Daniel 3:2
1 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.
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.
3 Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
4 Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,
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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
Cross references
Daniel 3:27
And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
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If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
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It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
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And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
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Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
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Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
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And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made.
Read in contextNumbers 25:2
And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
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