Daniel 3:18
Strong's Lexicon
But even if
וְהֵ֣ן (wə·hên)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 2006: 1) behold, if, whether

He does not,
לָ֔א ()
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3809: 1) no, not, nothing

let it
לֶהֱוֵא־ (le·hĕ·wê-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1934: 1) to come to pass, become, be 1a) (P'al) 1a1) to come to pass 1a2) to come into being, arise, become, come to be 1a2a) to let become known (with participle of knowing) 1a3) to be

be known
יְדִ֥יעַ (yə·ḏî·a‘)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3046: 1) to know 1a) (P'al) to know 1b) (Aphel) to let someone know, communicate, inform, cause to know

to you,
לָ֖ךְ (lāḵ)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew :

O king,
מַלְכָּ֑א (mal·kā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 4430: 1) king

that
דִּ֤י ()
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 1768: part of relation 1) who, which, that mark of genitive 2) that of, which belongs to, that conj 3) that, because

we will not
לָא־ (lā-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3809: 1) no, not, nothing

(אִיתַ֣נָא) (’î·ṯa·nā)
Adverb | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 383: 1) there is, there are 2) particle denoting existence

serve
פָֽלְחִ֔ין (p̄ā·lə·ḥîn)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6399: 1) to serve, worship, revere, minister for, pay reverence to 1a) (P'al) 1a1) to pay reverence to 1a2) to serve

your gods
[לאלהיך] (lê·lā·hā·yiḵ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 426: 1) god, God 1a) god, heathen deity 1b) God (of Israel)

or worship
נִסְגֻּֽד׃ (nis·guḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5457: 1) to prostrate oneself, do homage, worship 1a) (P'al) to do homage

the golden
דַּהֲבָ֛א (da·hă·ḇā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 1722: 1) gold

דִּ֥י ()
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 1768: part of relation 1) who, which, that mark of genitive 2) that of, which belongs to, that conj 3) that, because

statue
וּלְצֶ֧לֶם (ū·lə·ṣe·lem)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6755: 1) image, idol

you have set up
הֲקֵ֖ימְתָּ (hă·qê·mə·tā)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6966: 1) to arise, stand 1a) (P'al) 1a1) to arise from 1a2) to come on the scene (fig) 1a3) to arise (out of inaction) 1a4) to stand 1a5) to endure 1b) (Pael) to set up, establish 1c) (Aphel) 1c1) to set up 1c2) to lift up 1c3) to establish 1c4) to appoint 1d) (Hophal) to be made to stand

לָ֥א ()
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3809: 1) no, not, nothing

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”

Young's Literal Translation
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Holman Christian Standard Bible
But even if He does not rescue us, we want you as king to know that we will not serve your gods or worship the gold statue you set up.”

New American Standard Bible
"But [even] if [He does] not, let it be known to you, O king, that we are not going to serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up."

King James Bible
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.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up."

New Living Translation
But even if he doesn't, we want to make it clear to you, Your Majesty, that we will never serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have set up."

English Standard Version
But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”

New American Standard Bible
"But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we are not going to serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up."

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But even if He does not rescue us, we want you as king to know that we will not serve your gods or worship the gold statue you set up."

International Standard Version
But if not, rest assured, your majesty, that we won't serve your gods, and we won't worship the golden statue that you have set up."

NET Bible
But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we don't serve your gods, and we will not pay homage to the golden statue that you have erected."

American Standard Version
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.

English Revised Version
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.

Young's Literal Translation
And lo -- not! be it known to thee, O king, that thy gods we are not serving, and to the golden image thou hast raised up we do no obeisance.'
















Cross References
Hebrews 11:25
Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

Joshua 24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

1 Kings 19:14
And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

1 Kings 19:18
Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

Isaiah 51:12
I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;

Isaiah 51:13
And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

Daniel 3:28
Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

Daniel 1:1
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

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 3:16
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.

Daniel 3:15
Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
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