Daniel 3:7

Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Therefore	קֳבֵ֣ל ko.Vel	H6903	(adverbially) in front of · noun, common both genders singular absolute
time	זִמְנָ֡א zim.Na'	H2166	an appointed occasion · noun, common both genders singular determined + particle of affirmation
when	כְּדִ֣י ke.Di	H1768	that · preposition + conjunction
all	כָּֽל kal-	H3606	properly · noun, common both genders singular construct
people	עַמְמַיָּ֡א 'a.mai.Ya'	H5972	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine plural determined + particle of affirmation
heard	שָֽׁמְעִ֣ין sha.me.'In	H8086	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
sound	קָ֣ל kal	H7032	a voice or sound · noun, common both genders singular construct
cornet	קַרְנָא֩ kar.Na'	H7162	a horn (literally or for sound) · noun, common both genders singular determined + particle of affirmation
flute	מַשְׁר֨וֹקִיתָ֜א mash.Ro.ki.Ta'	H4953	a (musical) pipe (from its whistling sound) · noun, common feminine singular determined + particle of affirmation
harp	קַתְר֤וֹס ki.ta.ros	H7030	a lyre · noun, common both genders singular absolute
sackbut	שַׂבְּכָא֙ sa.be.Kha'	H5443	a lyre · noun, common both genders singular absolute
psaltery	פְּסַנְטֵרִ֔ין pe.san.te.Rin	H6460	psalterion · noun, common both genders singular absolute
all	וְכֹ֖ל ve.Khol	H3606	properly · conjunction + noun, common both genders singular construct
kinds	זְנֵ֣י ze.Nei	H2178	sort · noun, common masculine plural construct
musick	זְמָרָ֑א ze.ma.Ra'	H2170	instrumental music · noun, common both genders singular determined + particle of affirmation
all	כָּֽל kal-	H3606	properly · noun, common both genders singular construct
people	עַֽמְמַיָּ֜א 'a.mai.Ya'	H5972	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine plural determined + particle of affirmation
nations	אֻמַיָּ֣א 'u.mai.Ya'	H524	a collection · noun, common masculine plural determined + particle of affirmation
languages	וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֗א ve.li.sha.nai.Ya'	H3961	speech · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural determined + particle of affirmation
down	נָֽפְלִ֨ין na.fe.Lin	H5308	to fall · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
worshipped	סָֽגְדִין֙ sa.ge.Din	H5457	to prostrate oneself (in homage) · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
golden	דַּהֲבָ֔א da.ha.Va'	H1722	gold · noun, common both genders singular determined + particle of affirmation
image	לְצֶ֣לֶם le.Tze.lem	H6755	an idolatrous figure · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
Nebuchadnezzar	נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר ne.vu.khad.ne.Tzar	H5020	Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar · proper noun, a man's name
king	מַלְכָּֽא mal.Ka'	H4430	a king · noun, common both genders singular determined + particle of affirmation
up	הֲקֵ֖ים ha.Keim	H6966	to rise (in various applications · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 51:7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nati…
1 John 5:19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the…
Revelation 13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
Revelation 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation o…
Revelation 13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them…
Revelation 17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the ea…
Revelation 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Daniel 3:1-7

We have no certainty concerning the date of this story, only that if this image, which Nebuchadnezzar dedicated, had any relation to that which he dreamed of, it is probable that it happened not long after that; some reckon it to be about the seventh year of Nebuchadnezzar, a year before Jehoiachin's captivity, in which Ezekiel was carried away. Observe, I. A golden image set up to be worshipped. Babylon was full of idols already, yet nothing will serve this imperious prince but they must have one more; for those who have forsaken the one only living God, and begin to set up many gods, will find the gods they set up so unsatisfying, and their desire after them so insatiable, that they will m…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 3:7

None of the Jews seem to have been present, except the officers, summoned specially.

Adam Clarke on Daniel 3:6

Shall the same hour - This is the first place in the Old Testament where we find the division of time into hours. The Greeks say that Anaximander was the inventor. He had it probably from the Chaldeans, among whom this division was in use long before Anaximander was born. Be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace - This was an ancient mode of punishment among the Chaldeans, if we may credit the tradition that Abram was cast into such a fire by this idolatrous people because he would not worship their idols.

John Gill on Daniel 3:7

Therefore at that time,.... Such a severe edict being published, threatening with so terrible a punishment: when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music; not only at Babylon, and that lived near the plain of Dura, but in all places where it was played: all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; what through love of music, the fear of the furnace, regard to superstition and idolatry, and to the king's command, men of all nations and languages gave it homage and worship.

The Church Fathers

And so then, while all the men were coming together for the event and while the musical instruments rang out together, at that moment the peoples, tribes, and tongues, fell down and worshipped the image, some of them only because they feared the king, but all became idolaters, and they heeded the word which was prescribed by the king.
— Hippolytus of Rome, Commentary on Daniel 2.15.5

Verse 7. "After these things the people, therefore, as soon as they heard the sound of the trumpet and pipe..." We are to take this statement in the same sense as above, so that we understand that all the peoples were represented by their leaders. For of course it was impossible for all the nations to attend at one time.
— Jerome, St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER THREE

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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).
Cornet — Heb. shophar, “brightness,” with reference to the clearness of its sound (1 Chr. 15:28; 2 Chr. 15:14; Ps. 98:6; Hos. 5:8). It is usually rendered in the Authorized Version “trumpet.” It denotes the…
Flute — A musical instrument, probably composed of a number of pipes, mentioned Dan. 3:5, 7, 10, 15. In Matt. 9:23, 24, notice is taken of players on the flute, here called “minstrels” (but in R.V.…
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…
Psaltery — A musical instrument, supposed to have been a kind of lyre, or a harp with twelve strings. The Hebrew word nebhel, so rendered, is translated “viol” in Isa. 5:12 (R.V., “lute”); 14:11. In Dan. 3:5,…
Sackbut — (Chald. sabkha; Gr. sambuke), a Syrian stringed instrument resembling a harp (Dan. 3:5, 7, 10, 15); not the modern sackbut, which is a wind instrument.
Coercion · RELIGIOUS — RELIGIOUS
Flute · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Furnace · into, by Nebuchadnezzar — into, by Nebuchadnezzar
Idolatry · .Music — .Music
Indictments · .Three Hebrew — .Three Hebrew
Music · .CORNET

Daniel 3:7

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Daniel 3:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 3:7

Adam Clarke on Daniel 3:6

John Gill on Daniel 3:7

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Daniel 3:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Daniel 3:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 3:7

Adam Clarke on Daniel 3:6

John Gill on Daniel 3:7

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Daniel 3:6-7

Keil & Delitzsch on Daniel 3:1-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Daniel 3:7

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