Daniel 3:28
What does Daniel 3:28 mean?
A plain-English look at Daniel 3:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Daniel 3:28 means
Nebuchadnezzar, profoundly impacted, publicly blessed the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. He acknowledged that their God had sent His angel to deliver His servants who trusted in Him, thereby thwarting the king's decree. The king recognized that these men had willingly surrendered their bodies to death rather than compromise their faith and worship any god other than their own. This was a profound and public confession of the true God's power and faithfulness.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Nebuchadnezzar spake and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Nebuchadnezzar spake and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Nebuchadnezzar made answer and said, Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who has sent his angel and kept his servants safe who had faith in him, and who put the king's word on one side and gave up their bodies to the fire, so that they might not be servants or worshippers of any other god but their God.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Nebuchadnezzar hath answered and hath said, `Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who hath sent His messenger, and hath delivered His servants who trusted on Him, and the word of the king changed, and gave up their bodies that they might not serve nor do obeisance to any god except to their own God.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For thou hast executed true judgments in all the things that thou hast brought upon us, and upon Jerusalem, the holy city of our fathers: for according to truth and judgment, thou hast brought all these things upon us for our sins.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be theGod of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and who changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship anygod, except their ownGod!
Context
This verse records Nebuchadnezzar's full and public acknowledgment of God's power, immediately after the physical evidence of the miracle was confirmed. His blessing of God, recognition of the angel, and explanation of the men's profound faith serve as a theological summary of the event from his perspective. This confession is crucial because it leads directly to the king's subsequent decree, which demands respect for the God who displayed such mighty deliverance.
v.27And the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power upon their bodies, nor was the hair of their head singed, neither were their hosen changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them.
v.28This passage
v.29Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, which speak anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill; because there is no other god that is able to deliver after this sort.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 146:5
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Jehovah his God:
- Daniel 2:47
The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou hast been able to reveal this secret.
- Isaiah 26:3
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee.
- Ezra 1:3
Whosoever there is among you of all his people, his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of Jehovah, the God of Israel (he is God), which is in Jerusalem.
- Psalms 34:7
The angel of Jehovah encampeth round about them that fear him, And delivereth them.
- 1 Chronicles 5:20
And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them, because they put their trust in him.
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