Daniel 3:23
21 So they were tied up, wearing robes, trousers, turbans, and other clothes, and they were thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.
22 The king’s command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the fiery flames killed the men who carried up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, firmly bound, fell into the blazing fiery furnace.
24 Suddenly King Nebuchadnezzar jumped up in amazement and asked his advisers, “Did we not throw three men, firmly bound, into the fire?” “Certainly, O king,” they replied.
25 “Look!” he exclaimed. “I see four men, unbound and unharmed, walking around in the fire—and the fourth looks like a son of the gods!”
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.
Compare
- BSB
- And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, firmly bound, fell into the blazing fiery furnace.
- KJV
- And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
- WEB
- These three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the middle of the burning fiery furnace.
- ASV
- And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
- DARBY
- And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
- BLB
- And these three men—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell into the midst of the burning furnace of fire, bound.
- ÅB
- Men disse tre menn, Sadrak, Mesak og Abed-Nego, ble kastet bundet ned i den brennende ildovn.
- OTB
- og disse tre mennene, Sjadrak, Mesjak og Abed-Nego, falt bundet inn i den brennende ovnen.
- B1930
- Men disse tre menn, Sadrak, Mesak og Abed-Nego, blev kastet bundet ned i den brennende ildovn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 38:6
So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
Read in contextDaniel 6:16–17
So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!”
Read in contextPsalms 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
Read in contextPsalms 124:1–5
If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—
Read in contextPsalms 66:11–12
You led us into the net; You laid burdens on our backs.
Read in contextLamentations 3:52–54
Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.
Read in context2 Corinthians 1:8–10
We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.
Read in context1 Peter 4:12–13
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.
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