¹⁴Nebuchadnezzar answered and said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, that you are not serving ^amy gods and do not worship the golden image that I have set up?

¹⁵“Now if you are ready, ^aat the time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, ¹lyre, trigon, psaltery, and bagpipe and all kinds of music, then you shall fall down and worship the image that I have made. But if you do not worship, you will ²immediately be ^bcast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire; and ^cwhat god is there who can save you out of my hands?”

¹⁶^aShadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to respond to you with an answer concerning this matter.

¹⁷“¹If it be so, our ^aGod whom we serve is able to save us from the furnace of blazing fire; ²and ^bHe will save us out of your hand, O king.

¹⁸“^aBut if not, ^blet it be known to you, O king, that we are not going to serve your gods, and we will not worship the golden image that you have set up.”

Read in Logos

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

1v 5, notes 1, 2, 3
2Or in the same hour
1Or If our God … is able
2Or then

Cross references

a Dan 2:12; 3:19
a Is 46:1; Jer 50:2; Dan 3:1; 4:8
a Dan 3:5
b Dan 3:6
c Ex 5:2; Is 36:18–20; Dan 2:47
a Dan 1:7; 3:12
a Job 5:19; Ps 27:1, 2; Is 26:3, 4; Jer 1:8; 15:20, 21
b 1 Sam 17:37; Mic 7:7; 2 Cor 1:10
a Josh 24:15; 1 Kin 19:14, 18; Is 51:12, 13; Dan 3:28
b Heb 11:25