Daniel 3:29

Daniel 3:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego be cut into pieces and their houses be turned into piles of rubble, for no other god can save in this way.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore I make a decree: Any people, nation, or language that speaks anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be torn limb from limb, and their houses laid in ruins, for there is no other god who is able to rescue in this way."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or language which speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap; because there is no other God who can deliver like this.”

Context of Daniel 3:29

27When the satraps, prefects, governors, and the king’s advisers gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men: not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them. 28Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed, “Praise to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! He sent his angel and rescued his servants who trusted in him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God. Therefore I issue a decree that anyone of any people, nation, or language who says anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be torn limb from limb and his house made a garbage dump. For there is no other god who is able to deliver like this.” 30Then the king rewarded Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.

Daniel 3:29 word by word

וּמִנִּי֮ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵם֒ דִּי֩ כָל־עַ֨ם אֻמָּ֜ה וְלִשָּׁ֗ן דִּֽי־יֵאמַ֤ר שָׁלוּ֙ עַ֣ל אֱלָהֲה֗וֹן דִּֽי־שַׁדְרַ֤ךְ מֵישַׁךְ֙ וַעֲבֵ֣ד נְג֔וֹא הַדָּמִ֣ין יִתְעֲבֵ֔ד וּבַיְתֵ֖הּ נְוָלִ֣י יִשְׁתַּוֵּ֑ה כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּ֣י לָ֤א אִיתַי֙ אֱלָ֣ה אָחֳרָ֔ן דִּֽי־יִכֻּ֥ל לְהַצָּלָ֖ה כִּדְנָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore Iמִן־min · fromH4481
• makeשׂוּםώûm · to set: makeH7761
• a decreeטְעֵםţe‛êm · commandH2942
• That everyכֹּלkôl · allH3606
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5972
• nationאֻמָּה'ûmmâh · peopleH524
• and languageלִשָּׁןlishshân · tongueH3961
• which speakאֲמַר'ămar · to sayH560
• any thing amissשָׁלָהshâlâh · neglectH7955
• any thing amissשָׁלוּshâlû shâlûth · neglectH7960
• againstעַל‛al · uponH5922
• the Godאֱלָהּ'ĕlâhh · godH426
• of Shadrachשַׁדְרַךְshadrak · ShadrachH7715
• Meshachמֵישַׁךְmêyshak · MeshachH4336
• and Abed–negoעֲבֵד נְגוֹ‛ăbêd negô' · AbednegoH5665
• shall be cutעֲבַד‛ăbad · to makeH5648
• in piecesהַדָּםhaddâm · pieceH1917
• and their housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · houseH1005
• shall be madeשְׁוָהshevâh · be setH7739
• a dunghillנְוָלוּnevâlû nevâlîy · dunghillH5122
• becauseקֳבֵלqebêl qŏbêl · before: becauseH6903
• there isאִיתַי'îythay · there isH383
• noלָאlâ' lâh · notH3809
• otherאׇחֳרָן'ochŏrân · anotherH321
• that canיְכִלyekêl yekîyl · be ableH3202
• deliverנְצַלnetsal · to rescueH5338
• after thisדְּנָהdên · thisH1836

Cross-references for Daniel 3:29

• Daniel 6:26I issue a decree that in all my royal dominion, people must tremble in fear before the God of Daniel: For he is the living God, and he endures forever; his kingdom will never be destroyed, and his dominion has no end.
• Daniel 3:15Now if you’re ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, drum, and every kind of music, fall down and worship the statue I made. But if you don’t worship it, you will immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire — and who is the god who can rescue you from my power?”
• Daniel 2:5The king replied to the Chaldeans, “My word is final: If you don’t tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be torn limb from limb, and your houses will be made a garbage dump.
• Daniel 6:27He rescues and delivers; he performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth, for he has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.”
• Deuteronomy 32:31But their “rock” is not like our Rock, as even our enemies concede.
• Psalms 3:8Salvation belongs to the Lord; may your blessing be on your people.Selah
• Psalms 76:10Even human wrath will praise you; you will clothe yourself with the wrath that remains.

Commentaries on Daniel 3:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Speak any thing amiss - Though by the decree the king does not oblige the people to worship the true God, yet he obliges them to treat him with reverence.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Therefore I make a decree - Margin, “A decree is made by me.” Chaldee, “And from me a decree is laid down,” or enacted. This Chaldee word (טעם ṭe‛êm ) means, properly, “taste, flavor;” then “judgment,” the power of “discerning” - apparently as of one who can judge of “wine,” etc., by the taste; then the sentence, the decree which is consequent on an act of judging - always retaining the idea that the determination or decree is based on a conception of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 28-30Verses 28-30 What God did for these his servants, would help to keep the Jews to their religion while in captivity, and to cure them of idolatry. The miracle brought deep convictions on Nebuchadnezzar. But no abiding change then took place in his conduct. He who preserved these pious Jews in the fiery furnace, is able to uphold us in the hour of temptation, and to keep us from falling into sin.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. 2929. This decree promulgated throughout the vast empire of Nebuchadnezzar must have tended much to keep the Jews from idolatry in the captivity and thenceforth (Psa 76:10).Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 3:29

• Abed-Nego
• Coercion
• Converts
• Faith
• Meshach
• Miracles
• Mishael

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Abed-Nego
• Furnace
• Meshach
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Shadrach
• Aramaic; Aramaic Language
• Bible, the
• Canon of the Old Testament

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