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31 the strutting rooster,[a] the he-goat,
    and a king against whom none can stand.

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  1. 30.31 Gk Syr Tg Compare Vg: Meaning of Heb uncertain

15 Now if you are ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, drum, and entire musical ensemble, you should fall down and worship the statue that I have made. But if you do not worship, you shall immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire, and who is the god who will deliver you out of my hands?”(A)

16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to present a defense to you in this matter. 17 If our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire and out of your hand, O king, let him deliver us.[a] 18 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods and we will not worship the golden statue that you have set up.”

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  1. 3.17 Or If our God whom we serve is able to deliver us, he will deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire and out of your hand, O king.

The dread anger of a king is like the growling of a lion;
    anyone who provokes him to anger forfeits life itself.(A)

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14 A king’s wrath is a messenger of death,
    and whoever is wise will appease it.(A)

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