King James Version
Daniel 3:16 in the King James Version says “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in t...” — study this verse from Daniel chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.”
Daniel 3:16 · KJV
Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? true: or, of purpose
Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp , sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“answered”
H6032properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,
“O Nebuchadnezzar”
H5020nebukadnetstsar (or nebukadretsts(-ar, or)), king of babylon
“careful”
H2818to be necessary (from the idea of convenience) or (transitively) to need
“thee in”
H5922above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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