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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Daniel 3:16

Heb. We care not, we may not, there is no need of any answer in this case, for it is in vain for us to deliberate and debate the matter; the king is resolved to have his will of us, and we are resolved on the contrary; for to obey him in this horrid thing will be disobedience against our God to the highest.

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See also Daniel 3:16 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 16. _WE_ ARE _NOT CAREFUL_] We have no need to put thee to any farther trouble; we have made up our minds on this subject, and have our answer ready: Be it known unto thee, WE WILL NOT SERVE THY...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABED-NEGO ANSWERED AND SAID TO THE KING - They appear to have answered promptly, and without hesitation, showing that they had carefully considered the subject, and that with th...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 3 THE IMAGE OF GOLD _ 1. The image of gold (Daniel 3:1)_ 2. The faithful three (Daniel 3:8) 3. The miraculous deliverance (Daniel 3:19) 4. The worshipping king ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    DANIEL 3. THE GOLDEN IMAGE AND THE FIERY FURNACE. Nebuchadnezzar made a colossal image of gold and commanded the people to worship it. The three friends of Daniel refused to comply with the order. The...

  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    THE FIERY FURNACE.--3:16-28. GOLDEN TEXT. --_ Our God whom we serve is able to deliver its from the burning fiery furnace._ -- Daniel 3:17. TIME. --B. C. 587. PLACE. --Plain of Dura, near Babylon. HEL...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ANSWERED AND SAID. See note on Deuteronomy 1:41. ARE NOT CAREFUL. do not account it needful....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The accusation brought against the three Jewish youths, and their answer to the king....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    are _not careful_ HAVE NO NEED (R.V.)....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    c. PROFESSION OF DEDICATION TEXT: Daniel 3:13-18 13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king. 14 N...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABED-NEGO, ANSWERED ... O NEBUCHADNEZZAR,...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    _ARE_ NOT CAREFUL] RV 'have no need.' 17. If it be so, etc.] read, 'If our God.. is able.. he will deliver us.' The words do not really question God's power, but mean rather, 'If our God sees fit,' e...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE GOLDEN IMAGE AND THE FIERY FURNACE Nebuchadnezzar sets up a colossal golden image, and summons to its dedication all the officials of his empire, who are commanded to fall down and worship the ima...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 3 V1 King Nebuchadnezzar set up a gold image. It was 30 metres high and 3 metres wide. He set it up on the plain called Dura, in the d...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    O NEBUCHADNEZZAR. — They mention the king by name, so as to make their address correspond with his (Daniel 3:14). His attention would in this way be directed to the strong antithesis between his state...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    עֲנֹ֗ו שַׁדְרַ֤ךְ מֵישַׁךְ֙ וַ עֲבֵ֣ד נְגֹ֔ו וְ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE IDOL OF GOLD, AND THE FAITHFUL THREE REGARDED as an instance of the use of historic fiction to inculcate the noblest truths, the third chapter of Daniel is not only superb in its imaginative gran...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    LOYALTY SEVERELY TESTED Daniel 3:1-18 The king, at the close of the foregoing chapter, acknowledged the supremacy of Daniel's God, yet here he erects an image to Bel and to himself, demanding divine...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The next story is of the pride of Nebuchadnezzar in setting up in the plain of Dura a great golden image. This may have been connected with the interpretation of the dream Daniel had given. The head o...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we (g) [are] not careful to answer thee in this matter. (g) For they would have done injury to God, if they would hav...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    There needs no comment on these verses, only to observe, that the dreadful fury of the enemies of God and of his Christ, have been always the same, as in the instance of this man. Reader! have you nev...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    In this history it; is necessary to observe with what unbroken spirit these three holy men persisted in the fear of God, though they knew they were in danger of instant death. When, therefore, this ki...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    After this general picture, we have, historically, the characteristic features of these empires, marking the condition into which they fall, through their departure from God-primarily and principally...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO, ANSWERED AND SAID TO THE KING,.... In a mild and gentle manner, without affronting his majesty, or insulting his gods, and yet without the least degree of servile fear...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we [are] not careful to answer thee in this matter. Ver. 16. _Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered._] With a hero...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Shadrach, Meshach, &c., said, We are not careful to answer thee_, &c. In so plain a case there is no room for deliberation: we have an answer ready at hand, that _we ought to obey God rather than man...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, the directness of their address giving added emphasis to their statement, WE ARE NOT CAREFUL TO ANSWER THEE IN THIS MA...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE THREE MEN LOYAL TO JEHOVAH...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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 s...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Daniel 3:16 Shadrach H7715 Meshach H4336 Abed-Nego H5665 answered H6032 (H8754) said H560 (H8750) king H4430 Nebuchadne

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘Shadrach. Meshach and Abednego answered, “We have no need with respect to this matter to set up a defence before you. If it is to be so our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fi...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Daniel 3:16 I. We can scarcely sufficiently admire the answer of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. There is an independence of speech in it which, when we consider the circumstances in which the speake...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Daniel 3 I. We have here a specimen of religious intolerance. II. We see here how religious intolerance is to be met. These three young men simply refused to do what Nebuchadnezzar commanded, or, in...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Pride of Nebuchadnezzar and his punishment. The image of gold. The three Jews refuse to worship the image. Fiery furnace proven harmless. The king convinced. CHARACTERS: God, Nebuchadnezzar...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Daniel 3:1. _An image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits._ As the breadth of this image was only six cubits, which is four short of the human proportion, it is conjectured that the pedestal w...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _They serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up._ THE GOLDEN IMAGE In last chapter we read of an image which Nebuchadnezzar saw in vision. In this chapter our attention...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 3:1 Nebuchadnezzar commands all peoples under his rule to worship a golden image. Daniel’s friends refuse, out of loyalty to their God. When God delivers them from the fiery furn...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _HOMILETICS_ SECT. XIII.—THE FIERY FURNACE (Chap. Daniel 3:8) God has never left Himself without a witness. An Enoch and a Noah found on the eve of the Flood; an Abraham in Chaldea, and a Lot in Sodo...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION DANIEL 3:1 THE GOLDEN IMAGE, AND THE FIERY FURNACE. DANIEL 3:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose heigh

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter 3 we find Nebuchadnezzar defying the revelation of God. Remember in his dream he saw the image with the head of gold, "thou art the head of gold," but it had a chest of silver for the B...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 5:7; Acts 24:10; Acts 4:19; Acts 4:8; Acts 5:29;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S IMAGE OF GOLD Daniel 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Daniel in Babylon. (1) How Daniel came to be in Babylon. When Jerusalem was taken captive by Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel and the three Heb...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    We are not careful — Heb. We care not: there is no need of any answer in this case for it is in vain for us to debate the matter; the king is resolved to have his will of us, and we are resolved on th...

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