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Daniel 3:5

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As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up;

KJV

That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:

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Commentary

6 notes on this verse
That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet - It would not be practicable to determine with precision what kind of instruments of music are denoted by the words used in this verse. They were, doubtless, in many respects different from those which are in use now, though they may have belonged to the same general class, and may have been constructed on substantially the same principles. A full inquiry into the kinds of musical instruments in use among the Hebrews may be found in the various treatises on the subject in Ugolin’s “Thesau Ant.

This site's exposition

a golden statue sixty cubits high

on Daniel 3:1-7

The “golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide” stands on “the plain of Dura,” gold from head to foot. Worship is ordered at the music on pain of “the blazing fiery furnace”. The people fell down, and the chapter turns on those who did not.

This site's exposition

horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes

Albert Barnes judges the exact instruments impossible to identify. Adam Clarke takes the horn as the common blowing horn with its deep and hollow sound. Matthew Henry sets the music beside the furnace of verse 6: the careless people were drawn by the one and driven by the other.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER THREE · Written before 420.

proposed

Verses 4,

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

The sound of the Cornet - There is not less difficulty in ascertaining the precise meaning of these musical instruments than there is in the offices in Dan 3:2. קרנא karna, here translated cornet, is the common blowing horn, which makes a deep and hollow sound, as well as one shrill and piercing. Flute - משרוקיתא mashrokitha, from שרק sharak, to whistle, shriek. A wind instrument which made a strong and shrill noise, such as the hautbois or clarionet. Harp - קיתרס kithros, cytharus; κιθαρα. Some kind of stringed instrument. It seems to be formed from the Greek word. Sackbut - סבכא sabbecha. The Greek has it σαμβυκη, from which our word sackbut, from סבך sabach, to interweave; probably on account of the number of chords, for it seems to have been a species of harp. Psaltery - פסנתרין pesanterin; Greek, ψαλτηριον. A stringed instrument, struck with a plectrum; that called santeer in Egypt is probably the same. Dr. Russel says: “It is a large triangle, and has two bottoms two inches from each other, with about twenty catguts of different sizes.” It was the ancient psalterium, and most probably the same as David’s harp. Dulcimer - סומפניה sumponeyah; Greek, συμφωνεια. Probably a kind of tamboor, tambourine, or tomtom drum. It does not mean the same as the Greek symphonia, which signifies a concert or harmony of many instruments, for here one kind of instrument only is intended. All kinds of music - כל זני זמרא col zeney zemara, the whole stock, or band, of music; the preceding being the chief, the most common, and the most sonorous. My old MS. Bible has, Trumpe, and Pipe, and Harpe: Sambuke, Santrie, and Synfonye, and al kynde of musykes.

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • בְּעִדָּנָ֡אat time the

    beidana'H5732 →13 times

  • דִּֽי־which

    di-H1768 →345 times

  • תִשְׁמְע֡וּןyou will hear

    tishmeunH8086 →9 times

  • קָ֣ל[the] sound of

    kalH7032 →7 times

  • קַרְנָ֣אhorn the

    karna'H7162 →14 times

  • מַ֠שְׁרוֹקִיתָאflute the

    mashrokita'H4953 →4 times

  • קַתְר֨וֹסzither

    kitarosH7030 →4 times

  • סַבְּכָ֤אtrigon

    sabekha'H5443 →4 times

  • פְּסַנְתֵּרִין֙harp

    pesanterinH6460 →4 times

  • סוּמְפֹּ֣נְיָ֔הpipe

    sumeponeyahH5481 →4 times

  • וְכֹ֖לand all

    vekholH3606 →82 times

  • זְנֵ֣י<the> kinds of

    zeneiH2178 →4 times

  • זְמָרָ֑א<the> music

    zemara'H2170 →4 times

  • תִּפְּל֤וּןyou will fall down

    tipelunH5308 →11 times

  • וְתִסְגְּדוּן֙so you may pay homage

    vetisgedunH5457 →12 times

  • לְצֶ֣לֶםto [the] image of

    letzelemH6755 →17 times

  • דַּהֲבָ֔א<the> gold

    dahava'H1722 →23 times

  • דִּ֥יwhich

    diH1768 →345 times

  • הֲקֵ֖יםhe has set up

    hakeimH6966 →35 times

  • נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֥רNebuchadnezzar

    nevukhadnetzarH5020 →31 times

  • מַלְכָּֽא׃king the

    malka'H4430 →180 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Daniel 3:15Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the statue I have made. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”6 worksDaniel 3:10You, O king, have issued a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music must fall down and worship the golden statue,5 worksDaniel 3:7Therefore, as soon as all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, and all kinds of music, the people of every nation and language would fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.2 works1 Kings 1:40All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.2 works2 Samuel 6:5David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.2 worksEcclesiastes 2:8and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
Psalms 150:3Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Daniel 3:15

    Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the statue I…

    it leads to

    • Acts 5:29

      But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

    • Exodus 5:2

      But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”

    • 2 Kings 18:35

      Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”

    • 2 Chronicles 32:15–17

      So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver…

    • 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.

  • Through

    Daniel 3:10

    You, O king, have issued a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music must fall down and worship the golden statue,

    it leads to

    • Daniel 6:12

      So they approached the king and asked about his royal decree: “Did you not sign a decree that for thirty days any man who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will…

    • Esther 3:12–14

      On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of…

    • Daniel 3:4–7

      Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “O people of every nation and language, this is what you are commanded:

Where this verse is studied

About Daniel

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the Furnace — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the Furnace — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Daniel: the study guide →Read Daniel 3 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Book of Daniel; Jerome, St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER THREE; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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