Daniel 3:24

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.

23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, firmly bound, fell into the blazing fiery furnace.

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!”

26 Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire,

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
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.
KJV
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
WEB
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished and rose up in haste. He spoke and said to his counselors, “Didn’t we cast three men bound into the middle of the fire?” They answered the king, “True, O king.”
ASV
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste: he spake and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
DARBY
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste; he spoke and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said to the king, True, O king.
BLB
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was startled, and he rose in haste; he spoke and said to his counselors, “Was [it] not [that] we cast three men into the midst of the fire, bound?” They answered and said to the king, “Certainly, O King.”
ÅB
Da forferdedes kong Nebukadnesar og reiste seg hastig opp. Han tok til orde og sa til sine rådsherrer: Kastet vi ikke tre menn bundet i ilden? De svarte kongen: Jovisst, konge!
OTB
Da ble kong Nebukadnesar forbløffet og reiste seg i hast. Han spurte sine rådgivere: "Kastet vi ikke tre menn bundet inn i ilden?" De svarte: "Visst, konge."
B1930
Da forferdedes kong Nebukadnesar og reiste sig hastig op. Han tok til orde og sa til sine rådsherrer: Kastet vi ikke tre menn bundet i ilden? De svarte kongen: Jo visselig, konge!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Daniel 6:22

    My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”

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  • 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.

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  • Acts 26:13

    About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions.

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  • Daniel 3:17

    If the God whom we serve exists, then He is able to deliver us from the blazing fiery furnace and from your hand, O king.

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  • Daniel 3:9–10

    saying to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, may you live forever!

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  • Daniel 4:22

    you, O king, are that tree! For you have become great and strong; your greatness has grown to reach the sky, and your dominion extends to the ends of the earth.

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  • 1 Samuel 17:55

    As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”

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  • Daniel 5:18

    As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.

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