Daniel 3:6

6 Whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace.”

Daniel 3:6 in Other Translations

6 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

6 And whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace."

6 Anyone who refuses to obey will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace.”

6 Anyone who does not kneel and worship shall be thrown immediately into a roaring furnace."

6 and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

6 Whoever doesn't bow down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace."

6 But whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire."

6 If you don't, you will be thrown into a blazing furnace right away."

Daniel 3:6 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 3:6

And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth
Who refuses to worship it, or wilfully neglects it; which would be interpreted a contempt of it, and of the king's command: shall in the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery
furnace;
such as were used to burn stones in for lime, as Jarchi observes: the music was to draw, the furnace was to drive, men to this idolatrous worship; the one was to please and sooth the minds of men, and so allure them to such stupid service; the other to frighten them into obedience. This is the first time that mention is made of "hours" in the sacred Scriptures; it was very probably the invention of the Chaldeans or Babylonians; for Herodotus ^F13 says the Greeks received the twelve parts of the day from the Babylonians.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 Euterpe, sive l. 2. c. 109.

Daniel 3:6 In-Context

4 Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “Nations and peoples of every language, this is what you are commanded to do:

5 As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.

6 Whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace.”

7 Therefore, as soon as they heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp and all kinds of music, all the nations and peoples of every language fell down and worshiped the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

8 At this time some astrologers came forward and denounced the Jews.

Cross References

• 1. ver 11,15,21; Jeremiah 29:22; Daniel 5:19; Daniel 6:7; Matthew 13:42,50; Revelation 13:15