¹³Then Nebuchadnezzar said in rage and anger to bring in Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego; then they brought in these men before the king. ¹⁴Nebuchadnezzar answered and said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, that you are not serving my god, and you are not worshiping the statue of gold^z that I have set up? ¹⁵Now if you are ready so that when^a you hear the sound of the horn, the flute, the lyre, the trigon, the harp and the drum and all kinds of music, you fall down and you worship the statue that I have made, that will be good. But if you do not worship it, immediately^b you will be thrown into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire, and who is the god^c who^d will rescue you from my hands?”

¹⁶Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego answered and said to the king, Nebuchadnezzar, “We have no need on this matter to present a defense to you.^e ¹⁷If it is so,^f our God, whom we serve, is able to rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire. And from your hand, O king, let him rescue us. ¹⁸And if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods,^g and the statue of gold^h that you have set up we will not worship.”

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Daniel 3:17: If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

Footnotes

zAramaic “the gold”
aLiterally “at that time”
bLiterally “at that very time”
cLiterally “who he god”
dOr “that”
eLiterally “to return to you”
fLiterally “If there is”
gLiterally “your gods not there is us serving”
hAramaic “the gold”