Daniel 3:28

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.”

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BSBPD

“Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, 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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Nebuchadnezzar spake and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Nebuchadnezzar hath answered and hath said, `Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who hath sent His messenger, and hath delivered His servants who trusted on Him, and the word of the king changed, and gave up their bodies that they might not serve nor do obeisance to any god except to their own God.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Daniel 3:28 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 9:26He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
  2. Genesis 19:15At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
  3. Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
  4. 1 Chronicles 5:20And because they cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies, and the Hagrites and all their allies were delivered into their hands. Because they put their trust in God, He answered their prayers.
  5. 2 Chronicles 20:20Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.”
  6. 2 Chronicles 32:21and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.
  7. Ezra 1:3Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.
  8. Ezra 6:11I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own house shall be made a pile of rubble for this offense.
  9. Ezra 7:23Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven must be done diligently for His house. For why should wrath fall on the realm of the king and his sons?
  10. Psalms 22:4In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.
  11. Psalms 22:5They cried out to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disappointed.
  12. Psalms 33:18Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
  13. Psalms 33:21For our hearts rejoice in Him, since we trust in His holy name.
  14. Psalms 34:7The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
  15. Psalms 34:8Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
  16. Psalms 34:22The LORD redeems His servants, and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.
  17. Psalms 62:8Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
  18. Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
  19. Psalms 103:20Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
  20. Psalms 146:5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
  21. Psalms 147:11The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
  22. Isaiah 26:3You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
  23. Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
  24. Jeremiah 17:7But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.

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