Daniel 3:11
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New International Version (©2011)
and that whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into a blazing furnace.

New Living Translation (©2007)
That decree also states that those who refuse to obey must be thrown into a blazing furnace.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast into a burning fiery furnace.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"But whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Whoever does not fall down and worship is to be thrown into a blazing fire furnace.'

NET Bible (©2006)
And whoever does not bow down and pay homage must be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
[Your order said that] whoever doesn't bow down and worship will be thrown into a blazing furnace.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And whosoever falls not down and worships, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

American King James Version
And whoever falls not down and worships, that he should be cast into the middle of a burning fiery furnace.

American Standard Version
and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And that if any man shall not fall down and adore, he should be cast into a furnace of burning fire.

Darby Bible Translation
and that whosoever doth not fall down and worship, shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

English Revised Version
and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

Webster's Bible Translation
And whoever shall not fall down and worship, that he shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

World English Bible
and whoever doesn't fall down and worship shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

Young's Literal Translation
and whoso doth not fall down and do obeisance, is cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

3:8-18 True devotion calms the spirit, quiets and softens it, but superstition and devotion to false gods inflame men's passions. The matter is put into a little compass, Turn, or burn. Proud men are still ready to say, as Nebuchadnezzar, Who is the Lord, that I should fear his power? Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego did not hesitate whether they should comply or not. Life or death were not to be considered. Those that would avoid sin, must not parley with temptation when that to which we are allured or affrighted is manifestly evil. Stand not to pause about it, but say, as Christ did, Get thee behind me, Satan. They did not contrive an evasive answer, when a direct answer was expected. Those who make their duty their main care, need not be anxious or fearful concerning the event. The faithful servants of God find him able to control and overrule all the powers armed against them. Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst. If He be for us, we need not fear what man can do unto us. God will deliver us, either from death or in death. They must obey God rather than man; they must rather suffer than sin; and must not do evil that good may come. Therefore none of these things moved them. The saving them from sinful compliance, was as great a miracle in the kingdom of grace, as the saving them out of the fiery furnace was in the kingdom of nature. Fear of man and love of the world, especially want of faith, make men yield to temptation, while a firm persuasion of the truth will deliver them from denying Christ, or being ashamed of him. We are to be meek in our replies, but we must be decided that we will obey God rather than man.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth,.... The image; the above is the decree, this that follows the sanction of it:

that he should be cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace; See Gill on Daniel 3:6.

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Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
…10You, O king, have made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image: 11And whoever falls not down and worships, that he should be cast into the middle of a burning fiery furnace. 12There are certain Jews whom you have set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded you: they serve not your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up. …

Daniel 3:6 Whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace."
Daniel 3:10 Your Majesty has issued a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music must fall down and worship the image of gold,
Daniel 3:12 But there are some Jews whom you have set over the affairs of the province of Babylon--Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego--who pay no attention to you, Your Majesty. They neither serve your gods nor worship the image of gold you have set up."