Daniel 3:26

Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Then	בֵּאדַ֜יִן be.Da.yin	H116	then (of time) · preposition + adverb
Nebuchadnezzar	נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֗ר ne.vu.khad.ne.Tzar	H5020	Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar · proper noun, a man's name
near	קְרֵ֣ב ke.Rev	H7127	to approach (causatively · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
mouth	לִתְרַע֮ lit.Ra'	H8651	a door · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
burning	יָקִֽדְתָּא֒ ya.kid.Ta'	H3345	to burn · verb, qal active participle, feminine singular determined + particle of affirmation
fiery	נוּרָ֣א nu.Ra'	H5135	fire · noun, common both genders singular determined + particle of affirmation
furnace	אַתּ֣וּן 'a.Tun	H861	probably a fire-place · noun, common both genders singular construct
spake	עָנֵ֣ה 'a.Neh	H6032	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
said	וְאָמַ֗ר ve.'a.Mar	H560	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
Shadrach	שַׁדְרַ֨ךְ shad.Rakh	H7715	Shadrak · proper noun, a man's name
Meshach	מֵישַׁ֧ךְ mei.Shakh	H4336	Meshak · proper noun, a man's name
Abed-nego	וַעֲבֵד va.'a.ved-	H5665	Abed-Nego · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
servants	עַבְד֛וֹהִי av.Do.hi	H5649	a servant · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
high	עִלָּאָ֖ה i.la.ya'	H5943	supreme (i.e. God) · adjective, both genders singular determined + particle of affirmation
God	אֱלָהָ֥א 'e.la.Ha'	H426	God · noun, common both genders singular determined + particle of affirmation
forth	פֻּ֣קוּ Pu.ku	H5312	to issue · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
come	וֶאֱת֑וֹ ve.'e.To	H858	to arrive · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
Then	בֵּאדַ֣יִן be.Da.yin	H116	then (of time) · preposition + adverb
Shadrach	שַׁדְרַ֥ךְ shad.Rakh	H7715	Shadrak · proper noun, a man's name
Meshach	מֵישַׁ֛ךְ mei.Shakh	H4336	Meshak · proper noun, a man's name
Abed-nego	נְג֛וֹ ne.Go	H5665	Abed-Nego · proper noun, a man's name
forth	נָֽפְקִ֗ין na.fe.Kin	H5312	to issue · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
of	מִן min-	H4481	properly · preposition
midst	גּ֥וֹא Go'	H1459	the middle · noun, common both genders singular construct
fire	נוּרָֽא nu.Ra'	H5135	fire · noun, common both genders singular determined + particle of affirmation

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Cross-references

Daniel 3:17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
Isaiah 52:12 For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.
Daniel 4:2 I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.
Revelation 19:5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
Genesis 14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
Joshua 3:17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed…
Joshua 4:10 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto…
Daniel 2:47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, s…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Daniel 3:19-27

In these verses we have, I. The casting of these three faithful servants of God into the fiery furnace. Nebuchadnezzar had himself known and owned so much of the true God that, one would have thought, though his pride and vanity induced him to make this golden image, and set it up to be worshipped, yet what these young men now said (whom he had formerly found to be wiser than all his wise men) would revive his convictions, and at least engage him to excuse them; but it proved quite otherwise. 1. Instead of being convinced by what they said, he was exasperated, and made more outrageous, Dan 3:19. It made him full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against these men. Note, Brutish…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 3:26

the most high God--He acknowledges Jehovah to be supreme above other gods (not that he ceased to believe in these); so he returns to his original confession, "your God is a God of gods" (Dan 2:47), from which he had swerved in the interim, perhaps intoxicated by his success in taking Jerusalem, whose God he therefore thought unable to defend it.

Adam Clarke on Daniel 3:25

Is like the Son of God - A most improper translation. What notion could this idolatrous king have of the Lord Jesus Christ? for so the place is understood by thousands. בר אלהין bar elahin signifies a son of the gods, that is, a Divine person or angel; and so the king calls him in Dan 3:28 : "God hath sent his Angel, and delivered his servants." And though even from this some still contend that it was the Angel of the covenant, yet the Babylonish king knew just as much of the one as he did of the other. No other ministration was necessary; a single angel from heaven was quite sufficient to answer this purpose, as that which stopped the mouths of the lions when Daniel was cast into their den.

John Gill on Daniel 3:26

Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace,.... He came so nigh before, as to see at a distance four persons walking in it; now he comes nearer, as near as he could with safety: and spake and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God; he not only spake to them in a different tone than he did before; not in wrath and fury, but mildly and gently, with great respect unto them, and reverence of them; and not only calls them by the names he and his courtiers had given them, but styles them the servants of the most high God; he owns their God was a God above his: the Chaldeans worshipped fire, but the God of the Jews had power over that,…

The Church Fathers

"Then Nebuchadnezzar came to the door of the burning furnace and he said, 'Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, slaves of God Most High, come out and come here.'" [Daniel 3:26] For since he himself was not able to come into the furnace, he called them to come outside. And he called the names of the three, but he found he was not able to declare the fourth. For Jesus had not yet been born of the virgin.
— Hippolytus of Rome, Commentary on Daniel 2.34.1-3

Verse 26. "Then Nebuchadnezzar approached unto the mouth of the burning fiery furnace and said: 'Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come forth and draw near!' And straightway Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came forth from the midst of the fire." Being terrified with fear, the king does not address his request to the youths through any messengers, but himself calls upon them by name, addressing them as servants of the Most High God, and begging these very men to come forth whom he himself had cast bound into the furnace.
— Jerome, St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER THREE

Let faith be yours, and God will be with you in your trouble. There are waves on the sea, and you are tossed about in your cabin, because Christ sleeps.… If you allow faith to sleep in your heart, Christ is, you might say, sleeping with you in your ship. Because Christ dwells in you through faith, when you begin to be tossed about, awake Christ from his sleep. Awaken your faith, and you shall be assured he will not desert you. You may think that you are forsaken, because he does not rescue you at the very moment you desire. But did he not deliver the three children from the fire?
— Augustine of Hippo, EXPLANATIONS OF THE PSALMS 91:19

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Dictionary and topics

Abednego — Servant of Nego=Nebo, the Chaldee name given to Azariah, one of Daniel’s three companions (Dan. 2:49). With Shadrach and Meshach, he was delivered from the burning fiery furnace (3:12-30).
Meshach — The title given to Mishael, one of the three Hebrew youths who were under training at the Babylonian court for the rank of Magi (Dan. 1:7; 2:49; 3:12-30). This was probably the name of some Chaldean…
Nebuchadnezzar — In the Babylonian orthography Nabu-kudur-uzur, which means “Nebo, protect the crown!” or the “frontiers.” In an inscription he styles himself “Nebo’s favourite.” He was the son and successor of…
Abed-Nego · .A Jewish — .A Jewish
Coercion · RELIGIOUS — RELIGIOUS
Furnace · into, by Nebuchadnezzar — into, by Nebuchadnezzar
Indictments · .Three Hebrew — .Three Hebrew
Meshach · A name given by the chief eu — A name given by the chief eu
Mishael · .Thrown into the fiery furnace — .Thrown into the fiery furnace
Persecution · Spirit of — Exemplified: Chaldeans — Spirit of — Exemplified: Chaldeans

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Daniel 3:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Daniel 3:19-27

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 3:26

Adam Clarke on Daniel 3:25

John Gill on Daniel 3:26

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Daniel 3:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Daniel 3:19-27

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 3:26

Adam Clarke on Daniel 3:25

John Gill on Daniel 3:26

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Daniel 3:26

Keil & Delitzsch on Daniel 3:24-27

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Daniel 3:26

Rashi on Daniel 3:26