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Nebuchadnezzar’s Golden Statue

Daniel 3:4

In 11 translations

BSB
Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “O people of every nation and language, this is what you are commanded:
KJV
Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,aloud: Chaldee, with mightit…: Chaldee, they command
WEB
Then the herald cried aloud, “To you it is commanded, peoples, nations, and languages, Then the herald cried aloud, “To you it is commanded, peoples, nations, and languages,
ASV
Then the herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,
LSV
And a crier is calling mightily: “They are saying to you: O peoples, nations, and languages!
YLT
And a crier is calling mightily: 'To you they are saying: O peoples, nations, and languages!
DBY
And the herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, [O] peoples, nations, and languages,
DRC
Then a herald cried with a strong voice: To you it is commanded, O nations, tribes, and languages:
GNV
Then an herald cried aloude, Be it knowen to you, O people, nations, and languages,
JPS
And the herald cried aloud: 'To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,
LXXE
Then a herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, ye peoples, tribes, and languages,

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְכָרוֹזָ֖א קָרֵ֣א בְחָ֑יִל לְכ֤וֹן אָֽמְרִין֙ עַֽמְמַיָּ֔א אֻמַּיָּ֖א וְלִשָּׁנַיָּֽא׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ὁ κήρυξ ἐβόα ἐν ἰσχύϊ, ὑμῖν λέγεται λαοῖς, φυλαὶ, γλῶσσαι,

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  • Daniel 6:25Then King Darius wrote to the people of every nation and language throughout the land: “May your prosperity abound.
  • Daniel 4:1King Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation and language who dwell in all the earth: May your prosperity be multiplied.
  • Micah 6:16You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of…
  • Proverbs 9:13–15The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing. She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city, calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.
  • Isaiah 58:1“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.
  • Daniel 4:14He called out in a loud voice: ‘Cut down the tree and chop off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.
  • Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
  • Isaiah 40:9Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”
  • Esther 8:9At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127…

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