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that at the time that you hear the sound of the horn, the flute, the lyre, the trigon, the harp, the drum and all kinds of music, you must fall down and you must worship the statue of gold[a] that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up. And whoever[b] does not fall down and worship will be thrown immediately[c] into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire.” Therefore,[d] at that time,[e] as soon as[f] all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, the flute, the lyre, the trigon, the harp and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations and people of all languages[g] were falling down and were worshiping the statue of gold[h] that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 3:5 Aramaic “the gold”
  2. Daniel 3:6 Literally “who that”
  3. Daniel 3:6 Literally “the time”
  4. Daniel 3:7 Literally “All of because this”
  5. Daniel 3:7 Literally “at the time”
  6. Daniel 3:7 Literally “as that”
  7. Daniel 3:7 Literally “the nations and the languages”
  8. Daniel 3:7 Aramaic “the gold”

As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp,(A) pipe and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the image(B) of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.(C) Whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace.”(D)

Therefore, as soon as they heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp and all kinds of music, all the nations and peoples of every language fell down and worshiped the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.(E)

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