Daniel 3:6

Daniel 3:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
• New International Version (NIV)Whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace."
• New King James Version (NKJV)and whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.”

Context of Daniel 3:6

4Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “You are commanded, O peoples, nations, and speakers of every language, 5that at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon (four-stringed harp), dulcimer, bagpipe, and all kinds of music, you are to fall down and worship the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. Whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.” 7So when the people heard the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, dulcimer, bagpipe and all kinds of music, all the peoples, nations, and speakers of every language fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. 8At that time certain Chaldeans came forward and brought [malicious] accusations against the Jews.

Daniel 3:6 word by word

וּמַן־דִּי־לָ֥א יִפֵּ֖ל וְיִסְגֻּ֑ד בַּהּ־שַׁעֲתָ֣א יִתְרְמֵ֔א לְגֽוֹא־אַתּ֥וּן נוּרָ֖א יָקִֽדְתָּֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And whosoמָןmân · who?H4479
• fallethנְפַלnephal · to fallH5308
• notלָאlâ' lâh · notH3809
• and worshippethסְגִ֑דsegid · to do homageH5457
• shall the same hourשָׁעָהshâ‛âh · momentH8160
• be castרְמָאremâh · to castH7412
• into the midstגַּוgav · midstH1459
• of a burningיְקַדyeqad · to burnH3345
• fieryנוּרnûr · fireH5135
• furnaceאַתּוּן'attûn · furnaceH861

Cross-references for Daniel 3:6

• Daniel 3:11Whoever does not fall down and worship shall be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.
• Exodus 20:5You shall not worship them nor serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous (impassioned) God [demanding what is rightfully and uniquely mine], visiting (avenging) the iniquity (sin, guilt) of the fathers on the children [that is, calling the children to account for the sins of their fathers], to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
• Isaiah 44:17But from what is left of the wood he makes a god, his carved idol. He falls down before it, he worships it and prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”
• Matthew 4:9and he said to Him, “All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me.”
• Revelation 13:15And he is given power to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast will even [appear to] speak, and cause those who do not bow down and worship the image of the beast to be put to death.
• Daniel 2:5The king replied to the Chaldeans, “My command is firm and unchangeable: if you do not reveal to me the [content of the] dream along with its interpretation, you shall be cut into pieces and your houses shall be made a heap of rubbish.
• Mark 6:27So the king immediately sent for an executioner and commanded him to bring back John’s head. And he went and had John beheaded in the prison,
• Genesis 19:28and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the valley [of the Dead Sea]; and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a kiln (pottery furnace).
• Jeremiah 29:22Because of them, this curse shall be taken up and used by all the exiles from Judah who are in Babylon, saying, “May the Lord make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire,
• Ezekiel 22:18“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross (metallic waste) to Me. All of them are (useless) bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the furnace; they are the dross of silver.
• Matthew 13:42and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping [over sorrow and pain] and grinding of teeth [over distress and anger].
• Revelation 9:2He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke like the smoke of a great furnace flowed out of the pit; and the sun and the atmosphere were darkened by the smoke from the pit.
• Revelation 14:11And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day and night—those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.”

Commentaries on Daniel 3:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Shall the same hour - This is the first place in the Old Testament where we find the division of time into hours. The Greeks say that Anaximander was the inventor. He had it probably from the Chaldeans, among whom this division was in use long before Anaximander was born. Be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace - This was an ancient mode of punishment among the Chaldeans, if we may credit the tradition that Abram was cast into such a fire by…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth - The order in this verse seems to be tyrannical, and it is contrary to all our notions of freedom of religious opinion and worship. But it was much in the spirit of that age, and indeed of almost every age. It was an act to enforce uniformity in religion by the authority of the civil magistrate, and to secure it by threatened penalties. It should be observed, however, that the command at that time would not be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-30Nebuchadnezzar's obsession with power might have been fueled by the vision in Daniel 2. This obsession led him to build a golden statue and order everyone in his empire to worship it. He did not understand that God cannot be contained in any created object. The three young Hebrews refused to worship the statue as a god. They remained faithful to the Lord, and the Lord saved them from the king's anger.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. No other nation but the Jews would feel this edict oppressive; for it did not prevent them worshipping their own gods besides. It was evidently aimed at the Jews by those jealous of their high position in the king's court, who therefore induced the king to pass an edict as to all recusants, representing such refusal of homage as an act of treason to Nebuchadnezzar as civil and religious "head" of the empire. So the edict under Darius (Da 6:7-9) was…Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 3:6

• Coercion
• Fire
• Furnace
• Idolatry
• Indictments
• Music
• Proclamation
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Adore
• Day
• Dial
• Furnace
• Hour
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Abed-Nego
• Adoration
• Aramaic; Aramaic Language
• Bible, the

Commentaries on Daniel 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings