Daniel 3:4
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.
Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “O people of every nation and language, this is what you are commanded:
5 As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.
6 And whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.”
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
- Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “O people of every nation and language, this is what you are commanded:
- KJV
- Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,
- WEB
- Then the herald cried aloud, “To you it is commanded, peoples, nations, and languages,
- ASV
- Then the herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,
- DARBY
- And the herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, [O] peoples, nations, and languages,
- BLB
- And the herald was calling out with force: “To you⁺ it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,
- ÅB
- Og herolden ropte med høy røst: Det være dere sagt, dere folk, slekter og tungemål:
- OTB
- Herolden proklamerte høyt: "Til dere blir det befalt, folk, nasjoner og språk,
- B1930
- Og herolden ropte med høi røst: Det være eder sagt, I folk, ætter og tungemål:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Daniel 6:25
Then King Darius wrote to the people of every nation and language throughout the land: “May your prosperity abound.
Read in contextDaniel 4:1
King Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation and language who dwell in all the earth: May your prosperity be multiplied.
Read in contextMicah 6:16
You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”
Read in contextDaniel 4:14
He called out in a loud voice: ‘Cut down the tree and chop off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.
Read in contextHosea 5:11
Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
Read in contextProverbs 9:13–15
The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:9
Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”
Read in contextEsther 8:9
At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan ), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush —writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
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