Daniel 3:18 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 3:18

But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”

BSB

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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.

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER THREE (420)

Verse 18. "But if He does not will to do so" - phrasing which admirably avoids the idea, "If He is not able," which would be inconsistent with what they had just asserted, "He is able to deliver us" - but rather they say, "If He does not will to do so." Thereby they indicate that it will not be a matter of God's inability but rather of His sovereign will if they do perish.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

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.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And truly, all things considered, the saving of them from this sinful compliance was as great a miracle in the kingdom of grace as the saving of them out of the fiery furnace was in the kingdom of nature.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

But if not - That is, “if he should “not” deliver us; if it should “not” occur that he would protect us, and save us from that heated oven: whatever may be the result in regard to us, our determination is settled.” Be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods ... - This answer is firm and noble. It showed that their minds were made up, and that it was with them a matter of “principle” not to worship false gods.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהֵ֣ן	ve.Hen	and if	H2006 →
לָ֔א	La'	not	H3809 →
יְדִ֥יעַ	ye.Di.a'	known	H3046 →
לֶהֱוֵא־	le.he.ve'-	let it be	H1934 →
לָ֖ךְ	lakh	to you
מַלְכָּ֑א	mal.Ka'	king O	H4430 →
דִּ֤י	di	that	H1768 →
לֵֽאלָהָךְ֙	le.la.ha.yiKh	to god your	H426 →
לָא־	la'-	not	H3809 →
אִיתַ֣נָא	'i.tay.na'	are we	H383 →
פָֽלְחִ֔ין	fa.le.Chin	paying reverence	H6399 →
וּלְצֶ֧לֶם	u.le.Tze.lem	and to [the] image of	H6755 →
דַּהֲבָ֛א	da.ha.Va'	<the> gold	H1722 →
דִּ֥י	di	which	H1768 →
הֲקֵ֖ימְתָּ	ha.Kei.me.ta	you have set up	H6966 →
לָ֥א	la'	not	H3809 →
נִסְגֻּֽד׃ ס	nis.Gud	we will pay homage	H5457 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk5

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
Matthew 10:39
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
leads to
- John 12:25
  Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
- Mark 8:35–36
  For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it.
- Luke 17:33
  Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
- Matthew 16:25–26
  For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
- Luke 9:24
  For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.