Daniel 3:1
King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
2 Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent word to assemble the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other officials of the provinces to attend the dedication of the statue he had set up.
3 So the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the rulers of the provinces assembled for the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, and they stood before it.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
- KJV
- Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
- WEB
- Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits and its width six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
- ASV
- Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
- DARBY
- Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, [and] its breadth six cubits; he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
- BLB
- Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold; its height [was] sixty cubits, its width six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
- ÅB
- Kong Nebukadnesar gjorde et bilde av gull, seksti alen høyt og seks alen bredt, og stilte det opp i Duradalen i landskapet Babel.
- OTB
- Kong Nebukadnesar laget et gullbilde, seksti alen høyt og seks alen bredt, og reiste det på Durasletten i provinsen Babylon.
- B1930
- Kong Nebukadnesar gjorde et billede av gull, seksti alen høit og seks alen bredt, og stilte det op i Duradalen i landskapet Babel.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 16:20
Can man make gods for himself? Such are not gods!”
Read in contextHabakkuk 2:19
Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”
Read in contextIsaiah 46:6
They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.
Read in contextHosea 8:4
They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction.
Read in contextActs 19:26
And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:19–31
To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?
Read in contextActs 17:29
Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.
Read in contextPsalms 135:15
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
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