You, O king, have established a decree, so that every man who might hear the sound of the trumpet, the pipe and the lute, the harp and the psaltery, and of the symphony and every kind of music, will prostrate himself and adore the gold statue.
Daniel 3:11 - Catholic Public Domain Version But if any man will not fall down and adore, he would be cast into a furnace of burning fire. Matoleo zaidiKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And that whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. American Standard Version (1901) and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. Common English Bible Anyone who wouldn’t bow and worship would be thrown into a furnace of flaming fire. English Standard Version 2016 And whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast into a burning fiery furnace. Good News Translation and that anyone who does not bow down and worship it is to be thrown into a blazing furnace. |
You, O king, have established a decree, so that every man who might hear the sound of the trumpet, the pipe and the lute, the harp and the psaltery, and of the symphony and every kind of music, will prostrate himself and adore the gold statue.
Yet there are influential Jews, whom you have appointed over the works of the region of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, have scorned your decree. They do not worship your gods, and they do not adore the gold statue which you have raised up."
But if anyone will not bow down and adore, in the same hour he will be cast into a furnace of burning fire."
Then they answered and said before the king, "Daniel, of the sons of the captivity of Judah, is not concerned about your law, nor about the decree that you have established, but three times a day he prays his supplication."
All the leaders of your kingdom, the magistrates and governors, the senators and judges, have taken counsel that an imperial decree and edict should be published, so that all who ask any petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, will be cast into the den of lions.
saying: "We found the prison certainly locked up with all diligence, and the guards standing before the door. But upon opening it, we found no one within."