Daniel 3:28 “Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and…”

Daniel 3:28

Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then 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.

World English Bible

Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants who 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.

American Standard Version

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 have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore Nebuchad-nezzar spake and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who hath sent his Angel, and deliuered his seruants, that put their trust in him, and haue changed the Kings commandement, and yeelded their bodies rather then they would serue or worship any god, saue their owne God.

Darby Translation

Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be the God 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 any god, except their own God!

Young's Literal Translation

Nebuchadnezzar hath answered and hath said, 'Blessed [is] 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.

Bible in Basic English

Nebuchadnezzar 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.

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Cross references

“Blessed”

Daniel 2:47 Daniel 6:26 Genesis 9:26 Ezra 1:3 Ezra 7:23–28 Daniel 4:34

Daniel 2:47 · BSB

The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”

Daniel 6:26 · BSB

I hereby decree that in every part of my kingdom, men are to tremble in fear before the God of Daniel: For He is the living God, and He endures forever; His kingdom will never be destroyed, and His dominion will never en…

Genesis 9:26 · BSB

He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.

Ezra 1:3 · BSB

Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.

Ezra 7:23–28 · BSB

Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven must be done diligently for His house. For why should wrath fall on the realm of the king and his sons?

Daniel 4:34 · BSB

But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting…

“hath sent”

Daniel 3:25 Acts 5:19 2 Chronicles 32:21 Isaiah 37:36 Hebrews 1:14 Psalm 103:20

Daniel 3:25 · BSB

“Look!” he exclaimed. “I see four men, unbound and unharmed, walking around in the fire—and the fourth looks like a son of the gods! ”

Acts 5:19 · BSB

But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,

2 Chronicles 32:21 · BSB

and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his go…

Isaiah 37:36 · BSB

Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

Hebrews 1:14 · BSB

Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

Psalm 103:20 · BSB

Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.

“that trusted”

Psalm 147:11 Psalm 62:8 1 Chronicles 5:20 2 Chronicles 20:20 Psalm 33:18 Psalm 33:21

Psalm 147:11 · BSB

The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.

Psalm 62:8 · BSB

Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah

1 Chronicles 5:20 · BSB

And because they cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies, and the Hagrites and all their allies were delivered into their hands. Because they put their trust in God, He answered their prayers.

2 Chronicles 20:20 · BSB

Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; beli…

Psalm 33:18 · BSB

Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion

Psalm 33:21 · BSB

For our hearts rejoice in Him, since we trust in His holy name.

“and have”

Ezra 6:11 Acts 4:19

Ezra 6:11 · BSB

I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own house shall be made a pile of rubble for this offense.

Acts 4:19 · BSB

But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.

“yielded”

Revelation 12:11 Romans 12:1 Hebrews 11:37 Philippians 1:20 Romans 14:7 Romans 14:8

Revelation 12:11 · BSB

They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.

Romans 12:1 · BSB

Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

Hebrews 11:37 · BSB

They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.

Philippians 1:20 · BSB

I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

Romans 14:7 · BSB

For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.

Romans 14:8 · BSB

If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

“serve”

Exodus 20:5 Matthew 4:10 Daniel 3:16–18

Exodus 20:5 · BSB

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Matthew 4:10 · BSB

“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus told him. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’ ”

Daniel 3:16–18 · BSB

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.

Also

Daniel 3:15–18

Daniel 3:15–18 · BSB

Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the statue I have made, very good. But if you refuse to worship, you will be th…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

27and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them.

29Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.”

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