Daniel 3:2
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.
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.
4 Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “O people of every nation and language, this is what you are commanded:
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
- WEB
- Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the local governors, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
- ASV
- Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
- DARBY
- And Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the justices, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
- BLB
- And Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the administrators, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the officials of the province, to come for the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
- ÅB
- Og kong Nebukadnesar sendte ut folk som skulle stevne sammen satrapene, stattholderne og landshøvdingene, overdommerne, skattmesterne, de lovkyndige, dommerne og alle landskapenes embedsmenn og befale dem å komme til innvielsen av det bilde kong Nebukadnesar hadde stilt opp.
- OTB
- Kongen kalte så sammen satrapene, stattholderne, guvernørene, rådgiverne, skattmesterne, dommerne, magistratene og alle provinsens embetsmenn for å komme til innvielsen av bildet han hadde satt opp.
- B1930
- Og kong Nebukadnesar sendte ut folk som skulde stevne sammen satrapene, stattholderne og landshøvdingene, overdommerne, skattmesterne, de lovkyndige, dommerne og alle landskapenes embedsmenn og byde dem å komme til innvielsen av det billede kong Nebukadnesar hadde stilt op.
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Original text and word study
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Daniel 3:27
and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them.
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If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
Read in contextDaniel 6:1–4
Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,
Read in contextExodus 32:4–6
He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
Read in contextDaniel 6:6–7
So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said, “O King Darius, may you live forever!
Read in contextJudges 16:23
Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands.”
Read in context1 Kings 12:32
And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.
Read in contextNumbers 25:2
who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods.
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