Daniel 3:6

3:6 Whoever does not bow down and pay homage will immediately ¹  be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire!”

Daniel 3:11

3:11 And whoever does not bow down and pay homage must be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.

Daniel 3:21

3:21 So those men were tied up while still wearing their cloaks, trousers, turbans, and other clothes, ²  and were thrown into the furnace ³  of blazing fire.

Daniel 3:23-24

3:23 But those three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell into the furnace ⁴  of blazing fire while still securely bound. ⁵ 

God Delivers His Servants

3:24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was startled and quickly got up. He said to his ministers, “Wasn’t it three men that we tied up and threw ⁶  into ⁷  the fire?” They replied to the king, “For sure, O king.”

Daniel 3:15

3:15 Now if you are ready, when 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 statue that I had made. If you don’t pay homage to it, you will immediately be thrown into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire. Now, who is that god who can rescue you from my power?” ⁸ 

¹ tn Aram “in that hour.”

² sn There is a great deal of uncertainty with regard to the specific nature of these items of clothing.

³ tn Aram “into the midst of the furnace.” For stylistic reasons the words “the midst of” have been left untranslated.

³ tn Aram “into the midst of the furnace.” For stylistic reasons the words “the midst of” have been left untranslated.

⁴ sn The deuterocanonical writings known as The Prayer of Azariah and The Song of the Three present at this point a confession and petition for God’s forgiveness and a celebration of God’s grace for the three Jewish youths in the fiery furnace. Though not found in the Hebrew/Aramaic text of Daniel, these compositions do appear in the ancient Greek versions.

⁴ tn Aram “we threw…bound.”

⁵ tn Aram “into the midst of.”

⁵ tn Aram “hand.” So also in v. 17.