Daniel 3 · Verse 17

Daniel 3:17

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.
Daniel 3:17, King James Version

Daniel 3:17 in other translations

BSBIf the God whom we serve exists, then He is able to deliver us from the blazing fiery furnace and from your hand, O king.
WEBIf it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.
ASVIf 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.
YLTLo, it is; our God whom we are serving, is able to deliver us from a burning fiery furnace; and from thy hand, O king, He doth deliver.
DARBYIf 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.
BBEIf our God, whose servants we are, is able to keep us safe from the burning and flaming fire, and from your hands, O King, he will keep us safe.
WebsterIf it is 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.

What does Daniel 3:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. 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). He will, we trust, literally deliver us, but certainly He will do so spiritually.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 If it be so - Thou mayest cast us into the furnace; the terror of it has no effect on our minds to induce us to alter the resolution we have taken, nor shall the fire change our purpose. We serve a God who is able to deliver us. Should he not, we are equally determined; but we are satisfied that in some way or other he will deliver us out of thy hand. Thy power cannot affect us in the kingdom of our God to which we shall ascend from thy furnace, should he permit the fire to kindle upon us. "Render to Caesar the things which are Caesar's," is a maxim of Jesus Christ; but when Caesar arrogates to himself the things that are the Lord's, then, and in such cases, his authority is to be resisted. God does not desire Caesar's things; Caesar's must not have the things of God.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Daniel 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…

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Daniel 3:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הֵ֣ןhenifH2006
אִיתַ֗י'i.TaithereH383
אֱלָהַ֙נָא֙'e.la.Ha.na'[is] God ourH426
דִּֽי\־di-whomH1768
אֲנַ֣חְנָא'a.Nach.na'weH586
פָֽלְחִ֔יןfa.le.Chin[are] paying reverenceH6399
יָכִ֖לya.Khil[is] being ableH3202
לְשֵׁיזָבוּתַ֑נָאle.shei.za.vu.Ta.na'to deliver usH7804
מִן\־min-fromH4481
אַתּ֨וּן'a.Tun[the] furnace ofH861
נוּרָ֧אnu.Ra'fire theH5135
יָקִֽדְתָּ֛אya.kid.Ta'<the> burningH3345
וּמִן\־u.min-and fromH4481
יְדָ֥ךְye.Dakhhand yourH3028
מַלְכָּ֖אmal.Ka'king OH4430
יְשֵׁיזִֽב\׃ye.shei.Zivhe will deliverH7804

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Daniel 3:17

  • Romans 8:31

    What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

  • Luke 1:37

    For with God nothing shall be impossible.

  • Hebrews 7:25

    Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

  • Psalms 27:1-2

    A Psalm of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

  • Isaiah 26:3-4

    Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:

  • Jeremiah 1:8

    Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

  • Acts 21:13

    Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

  • Job 5:19

    He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

  • Daniel 6:20-22

    And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

  • Genesis 18:14

    Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

  • Psalms 115:3

    But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.

  • Isaiah 12:2

    Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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4:35; 6:20-22,27; Ge 17:1; 18:14; 1Sa 17:37,46; Job 5:19; 34:29
Ps 27:1,2; 62:1-6; 73:20; 115:3; 121:5-7; 18:10,11; Isa 12:2; 26:3,4
Isa 54:14; Lu 1:37; Ac 20:24; 21:13; 27:20-25; Ro 8:31; Heb 7:25

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Context

  • Daniel 3:16

    Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.

  • Daniel 3:17

    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.

  • Daniel 3:18

    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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Daniel 3:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		He aquí nuestro Dios á quien honramos, puede librarnos del horno de fuego ardiendo; y de tu mano, oh rey, nos librará.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		S’il en est comme tu dis, notre Dieu que nous servons peut nous délivrer de la fournaise de feu ardent, et il nous délivrera de ta main, ô roi!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ob unser Gott, dem wir dienen, uns aus dem brennenden Feuerofen zu erretten vermag-und er wird uns aus deiner Hand, o König, erretten-
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ecce enim Deus noster, quem colimus, potest eripere nos de camino ignis ardentis, et de manibus tuis, o rex, liberare.