Daniel 3:17 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 3:17

If the God whom we serve exists, then He is able to deliver us from the blazing fiery furnace and from your hand, O king.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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 thy hand, O king.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Daniel (420)

Verse 17. "For behold, our God whom we serve is able to rescue us from the furnace of burning fire and to free us from thy hands, O king!" Where he had imagined he was frightening mere youths, he perceives in them a nature of manly courage. Nor do they speak of deliverance as delayed to the distant future, but rather they promise themselves immediate succor, asserting, "For behold, our God whom we serve is the One who is able to free us both from the fearsome flames thou threatenest and from thy hands."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, Those that would avoid sin must not parley with temptation. When that which we are allured or affrighted to is manifestly evil the motion is rather to be rejected with indignation and abhorrence than reasoned with; stand not to pause about it, but say, as Christ has taught us, Get thee behind me, Satan.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

If it be so - Chaldee, איתי הן hên 'ı̂ythay - “so it is.” That is, “this is true, that the God whom we serve can save us.” The idea is not, as would seem in our translation, “if we are to be cast into the furnace,” but the mind is turned on the fact that the God whom they served could save them.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

If it be so--VATABLUS translates, "Assuredly." English Version agrees better with the original. The sense is, If it be our lot to be cast into the furnace, our God (quoted from De 6:4) is able to deliver us (a reply to Nebuchadnezzar's challenge, "Who is that God that shall deliver you?"); and He will deliver us (either from death, or in death, 2Ti 4:17, 18).

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֵ֣ן	hen	if	H2006 →
אִיתַ֗י	'i.Tai	there	H383 →
אֱלָהַ֙נָא֙	'e.la.Ha.na'	[is] God our	H426 →
דִּֽי־	di-	whom	H1768 →
אֲנַ֣חְנָא	'a.Nach.na'	we	H586 →
פָֽלְחִ֔ין	fa.le.Chin	[are] paying reverence	H6399 →
יָכִ֖ל	ya.Khil	[is] being able	H3202 →
לְשֵׁיזָבוּתַ֑נָא	le.shei.za.vu.Ta.na'	to deliver us	H7804 →
מִן־	min-	from	H4481 →
אַתּ֨וּן	'a.Tun	[the] furnace of	H861 →
נוּרָ֧א	nu.Ra'	fire the	H5135 →
יָקִֽדְתָּ֛א	ya.kid.Ta'	<the> burning	H3345 →
וּמִן־	u.min-	and from	H4481 →
יְדָ֥ךְ	ye.Dakh	hand your	H3028 →
מַלְכָּ֖א	mal.Ka'	king O	H4430 →
יְשֵׁיזִֽב׃	ye.shei.Ziv	he will deliver	H7804 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 8:31
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
leads to
- Psalms 118:6
  The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- Jeremiah 1:19
  They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
- Psalms 56:11
  in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- 1 John 4:4
  You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
- Isaiah 54:17
  No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the…
Through
Luke 1:37
For no word from God will ever fail.”
leads to
- Matthew 19:26
  Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
- Jeremiah 32:27
  “Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?
- Mark 10:27
  Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”