Daniel 3:29
What does Daniel 3:29 mean?
A plain-English look at Daniel 3:29 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Daniel 3:29 means
As a direct result of this miraculous demonstration, Nebuchadnezzar issued a new decree. He declared that any person from any people, nation, or language who spoke against or slandered the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego would be brutally executed and their homes destroyed. This severe punishment was a testament to his awe and a forced recognition that there was no other god capable of delivering in such a magnificent manner. It fundamentally changed the religious landscape of his empire, at least temporarily.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Therefore 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing 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 can deliver after this sort.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Therefore 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And it is my decision that any people, nation, or language saying evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, will be cut to bits and their houses made waste: because there is no other god who is able to give salvation such as this.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And by me a decree is made, that any people, nation, and language, that doth speak erroneously concerning the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, pieces he is made, and its house is made a dunghill, because that there is no other god who is able thus to deliver.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For we have sinned, and committed iniquity, departing from thee: and we have trespassed in all things:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Therefore I make a decree, that in every people, nation, and language, he who shall speak anything amiss against theGod of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and his house shall be made a dunghill: because there is no otherGod that is able to deliver after this sort.
Context
This verse outlines Nebuchadnezzar's dramatic decree, spurred by his profound acknowledgment of God's power in the previous verse. The decree, with its harsh penalties against blasphemy towards the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, demonstrates the king's complete shift from defiance to enforced reverence. This public proclamation solidifies the impact of the miracle across the entire empire and directly sets the stage for the final promotion of the faithful men.
v.28Nebuchadnezzar 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.
v.29This passage
v.30Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego in the province of Babylon.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Daniel 6:26
I make a decree, that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, And his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed; and his dominion shall be even unto the end.
- Ezra 6:11
Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this:
- Daniel 3:17
If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king.
- Psalms 3:8
Salvation belongeth unto Jehovah: Thy blessing be upon thy people. [Selah
- Deuteronomy 32:31
For their rock is not as our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges.
- Daniel 2:5
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye make not known unto me the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
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