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Parallel DAN 3:17

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) If that’s what happens to us, the god that we serve is able to rescue us from the blazing fire and from your punishment. He will save us, your majesty.OET logo mark

OET-LV If there is_our_of_god whom we are_paying_reverence is_being_able to_deliver_us from the_furnace_of the_fire (the)_burning and_from your(pl)_of_hand Oh/the_king he_will_deliver.
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UHB הֵ֣ן אִיתַ֗י אֱלָהַ֨⁠נָא֙ דִּֽי־אֲנַ֣חְנָא פָֽלְחִ֔ין יָכִ֖ל לְ⁠שֵׁיזָבוּתַ֑⁠נָא מִן־אַתּ֨וּן נוּרָ֧⁠א יָקִֽדְתָּ֛⁠א וּ⁠מִן־יְדָ֥⁠ךְ מַלְכָּ֖⁠א יְשֵׁיזִֽב׃ ‡
   (hēn ʼītay ʼₑlāha⁠nāʼ diy-ʼₐnaḩnāʼ fāləḩin yākil lə⁠shēyzāⱱūta⁠nāʼ min-ʼattūn nūrā⁠ʼ yāqidtā⁠ʼ ū⁠min-yədā⁠k malkā⁠ʼ yəshēyziⱱ.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX No BrLXX DAN book available

BrTr No BrTr DAN book available

ULT If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire, and he will rescue us out of your hand, O king.

UST If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God whom we worship is able to rescue us. Sir, he will rescue us from your power.

BSB If the God whom we serve exists, then He is able[fn] to deliver us from the blazing fiery furnace and from your hand, O king.

3:17 Or If this be so, then the God whom we serve is able

MSB (Same as BSB above including footnotes)

OEB No OEB DAN book available

WEBBE If 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.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET If our God whom we are serving exists, he is able to rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire, and he will rescue us, O king, from your power as well.

LSV Behold, it is; our God whom we are serving, is able to deliver us from a burning fiery furnace; and from your hand, O king, He delivers.

FBV “If our God whom we serve so wishes, he is able to rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire. He will save us from your power, Your Majesty.

T4T If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God whom we worship is able to rescue us. Sir, he will rescue us from your power.

LEB ⌊If it is so⌋,[fn] our God, whom we serve, is able to rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire. And from your hand, O king, let him rescue us.

3:17 Literally “If there is”

BBE If 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.

Moff There is a God able to save us, the God whom we serve, able to save us from the burning furnace and from your power, O king.

JPS If our God whom we serve is able to deliver us, He will deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and out of thy hand, O king.

ASV 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 thy hand, O king.

DRA For behold our God, whom we worship, is able to save us from the furnace of burning fire, and to deliver us out of thy hands, O king.

YLT Lo, 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.

Drby If it be [so], our [fn]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.

3.17 Elohim

RV 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.
   (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/your hand, Oh king. )

SLT If it is, our God whom we served will be able to deliver us from the furnace of flaming fire, and from thy hand, O king, he will deliver us.

Wbstr If 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.

KJB-1769 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.
   (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/your hand, Oh king. )

KJB-1611 If it be so, our God whom wee serue, is able to deliuer vs from the burning fierie furnace, and he will deliuer vs out of thine hand, O king.
   (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps Beholde, our God whom we serue, is able to deliuer vs from the hot firie fornace: and he wil deliuer vs out of thy hande O king.
   (Behold, our God whom we serve, is able to deliver us from the hot fiery furnace: and he will deliver us out of thy/your hand Oh king.)

Gnva Beholde, our God whom we serue, is able to deliuer vs from the hote fierie fornace, and hee will deliuer vs out of thine hand, O King.
   (Behold, our God whom we serve, is able to deliver us from the hot fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine/your hand, Oh King. )

Cvdl oure God whom we serue, is able to kepe vs from the hote burnynge ouen (O kynge) and can right wel delyuer vs out off thy hondes.
   (our God whom we serve, is able to keep us from the hot burning oven (Oh king) and can right well deliver us out off thy/your hands.)

Wycl For whi oure God, whom we worschipen, mai rauysche vs fro the chymenei of fier brennynge, and mai delyuere fro thin hondis, thou kyng.
   (For why our God, whom we worshipen, may ravish/seize us from the chimney of fire burning, and may deliver from thine/your hands, thou/you king.)

