Daniel 3:1-27
made <05648> [A.M. 3424. B.C. 580. made.]
province <04083> [in the province.]
sent out a summons <07972> [sent.]
satraps <0324> [the princes.]
{Achashdarpenaya,} rendered lieutenants in Es 3:12, etc., probably {chief satraps or viceroys} from the Persian {achash} great, eminent, and {sitrab}, a satrap.
prefects <05460> [the governors.]
{Signaya} in persian, {shagnah} deputies or lieutenants.
governors <06347> [captains.]
{Pacawatha}, governors of provinces. See Es 3:13.
counselors <0148> [the judges.]
{Adargazraya}, chief judges, or senators, from {adar}, great, and Chal. {gezar}, to judge, decree.
treasurers <01411> [the treasurers.]
{Gedavraya}, written {gizzavraya,} Ezr 7:21, treasurers, from the Persian {gunjvar}.
judges <01884> [the counsellors.]
{Dethavraya,} counsellors, judges, from {dath} in Persian, {dad}, law, and {var}, possessor or guardian.
magistrates <08614> [the sheriffs.]
{Tiphtaya} probably the same as the Arabic {Mufti} or head officer of law.
loud <02429> [aloud. Chal. with might.]
command <0560> [it is commanded. Chal. they command.]
peoples <05972> [O people.]
horn <07162> [the cornet.]
{Karna,} the horn.
flute <04953> [flute.]
{Mashrokeetha,} in Syriac, {mashrookeetha,} the [syrinx (syrigx,)] pipe or flute, as Theodotion renders.
pipes <05481> [dulcimer. or, singing. Chal. symphony.]
bow down <05308> [falleth.]
immediately <08160> [the same.]
blazing <03345> [a burning.]
that <01768> [when.]
Therefore ... they all .............. all ..... all ... peoples <03606 05972> [all the people.]
accusations <07170> [and accused.]
King .... king <04430> [king.]
King .... king <04430> [O King.]
issued <07761> [hast made.]
horn <07162> [the cornet.]
men ................... men <01400> [certain.]
over ................. not ... proper respect ....... don't ....... don't <03809 02942 05922> [not regarded thee. Chal. set no regard upon thee.]
fit <07266> [in his.]
Then .................. So <0116> [Then.]
true <06656> [true. or, of purpose.]
gods <0426> [my gods.]
hear <08086> [ye hear.]
zither <07030> [harp.]
{Kaithros,} in Arabic, {kitharat,} Greek [kithara,] the guitar.
trigon <05443> [sackbut.]
{Sabbecha,} [sambuke,] sambuke, a kind of harp.
harp <06460> [psaltery.]
Pesanter, [psalterion,] a stringed instrument struck with a plectrum; probably similar to what is called a psalterium in Egypt, which Hasselquist describes as a large oblique triangle, with two bottoms two inches from each other, and about twenty catguts of different sizes.
pipes <05481> [dulcimer.]
{Soomphanya,} probably the same as the Talmudic [c–wmp¢wneyƒh <\\See definition 05481\\>,] a pipe.
bow down <05308> [ye fall.]
if ..................................... If <02006> [well.]
who <04479> [and who.]
[we are.]
God <0426> [our God.]
be <01934> [be it.]
don't <0383> [that.]
Nebuchadnezzar <05020> [was Nebuchadnezzar.]
filled <04391> [full. Chal. filled. the form.]
<06032> [he spake.]
seven times <02298 07655> [one seven.]
than <01768> [than.]
strong soldiers .... army <01401 01400 02429> [most mighty men. Chal. mighty of strength. to bind.]
cloaks <05622> [in their.]
Herodotus says the Babylonish dress was a linen tunic, another of woollen, a white short cloak, and a turban.
cloaks <05622> [coats. or, mantles. hats. or, turbans.]
command <04406> [commandment. Chal. word. urgent.]
leaping <07631> [flame. or, spark. slew.]
fell <05308> [fell.]
[astonished.]
ministers <01907> [counsellors. or, governors.]
King ............................... king ..... king <04430> [O king.]
walking around <01981> [walking.]
No harm has come <03809 02257 0383> [they have no hurt. Chal. there is no hurt in them.]
a god <01247 0426> [the Son of God.]
Or, as {bar elahin} may be rendered, "a son of the gods," i.e., a divine person or angel.
door <08651> [mouth. Chal. door. ye servants.]
most high <05943> [the most.]
come out ......... emerged <05312> [come forth.]
satraps <0324> [the princes.]
physically <01655> [upon.]
unharmed ...... hair ...... not ... nor ...... Not even <03809 08177> [nor was.]
This miraculous manifestation of Divine power was witnessed by the court and the nation, and was felt as a just punishment on the transgressors, and a signal display of mercy to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, which should operate on all believers to similar acts of faith and confidence in the Lord.
