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Daniel 3:18
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KJ21
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.”
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.
AMP
But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we are not going to serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up!”
AMPC
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!
BRG
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.
CSB
But even if he does not rescue us, we want you as king to know that we will not serve your gods or worship the gold statue you set up.”
CSBA
But even if he does not rescue us, we want you as king to know that we will not serve your gods or worship the gold statue you set up.’
CEB
But if he doesn’t, know this for certain, Your Majesty: we will never serve your gods or worship the gold statue you’ve set up.”
CJB
But even if he doesn’t, we want you to know, your majesty, that we will neither serve your gods nor worship the gold statue which you have set up.”
CEV
But even if he doesn't, we still won't worship your gods and the gold statue you have set up.”
DARBY
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.
DRA
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.
ERV
But even if God does not save us, we want you to know, King, that we refuse to serve your gods. We will not worship the gold idol you have set up.”
EASY
But even if he does not save us, we still would not serve your gods. And we will not worship the gold statue that you have built. We want you to understand that very clearly, sir.’
EHV
But if he does not, you should know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods, and we will not worship the golden statue that you set up.”
ESV
But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”
ESVUK
But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”
EXB
But even if God does not save us, we want you, O king, to know this: We will not serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have set up [Ex. 20:3–6].”
GNV
But if not, be it known to thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
GW
But if he doesn’t, you should know, Your Majesty, we’ll never honor your gods or worship the gold statue that you set up.”
GNT
But even if he doesn't, Your Majesty may be sure that we will not worship your god, and we will not bow down to the gold statue that you have set up.”
HCSB
But even if He does not rescue us, we want you as king to know that we will not serve your gods or worship the gold statue you set up.”
ICB
But even if God does not save us, we want you, our king, to know this: We will not serve your gods. We will not worship the gold statue you have set up.”
ISV
But if not, rest assured, your majesty, that we won’t serve your gods, and we won’t worship the golden statue that you have set up.”
JUB
But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not worship thy god, nor honour the statue which thou hast raised 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.
AKJV
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.
LSB
But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we are not going to serve your gods, and we will not worship the golden image that you have set up.”
LEB
And if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, and the statue of gold that you have set up we will not worship.”
TLB
But if he doesn’t, please understand, sir, that even then we will never under any circumstance serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have erected.”
MSG
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered King Nebuchadnezzar, “Your threat means nothing to us. If you throw us in the fire, the God we serve can rescue us from your roaring furnace and anything else you might cook up, O king. But even if he doesn’t, it wouldn’t make a bit of difference, O king. We still wouldn’t serve your gods or worship the gold statue you set up.”
MEV
But even if He does not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.”
NOG
But if he doesn’t, you should know, Your Majesty, we’ll never honor your gods or worship the gold statue that you set up.”
NABRE
But even if he will not, you should know, O king, that we will not serve your god or worship the golden statue which you set up.”
NASB
But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we are not going to serve your gods nor worship the golden statue that you have set up.”
NASB1995
But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we are not going to serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”
NCB
But even if he does not do so, Your Majesty, be assured that we will not serve your god or worship the golden statue you have set up.”
NCV
But even if God does not save us, we want you, O king, to know this: We will not serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have set up.”
NET
But if he does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we don’t serve your gods, and we will not pay homage to the golden statue that you have erected.”
NIRV
But we want you to know this, Your Majesty. Even if we knew that our God wouldn’t save us, we still wouldn’t serve your gods. We wouldn’t worship the gold statue you set up.”
NIV
But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.”
NIVUK
But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.’
NKJV
But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.”
NLV
But even if He does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the object of gold that you have set up.”
NLT
But even if he doesn’t, we want to make it clear to you, Your Majesty, that we will never serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have set up.”
NRSVA
But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods and we will not worship the golden statue that you have set up.’
NRSVACE
But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods and we will not worship the golden statue that you have set up.’
NRSVCE
But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods and we will not worship the golden statue that you have set up.”
NRSVUE
But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods and we will not worship the golden statue that you have set up.”
OJB
But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not be the ones serving as deity (pey-lammed-chet) thy g-ds, nor worship the golden tzelem which thou hast set up.
RGT
“But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.”
RSV
But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up.”
RSVCE
But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up.”
TLV
Yet even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image that you set up.”
VOICE
But even if He does not, O king, you can be sure that we still will not serve your gods and we will not worship the golden statue you erected.
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.”
WYC
That if he do not, be it known to thee, thou king, that we honour not thy gods, and we worship not the golden image which thou hast raised. (But even if he shall not do that, be it known to thee, O king, that we shall not honour thy gods, and we shall not worship the gold figure which thou hast 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.'
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