Daniel 3 · Verse 4

Daniel 3:4

Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,
Daniel 3:4, King James Version

Daniel 3:4 in other translations

BSBThen the herald loudly proclaimed, “O people of every nation and language, this is what you are commanded:
WEBThen the herald cried aloud, “To you it is commanded, peoples, nations, and languages,
ASVThen the herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,
YLTAnd a crier is calling mightily: ‘To you they are saying: O peoples, nations, and languages!
DARBYAnd the herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,
BBEThen one of the king's criers said in a loud voice, To you the order is given, O peoples, nations, and languages,
WebsterThen a herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,

What does Daniel 3:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. The arguments of the persecutor are in brief, Turn or burn.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 Then a herald cried aloud - כרוזא קרא בחיל caroza kara bechayil, "a crier called with might." A bedel cried mightili. - Old MS. Bible.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Daniel 3:1-7

Nebuchadnezzar's golden image. (Dn 3:1-7) Shadrach and his companions refuse to worship it. (Dn 3:8-18) They are cast into a furnace, but are miraculously preserved. (Dn 3:19-27) Nebuchadnezzar gives glory to Jehovah. (Dn 3:28-30) Verses 1-7 In the height of the image, about thirty yards, probably is included a pedestal, and most likely it was only covered with plates of gold, not a solid mass of that precious…

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Daniel 3:4 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.

וְכָרוֹזָ֖אve.kha.ro.Za'and herald theH3744
קָרֵ֣אka.Re'[was] proclaimingH7123
בְחָ֑יִלve.Cha.yilwith powerH2429
לְכ֤וֹןle.Khonto you
אָֽמְרִין֙'a.me.Rin[they are] sayingH560
עַֽמְמַיָּ֔א'a.mai.Ya'peoples OH5972
אֻמַּיָּ֖א'u.mai.Ya'<the> nationsH524
וְלִשָּׁנַיָּֽא\׃ve.li.sha.nai.Ya'and <the> languagesH3961

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

Cross references for Daniel 3:4

  • Daniel 6:25

    Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.

  • Daniel 4:1

    Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.

  • Micah 6:16

    For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

  • Daniel 4:14

    He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:

  • Hosea 5:11

    Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

  • Proverbs 9:13-15

    A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, To call passengers who go right on their ways:

  • Isaiah 40:9

    O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!

  • Esther 8:9

    Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

  • Isaiah 58:1

    Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
aloud. Chal. with might.
4:14; Pr 9:13-15; Isa 40:9; 58:1
it is commanded. Chal. they command.
Ho 5:11; Mic 6:16
O people.
4:1; 6:25; Es 8:9

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Context

  • Daniel 3:3

    Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

  • Daniel 3:4

    Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,

  • Daniel 3:5

    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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Daniel 3:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y el pregonero pregonaba en alta voz: Mándase á vosotros, oh pueblos, naciones, y lenguas,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et un héraut cria avec force: Il vous est ordonné, peuples, peuplades, et langues:
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und der Herold rief mit Macht: Euch wird befohlen, ihr Völker, Völkerschaften und Sprachen:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et præco clamabat valenter: Vobis dicitur populis, tribubus, et linguis: