Daniel 3:1
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
KJV
Nabuchodonosor rex fecit statuam auream, altitudine cubitorum sexaginta, latitudine cubitorum sex, et statuit eam in campo Dura, provinciæ Babylonis.
Vulgate
Ἔτους ὀκτωκαιδεκάτου Ναβουχοδονοσὸρ βασιλεὺς διοικῶν πόλεις καὶ χώρας καὶ πάντας τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἀπὸ Ἰνδικῆς ἕως Αἰθιοπίας ἐποίησεν εἰκόνα χρυσῆν, τὸ ὕψος αὐτῆς πηχῶν ἑξήκοντα, καὶ τὸ πλάτος αὐτῆς πηχῶν ἕξ· καὶ ἔστησεν αὐτὴν ἐν πεδίῳ τοῦ περιβόλου χώρας Βαβυλωνίας.
LXX
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
ASV
נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֗/א עֲבַד֙ צְלֵ֣ם דִּֽי דְהַ֔ב רוּמֵ/הּ֙ אַמִּ֣ין שִׁתִּ֔ין פְּתָיֵ֖/הּ אַמִּ֣ין שִׁ֑ת אֲקִימֵ/הּ֙ בְּ/בִקְעַ֣ת דּוּרָ֔א בִּ/מְדִינַ֖ת בָּבֶֽל
Hebrew
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16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers Hezekiah's reforms and Sennacherib's invasion, the reigns of Manasseh and Josiah, the fall of Jerusalem to Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC, the destruction of Solomon's Temple, the exile to Babylon, and the career of the prophet Daniel. Josephus explicitly cites Isaiah's prophecy of Cyrus and Daniel's prophecies, calling Daniel one of the greatest prophets.
1. All these things were fulfilled in us, when we saw with our own eyes the houses of prayer thrown down to the very foundations, and the Divine and Sacred Scriptures committed to the flames in the midst of the market-places, and the shepherds of the churches basely hidden here and there, and some of them captured ignominiously, and mocked by their enemies. When also, according…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 12:28 — Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egyp
- 2Kgs 19:17 — Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
- Acts 17:29 — Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
- Acts 19:26 — Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
- Dan 2:31 — Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
- Dan 2:48 — Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
- Dan 3:14 — Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
- Dan 5:23 — But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and
- Deut 7:25 — The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the L
- Exod 20:23 — Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
- Exod 32:2 — And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
- Exod 32:31 — And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
- Hab 2:19 — Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
- Hab 2:19 — Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
- Hos 8:4 — They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
- Isa 2:20 — In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
- Isa 30:22 — Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence
- Isa 40:19 — The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
- Isa 41:6 — They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.
- Isa 46:6 — They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
- Jer 10:9 — Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning m
- Jer 16:20 — Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
- Ps 115:4 — Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
- Ps 135:15 — The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
- Zech 10:9 — And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.