Daniel 3:29

Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
I	מִן min	H4481	properly
make	שִׂ֣ים sim	H7761	to put (used in a great variety of applications · verb, perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
decree	טְעֵם֒ te.'Em	H2942	properly · noun, common both genders singular absolute
every	כָל khol-	H3606	properly · noun, common both genders singular construct
people	עַ֨ם 'am	H5972	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common both genders singular absolute
nation	אֻמָּ֜ה 'u.Mah	H524	a collection · noun, common feminine singular absolute
language	וְלִשָּׁ֗ן ve.li.Shan	H3961	speech · conjunction + noun, common both genders singular absolute
speak	יֵאמַ֤ר ye.Mar	H560	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
amiss	שָׁלוּ֙ she.lah	H7960	a fault · noun, common both genders singular absolute
against	עַ֣ל 'al	H5922	above · preposition
God	אֱלָהֲה֗וֹן 'e.la.ha.Hon	H426	God · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
Shadrach	שַׁדְרַ֤ךְ shad.Rakh	H7715	Shadrak · proper noun, a man's name
Meshach	מֵישַׁךְ֙ mei.shaKh	H4336	Meshak · proper noun, a man's name
Abed-nego	וַעֲבֵ֣ד va.'a.Ved	H5665	Abed-Nego · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
cut	יִתְעֲבֵ֔ד yit.'a.Ved	H5648	to do · verb, imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
pieces	הַדָּמִ֣ין ha.da.Min	H1917	something stamped to pieces · noun, common masculine plural absolute
houses	וּבַיְתֵ֖הּ u.vay.Teh	H1005	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · conjunction + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
made	יִשְׁתַּוֵּ֑ה yish.ta.Veh	H7739	to resemble · verb, imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
dunghill	נְוָלִ֣י ne.va.Li	H5122	a sink · noun, common both genders singular absolute
because	קֳבֵ֗ל ko.Vel	H6903	(adverbially) in front of · noun, common both genders singular absolute
is	אִיתַי֙ 'i.Tai	H383	properly · noun, common both genders singular absolute
no	לָ֤א la'	H3809	not (the simple or abs. negation) · negative particle
other	אָחֳרָ֔ן 'o.cho.Ran	H321	other · adjective, both genders singular absolute
God	אֱלָ֣ה 'e.Lah	H426	God · noun, common both genders singular absolute
can	יִכֻּ֥ל yi.Kul	H3202	to be able · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
deliver	לְהַצָּלָ֖ה le.ha.tza.Lah	H5338	to extricate · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct
this	כִּדְנָֽה kid.Nah	H1836	this · preposition + demonstrative particle

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Cross-references

Daniel 2:5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation…
Deuteronomy 32:31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
Psalms 76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
Daniel 6:26-27 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast…
Ezra 6:11 Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hang…
Psalms 3:8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.
Daniel 3:15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick,…
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.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Daniel 3:28–end

The strict observations that were made, super visum corporis - on inspecting their bodies, by the princes and governors, and all the great men who were present upon this public occasion, and who could not be supposed partial in favour of the confessors, contributed much to the clearing of this miracle and the magnifying of the power and grace of God in it. That indeed a notable miracle has been done is manifest, and we cannot deny it, Act 4:16. Let us now see what effect it had upon Nebuchadnezzar. I. He gives glory to the God of Israel as a God able and ready to protect his worshippers (Dan 3:28): "Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Let him have the honour both of the fa…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 3:29

This decree promulgated throughout the vast empire of Nebuchadnezzar must have tended much to keep the Jews from idolatry in the captivity and thenceforth (Psa 76:10). Punished with insanity for his haughtiness, he sinks to the level of the beasts (illustrating Psa 49:6, Psa 49:12). The opposition between bestial and human life, set forth here, is a key to interpret the symbolism in the seventh chapter concerning the beasts and the Son of man. After his conquests, and his building in fifteen days a new palace, according to the heathen historian, ABYDENUS (268 B.C.), whose account confirms Daniel, he ascended upon his palace roof (Dan 4:29, Margin), whence he could see the surrounding city w…

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Adam Clarke on Daniel 3:29

Speak any thing amiss - Though by the decree the king does not oblige the people to worship the true God, yet he obliges them to treat him with reverence.

John Gill on Daniel 3:29

Therefore I make a decree,.... Or, a "decree is made by me" (w); which is as follows: that every people, nation, and language, which speak anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; anything indecent, blasphemous, or by way of contempt: he does not give orders that their God should be worshipped or signify that he would worship him himself, and quit his false deities; no, only that he should not be spoken against, as very probably before this time he was, to the great grief of these good men; and to whom, therefore such an edict would be grateful, though no more could be obtained; by which it was enacted, that any such person, so blaspheming and reproaching, shall b…

The Church Fathers

Hananiah and his brothers worshiped not the image of the king of Babylon; and Jesus restrained the nations from the worship of dead images. Because of Hananiah and his brothers, the nations and languages glorified the God who had delivered them from the fire; and because of Jesus, the nations and all languages shall glorify God who delivered his Son, so that he saw no corruption. On the garments of Hananiah and his brothers the fire had no power; and on the bodies of the righteous, who have believed in Jesus, the fire shall have no power in the end.
— Aphrahat the Persian Sage, DEMONSTRATIONS 21:19

Verse 29. "'I have therefore determined upon this decree (the Vulgate says: "have appointed this decree"): that any people, tribe or tongue which utters blasphemy against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego shall utterly perish and his house shall be laid waste. For there is no other God who can save after such a fashion.'" Some authorities very wrongly apply this to the devil himself, asserting that in the consummation at the end of the world even the devil himself will receive a knowledge of God and will exhort all men to repent. These persons would have it that this is the king of Nineveh who finally descends from his proud throne and attains to the rewards of humility.
— Jerome, St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER THREE

If past events in the prophetic books serve as a figure of future ones, in the king named Nebuchadnezzar two periods were foreshadowed: that during the time of the apostles and the present one in which Christ is now living. For in the times of the apostles and martyrs that part was fulfilled that was foreshadowed when the king forced devout and upright men to adore an idol and when they refused had them thrown into a fire. Now, however, that part is fulfilled that was prefigured in the same king when he was converted to the true God and decreed for his realm that whoever blasphemed the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego should suffer due penalties. Therefore, the first part of the king's reign signified the earlier periods of impious kings, when Christians suffered instead of the impious, but the latter part of that king's reign signified the period of later faithful kings under whom the impious suffered instead of the Christians.
— Augustine of Hippo, LETTER 93

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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
Babylon · Composed of many nations — Composed of many nations
Coercion · RELIGIOUS — RELIGIOUS
Converts · Nebuchadnezzar — Nebuchadnezzar
Houses · Of criminals, desolated — Of criminals, desolated
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 3:29

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Daniel 3:28–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 3:29

Adam Clarke on Daniel 3:29

John Gill on Daniel 3:29

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Daniel 3:29

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Daniel 3:28–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 3:29

Adam Clarke on Daniel 3:29

John Gill on Daniel 3:29

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Daniel 3:29

Keil & Delitzsch on Daniel 3:28–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Daniel 3:28

Rashi on Daniel 3:29