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

4A herald loudly proclaimed, “People of every nation and language, you are commanded: 5When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, drum, and every kind of music, you are to fall facedown and worship the gold statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. But whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire.” 7Therefore, when all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, and every kind of music, people of every nation and language fell down and worshiped the gold statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 8Some Chaldeans took this occasion to come forward and maliciously accuse 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 will be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire.
• Exodus 20:5Do not bow in worship to them, and do not serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me,
• Isaiah 44:17He makes a god or his idol with the rest of it. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it, “Save me, for you are my god.”
• Matthew 4:9And he said to him, “I will give you all these things if you will fall down and worship me.”
• Revelation 13:15It was permitted to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast could both speak and cause whoever would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.
• 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.
• Mark 6:27The king immediately sent for an executioner and commanded him to bring John’s head. So he went and beheaded him in prison,
• Genesis 19:28He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw that smoke was going up from the land like the smoke of a furnace.
• Jeremiah 29:22Based on what happens to them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will create a curse that says, ‘May the Lord make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire! ’
• Ezekiel 22:18“Son of man, the house of Israel has become merely dross to me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are just dross from silver.
• Matthew 13:42They will throw them into the blazing furnace where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Revelation 9:2He opened the shaft to the abyss, and smoke came up out of the shaft like smoke from a great furnace so that the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the shaft.
• Revelation 14:11and the smoke of their torment will go up forever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or anyone who receives the mark of its 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