Then the herald loudly proclaimed: “To you [a]the command is given, you (A)peoples, nations, and populations of all [b]languages, that at the moment you (B)hear the sound of the horn, flute, [c]lyre, [d]trigon, [e]psaltery, bagpipe, and all kinds of musical instruments, you are to fall down and worship the golden statue that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up. But whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be (C)thrown into the middle of a (D)furnace of blazing fire.” Therefore as soon as all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, flute, [f]lyre, trigon, psaltery, [g]bagpipe, and all kinds of musical instruments, all the peoples, nations, and populations of all [h]languages fell down and worshiped the golden statue that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 3:4 Lit they command
  2. Daniel 3:4 Lit tongues
  3. Daniel 3:5 Or zither
  4. Daniel 3:5 I.e., triangular lyre
  5. Daniel 3:5 Or a type of harp
  6. Daniel 3:7 See notes v 5
  7. Daniel 3:7 MT omits bagpipe
  8. Daniel 3:7 Lit tongues

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