Daniel 3:24

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 ¹  into ²  the fire?” They replied to the king, “For sure, O king.”

Daniel 3:27

3:27 Once the satraps, prefects, governors, and ministers of the king had gathered around, they saw that those men were physically ³  unharmed by the fire. ⁴  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 4:36

4:36 At that time my sanity returned to me. I was restored ⁵  to the honor of my kingdom, and my splendor returned to me. My ministers and my nobles were seeking me out, and I was reinstated ⁶  over my kingdom. I became even greater than before.

Daniel 6:7

6:7 To all the supervisors of the kingdom, the prefects, satraps, counselors, and governors it seemed like a good idea for a royal edict to be issued and an interdict to be enforced. For the next thirty days anyone who prays ⁷  to any god or human other than you, O king, should be thrown into a den of lions.

[3:24]  ¹ tn Aram “we threw…bound.”

[3:24]  ² tn Aram “into the midst of.”

[3:27]  ³ tn Aram “in their bodies.”

[3:27]  ⁴ tn Aram “the fire did not have power.”

[4:36]  ⁵ tc The translation reads הַדְרֵת (hadret, “I returned”) rather than the MT הַדְרִי (hadri, “my honor”); cf. Theodotion.

[4:36]  ⁶ tc The translation reads הָתְקְנֵת (hotqÿnet, “I was established”) rather than the MT הָתְקְנַת (hotqÿnat, “it was established”). As it stands, the MT makes no sense here.

[6:7]  ⁷ tn Aram “prays a prayer.”