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10 You, O king, have made a decree that everyone[a] who hears the sound of the horn, the flute, the lyre, the trigon, the harp and the drum and all kinds of music, he shall fall down and shall worship the statue of gold.[b] 11 And whoever[c] does not fall down[d] and worship shall be thrown into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire. 12 However there are Judean men whom you have appointed[e] over the affairs of the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—these men, O king, pay you no heed[f] and were not serving your god, and the statue of gold[g] that you set up they are not worshiping.”

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 3:10 Literally “all of humanity”
  2. Daniel 3:10 Aramaic “the gold”
  3. Daniel 3:11 Literally “And who that”
  4. Daniel 3:11 Literally “not he falls down”
  5. Daniel 3:12 Aramaic “whom you have appointed them”
  6. Daniel 3:12 Literally “not they pay heed to you”
  7. Daniel 3:12 Aramaic “the gold”