [it] a laid plan, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego -- my gods ye are not serving, and to the golden image that I have raised up ye are not doing obeisance? 15 Now, lo, ye are ready, so that at the time that ye hear the voice of the cornet, the flute, the harp, the sackbut, the psaltery, and the symphony, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and do obeisance to the image that I have made! -- and lo, ye do no obeisance -- in that hour ye are cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; who is that God who doth deliver you out of my hands?' 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego have answered, yea, they are saying to the king Nebuchadnezzar, `We have no need concerning this matter to answer thee. 17 Lo, it is; our God whom we are serving, is able to deliver us from a burning fiery furnace; and from thy hand, O king, He doth deliver.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Daniel 3:6 - falleth Daniel 6:7 - he shall Acts 5:23 - The prison

Cross-References

Genesis 4:10
And He saith, `What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground;
Psalms 50:21
These thou didst, and I kept silent, Thou hast thought that I am like thee, I reprove thee, and set in array before thine eyes.
Romans 3:20
wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth,.... The image; the above is the decree, this that follows the sanction of it:

that he should be cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace;

:-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou, O king, hast made a decree ... - See Daniel 3:4-5. As the decree included “every man” who heard the sound of the music, it of course embraced the Jews, whatever religious scruples they might have. Whether their scruples, however, were known at the time is not certain; or whether they would have been regarded if known, is no more certain.


 
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