Daniel 6:11

6:11 Then those officials who had gone to the king¹ came by collusion and found Daniel praying and asking for help before his God.

Daniel 3:13

3:13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in a fit of rage² demanded that they bring³ Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego before him. So they brought them⁴ before the king.

Daniel 3:21

3:21 So those men were tied up while still wearing their cloaks, trousers, turbans, and other clothes,⁵ and were thrown into the furnace⁶ of blazing fire.

Daniel 3:23

3:23 But those three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell into the furnace⁷ of blazing fire while still securely bound.⁸

Daniel 6:5

6:5 So these men concluded,⁹ “We won’t find any pretext against this man Daniel unless it is¹⁰ in connection with the law of his God.”

Daniel 3:22

3:22 But since the king’s command was so urgent, and the furnace was so excessively hot, the men who escorted¹¹ Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were killed¹² by the leaping flames.¹³

Daniel 3:27

3:27 Once the satraps, prefects, governors, and ministers of the king had gathered around, they saw that those men were physically¹⁴ unharmed by the fire.¹⁵ The hair of their heads was not singed, nor were their trousers damaged. Not even the smell of fire was to be found on them!

Daniel 6:15

6:15 Then those men came by collusion to the king and¹⁶ said to him,¹⁷ “Recall,¹⁸ O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no edict or decree that the king issues can be changed.”

Daniel 6:24

6:24 The king gave another order,¹⁹ and those men who had maliciously accused²⁰ Daniel were brought and thrown²¹ into the lions’ den – they, their children, and their wives.²² They did not even reach the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

Daniel 3:12

3:12 But there are Jewish men whom you appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon – Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego – and these men²³ have not shown proper respect to you, O king. They don’t serve your gods and they don’t pay homage to the golden statue that you have erected.”

¹tn Aram “those men”; the referent (the administrative officials who had earlier approached the king about the edict) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²tn Aram “in anger and wrath”; NASB “in rage and anger.” The expression is a hendiadys.

³tn The Aramaic infinitive is active.

⁴tn Aram “these men.” The pronoun is used in the translation to avoid undue repetition.

³sn There is a great deal of uncertainty with regard to the specific nature of these items of clothing.

⁴tn Aram “into the midst of the furnace.” For stylistic reasons the words “the midst of” have been left untranslated.

⁵sn 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.

⁵tn Aram “were saying.”

⁶tn Aram “unless we find [it] against him.”

⁶tn Aram “caused to go up.”

⁷tn The Aramaic verb is active.

⁸tn Aram “the flame of the fire” (so KJV, ASV, NASB); NRSV “the raging flames.”

⁷tn Aram “in their bodies.”

⁸tn Aram “the fire did not have power.”

⁸tc Theodotion lacks the words “came by collusion to the king and.”

⁹tn Aram “the king.”

¹⁰tn Aram “know”; NAB “Keep in mind”; NASB “Recognize”; NIV, NCV “Remember.”

⁹tn Aram “said.”

¹⁰tn Aram “had eaten the pieces of.” The Aramaic expression is ironic, in that the accusers who had figuratively “eaten the pieces of Daniel” are themselves literally devoured by the lions.

¹¹tn The Aramaic active impersonal verb is often used as a substitute for the passive.

¹²tc The LXX specifies only the two overseers, together with their families, as those who were cast into the lions’ den.

¹⁰sn Daniel’s absence from this scene has sparked the imagination of commentators, some of whom have suggested that perhaps he was unable to attend the dedication due to sickness or due to being away on business. Hippolytus supposed that Daniel may have been watching from a distance.