and whoever doesn’t fall down and worship shall be cast into the middle of a burning fiery furnace.
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and whoever doesn’t fall down and worship shall be cast into the middle of a burning fiery furnace.
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And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
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and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Dan 3:11 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth,…
Dan 3:11 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, [that] he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
Ver. 11. And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast, &c.] This with a graceless man is a swaying argument; he will rather turn than burn; as he came not frying into the world, as one said in Queen Mary’s days, so he cannot go frying out of it. Epicurus in word confessed a God, but in deed denied him, because Anaxagoras was put to death for denying God at Athens, where Epicurus flourished. {a}
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{a} Aug., De Civ. Dei, lib. xviii, cap. 41.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth,.... The image;…
And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth,.... The image; the above is the decree, this that follows the sanction of it:
that he should be cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace; See Gill on Dan 3:6.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Whoever does not fall down and worship must be…
Whoever does not fall down and worship must be thrown into a blazing furnace
This can be stated in active form. AT: "Soldiers must throw into a blazing furnace anyone who does not lie down on the ground and worship" (See: Active or Passive)
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fall down
Here "fall down" means "quickly lie down"
blazing furnace
This is a large room filled with a hot fire. See how you translated this in Daniel 3:6.
affairs
matters having to do with government
Shadrach ... Meshach ... Abednego
These are the Babylonian names of the three Jewish friends of Daniel. See how you translated these names in Daniel 1:7.
pay no attention to you
"do not pay attention to you"
prostrate themselves
They would do this to worship the statue. AT: "stretch themselves out on the ground face down in worship" (See: Symbolic Action)
the golden statue you have set up
Nebuchadnezzar commanded his men to do this work, he did not do the work himself. AT: "the golden statue your men have set up" (See: Metonymy)
translationWords
worship
Jew
appoint
province
Babylon
king
servant
false god
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 3:11 In some situations, the Lord’s people must refuse…
3:11 In some situations, the Lord’s people must refuse to obey the established authorities in order to remain faithful to the Lord (cp. Acts 4:19; 5:29; Rom 13:1-7).
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