Daniel 3

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 3 of 12

1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold whose height was sixty cubits; its breadth, six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather the satraps, the prefects, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges and the magistrates. And all the officials of the provinces were ordered to come to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

3 And were gathered the satraps, the prefects, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces, to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. And they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

Read full chapter in the Bible Reader

Chapter Summary

Nebuchadnezzar dedicates a golden image in Dura. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego are accused. The Son joins them and delivers them out of the fiery furnace.

Key Hebrew Words

יָתְ sign of the object of a verb H3487 · TWOT 2779
פָלְחִ֔ין pay reverence to H6399 · TWOT 2940
מַחְצְפָ֔ה shew insolence H2685 · TWOT 2740
יַצִּיבָ֖א certain H3330 · TWOT 2773a
יַתִּ֑ירָא pre-eminent H3493 · TWOT 2781

People & Context

The Fiery Furnace

Nebuchadnezzar erected a massive golden image and commanded all peoples to fall down and do homage, but Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego refused to se…

Timeline

The Fiery Furnace

Nebuchadnezzar erected a massive golden image and commanded all peoples to fall down and do homage, but Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego refused to serve his gods [10-12]. They were thrown into a fiercely heated furnace, but God sent His Angel to deliver them completely unharmed [13-16].

Daniel 3:1-30

Read Daniel 3 in the KJ3 Reader

Word-for-word literal translation with Hebrew interlinear, Strong's numbers, and audio.

Open in Bible Reader
Daniel 2DanielDaniel 4