Daniel 3:18

In 11 translations

BSB

But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”

KJV

But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

WEB

But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up.” But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up.”

ASV

But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

LSV

And 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.”

YLT

And lo — not! be it known to thee, O king, that thy gods we are not serving, and to the golden image thou hast raised up we do no obeisance.'

DBY

But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image that thou hast set up.Elohim

DRC

But if he will not, be it known to thee, O king, that we will not worship thy gods, nor adore the golden statue which thou hast set up.

GNV

But if not, bee it knowen to thee, O King, that wee will not serue thy gods, nor worship the golden image, which thou hast set vp.

JPS

But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.'

LXXE

But if not, be it known to thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the image which thou hast set up.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְהֵ֣ן לָ֔א יְדִ֥יעַ לֶהֱוֵא־לָ֖ךְ מַלְכָּ֑א דִּ֤י לאלהיך לָא־איתינא פָֽלְחִ֔ין וּלְצֶ֧לֶם דַּהֲבָ֛א דִּ֥י הֲקֵ֖ימְתָּ לָ֥א נִסְגֻּֽד׃Read aloud as (qere): לֵֽאלָהָךְ֙We have abandoned or added a ketib/qere relative to BHS. In doing this we agree with L against BHS.Read aloud as (qere): אִיתַ֣נָא

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐὰν μὴ, γνωστὸν ἔστω σοι, βασιλεῦ, ὅτι τοῖς θεοῖς σου οὐ λατρεύομεν, καὶ τῇ εἰκόνι ᾗ ἔστησας οὐ προσκυνοῦμεν.

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• Matthew 10:39Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
• Revelation 2:10–11Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown…
• Matthew 10:32–33Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.
• Luke 12:3–9What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops. I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body…
• Acts 4:10–13then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. This…
• Joshua 24:15But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you…
• Revelation 12:11They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
• Daniel 3:28Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than…
• Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
• Isaiah 51:12–13“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass? But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of…
• Exodus 20:3–5You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. You shall not bow down to them or worship…
• Leviticus 19:4Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.
• Job 13:15Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
• Acts 4:19But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
• Matthew 10:28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

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