Daniel 3:6

Translations

Modern

And whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.”

Traditional

And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

Literal

And whoever does not fall down and give homage to it, he shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning furnace of fire!”

Latin

Si quis autem non prostratus adoraverit, eadem hora mittetur in fornacem ignis ardentis.

Interlinear

Hebrew

English

And whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.”

Notes

Daniel 3:1–30

Nebuchadnezzar's obsession with power might have been fueled by the vision in Daniel 2. This obsession led him to build a golden statue and order everyone in his empire to worship it. He did not understand that God cannot be contained in any created object.

The three young Hebrews refused to worship the statue as a god. They remained faithful to the Lord, and the Lord saved them from the king's anger.

Daniel 2:1–6:28

This section contains stories and dreams from the experiences of Daniel and his friends in Babylon. Daniel used his special gift to understand dreams and showed great skill in the study of literature and science (Daniel 1:17). Chapter 2 provides a broad overview of history until God's kingdom appears (Daniel 2:44–49). Daniel 3–6 describes the fall of Babylon and the rise of Persia. History is moving toward a clear goal. That goal is the everlasting kingdom of God (Daniel 2:44; 4:2–3, 34; 6:26).

Theme notes and profiles

Babylon Daniel Nebuchadnezzar II David's Response to Unfriendly Leaders

Events

Prophecies of Danielc. 606 BC

Related verses

Matthew 13:42
And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 13:50
…and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Jeremiah 29:22
Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’
Daniel 3:15
Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the statue I have made, very good. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”
Daniel 3:11
…and that whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.
Revelation 14:11
And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”
Ezekiel 22:18–22
“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are but the dross of silver.
Revelation 9:2
The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.
Daniel 6:7
All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions.
Isaiah 44:17
From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”
Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Revelation 13:15–17
The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed.

Glossary

Aramaic Bagpipe Book of Daniel Book of Jeremiah Daniel, Additions to Dulcimer Furnace Mishael Musical Instruments Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadrezzar Sackbut Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego Trigon

Topics

Coercion: Religious Fire: Furnaces of Furnace for Capital Punishment, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego Cast Into, by Nebuchadnezzar Idolatry: Other Customs of Music Indictments: Three Hebrew Captives on the Charge of Defiance Against Authority Music: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Proclamation: Imperial Punishments: Capital Kinds of Burning Rulers: Wicked: Nebuchadnezzar, Committing the Three Hebrews to the Furnace

Daniel 3:6

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