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.

²⁴Suddenly 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 King James Version

²³And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

²⁴Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and he rose in haste and spoke, saying to his ^[a]counselors, “Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?”

They answered and said to the king, “True, O king.”

²⁵“Look!” he answered, “I see four men loose, ^(A)walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like ^(B)the^[b] Son of God.”

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Daniel 3:24 High officials
Daniel 3:25 Or a son of the gods

Daniel 3:23-25

English Standard Version

²³And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell ^(A)bound into the burning fiery furnace.

²⁴Then 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.” ²⁵He 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.”