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Daniel 3:23-25
Contemporary English Version
Daniel 3:23-25
Contemporary English Version
21-23 (A) The king wanted it done at that very moment. So the soldiers tied up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and threw them into the flaming furnace with all of their clothes still on, including their turbans. The fire was so hot that flames leaped out and killed the soldiers.
24 Suddenly the king jumped up and shouted, “Weren't only three men tied up and thrown into the fire?”
“Yes, Your Majesty,” his officers answered.
25 “But I see four men walking around in the fire,” the king replied. “None of them is tied up or harmed, and the fourth one looks like a god.”[a]
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- 3.25 a god: Aramaic “a son of the gods” or “a son of God.”
Daniel 3:23-25
New International Version
Daniel 3:23-25
New International Version
23 and these three men, firmly tied, fell into the blazing furnace.
24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet in amazement and asked his advisers, “Weren’t there three men that we tied up and threw into the fire?”
They replied, “Certainly, Your Majesty.”
25 He said, “Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.”
Daniel 3:23-25
King James Version
Daniel 3:23-25
King James Version
23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
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Daniel 3:23-25
English Standard Version
Daniel 3:23-25
English Standard Version
23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell (A)bound into the burning fiery furnace.
24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was (B)astonished and rose up (C)in haste. He declared to his (D)counselors, “Did we not cast three men (E)bound into the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “True, O king.” 25 He answered and said, “But I see four men unbound, (F)walking in the midst of the fire, and they (G)are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like (H)a son of the gods.”
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