Daniel 3:1-5

New American Standard Bible 1995

The King’s Golden Image

3 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an ^(A)image of gold, the height of which was sixty ^[a]cubits and its width six ^[b]cubits; he set it up on the plain of Dura in the ^(B)province of Babylon. ² Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent word to assemble the ^(C)satraps, the prefects and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates and all the rulers of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. ³ Then the satraps, the prefects and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates and all the rulers of the provinces were assembled for the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. ⁴ Then the herald loudly proclaimed: “To you ^[c]the command is given, ^(D)O peoples, nations and men of every ^[d]language, ⁵ that at the moment you ^(E)hear the sound of the horn, flute, ^[e]lyre, ^[f]trigon, ^[g]psaltery, bagpipe and all kinds of music, you are to fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up.