Daniel 3:19

Then Nebuchadnezzar has been full of fury, and the expression of his face has been changed concerning Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego; he answered and said to heat the furnace seven times above that which it is seen to be heated;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

In Context

18And behold—not! Be it known to you, O king, that we are not serving your gods, and we do not worship the golden image you have raised up.”

20and to certain mighty men who [are] in his force he has said to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, to cast into the burning fiery furnace.

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Cross References

Genesis 31:2and Jacob sees the face of Laban, and behold, it is not with him as before.

Leviticus 26:18And if up to these you [still] do not listen to Me—then I have added to discipline you sevenfold for your sins;

Leviticus 26:24then I have walked—I also—with you in opposition, and have struck you, even I, sevenfold for your sins;

1 Kings 18:33And he arranges the wood, and cuts the bullock in pieces, and places [it] on the wood, and says, “Fill four pitchers of water, and pour [them] on the burnt-offering, and on the wood”;

2 Kings 19:27And your sitting down, and your going out, || And your coming in, I have known, || And your anger toward Me;

Esther 7:7And the king has risen, in his fury, from the banquet of wine, to the garden of the house, and Haman has remained to seek for his life from Esther the queen, for he has seen that evil has been determined against him by the king.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 3:9-19

The Hebrew Princes Accused; Fortitude of the Jewish Princes. ( b. c. 587.) 8 Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews. 9 They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever. 10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image: 11 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst… Read the whole commentary →

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