Luth Siehe, unser GOtt, den wir ehren, kann uns wohl erretten aus dem glühenden Ofen, dazu auch von deiner Hand erretten.
   (See/Look, our God, the we/us honour(v), can us/to_us/ourselves probably/well save/rescue out_of to_him glowingn oven, to_that/in_addition also from your(s) hand save/rescue.)

ClVg Ecce enim Deus noster, quem colimus, potest eripere nos de camino ignis ardentis, et de manibus tuis, o rex, liberare.
   (Behold because God our, which colimus, can rescuere us from/about camino fire ardentis, and from/about hands yours, o king, to_free. )

HAP Hebrew accents and phrasing: See Allan Johnson's Hebrew accents and phrasing analysis.
TSN Tyndale Study Notes:

3:1-30 Nebuchadnezzar’s megalomania, perhaps encouraged by the vision of ch 2, inspired him to construct a gilded statue and demand that everyone in his empire worship it. He had not learned the lesson that God cannot be captured in any created thing. The three young Hebrews refused to worship it as a god. They were faithful to the Lord, and the Lord rescued them from the king’s wrath.

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 3:1–30: God delivered Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego from the fiery furnace

This is the only chapter in the book of Daniel where the author does not refer to Daniel himself. Scholars have debated why this might be. Possibly he was traveling somewhere else in the empire on the king’s business at this time.

The author wrote Daniel 3 in the Aramaic language. These Notes usually follow the Aramaic found in the Masoretic Text (MT). The early Greek translation of Daniel 3 is somewhat different from the Aramaic. The Greek translation includes two stories that are not in the MT. The first is called “The Prayer of Azariah” (3:24–45). The second is called “The Song of the Three Young Men” (3:50–90). These two stories are connected by a short paragraph (3:46–50). Most English versions do not include these two stories. The NJB, however, does include them. As a result the verse numbers in the NJB are different from those of most other English versions.

In some other places the Greek text of Daniel 3 differs from the Aramaic of the Masoretic Text. For example, the Greek text includes a date in 3:1 that is not in the MT. Scholars have different views on why the two texts differ. It is possible that the Greek versions may have translated from a different Aramaic original. The Notes will discuss the differences between the two texts for certain important passages.

Outline: This chapter can be divided into four parts:

1. Setting: Nebuchadnezzar commanded all his officials of Babylon to come and worship the golden image that he had set up. (3:1–7)

2. Problem: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to bow down and worship the image. The king threatened to kill them, but they still refused. (3:8–18)

3. Action: The king ordered his soldiers to throw the three young men into the furnace. (3:19–23)

4. Result/Outcome: God delivered the three young men from the furnace, and Nebuchadnezzar gave honor to God. (3:24–30)

The author gave prominence to Daniel 3:16–18, when the three young men proclaimed that they trusted in God to rescue them. If you have a way in your language to mark this section as important, you should use do that here

Headings:

The Notes interpret Daniel 3:1–30 as a one unit with one heading. However, in some languages it may be helpful to divide this chapter into more than one unit and to give each unit a separate heading. The following are some examples of how English versions divide the chapter into units and the headings they give for each unit:

  1. Some versions have one heading. For example:

    1. “The Image of Gold and the Fiery Furnace” (NIV)

    2. “The Fiery Furnace” (REB)

    3. “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego Refuse to Worship an Idol” (GW)

2. Some have two headings:

  1. “The Golden Image” (NRSV, 3:1–18)

    • “Nebuchadnezzar’s Gold Statue” (NLT, 3:1–18)

  2. “The Fiery Furnace” (NRSV, 3:19–30)

    • “The Blazing Furnace” (NLT, 3:19–30)

3. The GNT has four headings:

  1. “Nebuchadnezzar Commands Everyone to Worship a Gold Statue” (3:1–7)

  2. “Daniel’s Three Friends Are Accused of Disobedience” (3:8–18)

  3. “Daniel’s Three Friends Are Sentenced to Death” (3:19–25)

  4. “The Three Men Are Released and Promoted” (3:26–30)

Special Translation Problems:

  1. Lists: The author liked to use lists. He repeated these lists throughout the chapter. For example:

    1. the list of the names of officials (3:2, 3, 27)

