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 made a loud proclamation: “To you, O peoples, nations, and language groups, the following command is given: 5When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must bow down and pay homage to the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has erected. Whoever does not bow down and pay homage will immediately be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire!” 7Therefore when they all heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, nations, and language groups began bowing down and paying homage to the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had erected. 8Now at 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 3:11And whoever does not bow down and pay homage must be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.
• Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,
• Isaiah 44:17With the rest of it he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships it. He prays to it, saying, ‘Rescue me, for you are my god!’
• Matthew 4:9And he said to him, “I will give you all these things if you throw yourself to the ground and worship me.”
• Revelation 13:15The second beast was empowered to give life to the image of the first beast so that it could speak, and could cause all those who did not worship the image of the beast to be killed.
• Daniel 2:5The king replied to the wise men, “My decision is firm. If you do not inform me of both the dream and its interpretation, you will be dismembered and your homes reduced to rubble!
• Mark 6:27So the king sent an executioner at once to bring John’s head, and he went and beheaded John in prison.
• Genesis 19:28He looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of that region. As he did so, he saw the smoke rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace.
• Jeremiah 29:22And all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use them as examples when they put a curse on anyone. They will say, “May the Lord treat you like Zedekiah and Ahab whom the king of Babylon roasted to death in the fire!”
• Ezekiel 22:18“Son of man, the house of Israel has become slag to me. All of them are like bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the furnace; they are the worthless slag of silver.
• Matthew 13:42They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Revelation 9:2He opened the shaft of the abyss and smoke rose out of it like smoke from a giant furnace. The sun and the air were darkened with smoke from the shaft.
• Revelation 14:11And the smoke from their torture will go up forever and ever, and those who worship the beast and his image will have no rest day or night, along with anyone who 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