14 Nebuchadnezzar responded and said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, that you do not serve (A)my gods or worship the golden image that I have set up? 15 Now if you are ready, (B)at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, [a]lyre, trigon, psaltery and bagpipe and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, very well. But if you do not worship, you will [b]immediately be (C)cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire; and (D)what god is there who can deliver you out of my hands?”

16 (E)Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to give you an answer concerning this matter.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 3:15 V 5, notes 1, 2, 3
  2. Daniel 3:15 Or in the same hour