    2. the list of musical instruments (3:5, 7, 10, 15)

    3. the phrase: “peoples, nations, and languages” (3:4, 29)

  2. Repetition: The author also liked to repeat phrases throughout the narrative. Some of these phrases are:

    1. “the image that King Nebuchadnezzar set up” (3:1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 12, 14, 18)

    2. “hear the sound of the horn” (3:5, 7, 10, 15)

    3. “fall down and worship” (3:5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 15)

    4. “burning fiery furnace” (3:6, 11, 15, 17, 20, 21, 23, 26)

    5. “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego” (3:12, 13, 14, 16, 19, 20, 22, 26, 28, 29, 30)

Each language uses repetition in its own way. These notes will discuss the significance of the repetitions in Daniel. In some languages, the repetition may not be natural. If that is true in your language, you will have to consider how best to communicate the same meaning.

Paragraph 3:16–18

In this paragraph, the three men responded to the king. The paragraph does not begin with a connector. However, the relation between the two paragraphs (3:13–15; 3:16–18) is one of contrast. If you have a natural way of showing this in your language, you can use it here. For example, in English you could begin the paragraph with the connector “But…”

3:17a

If the God whom we serve exists, then He is able to deliver us from the blazing fiery furnace

(ESV:) If this be so: Scholars differ in the way they interpret the Aramaic clause that is literally “if it be so” which the ESV very literally translates as If this be so:

  1. The phrase “if it be so” means “if this is to happen,” that is, “if we are to be thrown into the furnace.” For example:

    If you throw us into the blazing furnace (NCV) (NIV, NCV, NLT, CEV, NJPS, probably KJV, NASB, RSV, ESV)

  2. The phrase “if it be so” goes with the verb phrase “able to rescue/save.” The three men responded to the question that the king asked in 3:15c (if any god would be able to save them). For example:

    If the God whom we serve is able to save us (GNT) (GNT, NRSV, NJB, GW)

  3. The phrase “if it be so” means, “if this God exists.” For example:

    If our God whom we are serving exists, he is able… (NET) (BSB, NET, possibly REB)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1). Other ways to translate this include:

if this is the situation

if this is the state of affairs

if this must happen

(ESV:) our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace: The three men were referring to Yahweh, the God of Israel. In some languages it may be natural to say:

our God whom we serve (RSV)

(ESV) our God whom we serve: The Aramaic phrase that the BSB translates as our God whom we serve means “the God we (exclusive) worship/honor.” See the Notes at 3:12d. The phrase does not imply that the speakers believed that there was more than one true God. They did acknowledge that other people, non-Jews, served other gods. These other gods were gods in name only. They were false and without power.

(ESV:) is able to deliver us: See the Notes at 3:15c. Other ways English versions say this are:

is able to save us (GNT)

is able to save us (NLT)

(ESV:) from the burning fiery furnace: The ESV translates this Aramaic phrase literally. See the Notes at 3:6.

3:17b

and from your hand, O king.

(ESV:) and he will deliver us from your hand, O king: Scholars interpret the Aramaic verb that the ESV translates as he will deliver us in two ways:

  1. It is a statement of what will happen. For example:

    He will rescue us from your power (NLT) (BSB, ESV, NIV, GNT, KJV, NASB, RSV, NJB, REB, NET, GW, NCV, NLT)

  2. It expresses a wish or prayer. For example:

    let him deliver us (NRSV) (NRSV)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1), along with the majority of English versions.

(ESV:) from your hand, O king: The ESV translates this Aramaic phrase literally. See the Notes at 2:4b and 3:12c and how you translated the reference to Nebuchadnezzar there.

(ESV:) hand: The word hand is again used as a figure of speech meaning “power.” See the Notes on the phrase “hands” at 3:15f and translate it as you did there.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

אַתּ֨וּן נוּרָ֧⁠א יָקִֽדְתָּ֛⁠א

furnace_of of,the_fire (the),burning

This is a large room filled with a hot fire. See how you translated this in [Daniel 3:6](../03/06.md).

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וּ⁠מִן־יְדָ֥⁠ךְ

and=from your(pl)_of,hand

Here “hand” refers to power to punish. Alternate translation: “and … from your punishment”

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