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Selected Verse: Daniel 3:27 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Da 3:27 |
Strong Concordance |
And the princes [0324], governors [05460], and captains [06347], and the king's [04430] counsellors [01907], being gathered together [03673], saw [02370] these [0479] men [01400], upon whose bodies [01655] the fire [05135] had no [03809] power [07981], nor [03809] was an hair [08177] of their head [07217] singed [02761], neither [03809] were their coats [05622] changed [08133], nor [03809] the smell [07382] of fire [05135] had passed [05709] on them. |
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King James |
And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
nor . . . an hair-- (Luk 12:7; Luk 21:18).
fire had no power--fulfilling Isa 43:2; compare Heb 11:34. God alone is a "consuming fire" (Heb 12:29).
nor . . . smell of fire--compare spiritually, Th1 5:22. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And the princes, governors, and captains - Notes, Dan 3:3.
And the king's counselors - Notes, Dan 3:24.
Being gathered together, saw these men - There could be no mistake about the reality of the miracle. They came out as they were cast in. There could have been no trick, no art, no legerdemain, by which they could have been preserved and restored. If the facts occurred as they are stated here, then there can be no doubt that this was a real miracle.
Upon whose bodies the fire had no power - That is, the usual power of fire on the human body was prevented.
Nor was a hair of their head singed - That which would be most likely to have burned. The design is to show that the fire had produced absolutely no effect on them.
Neither were their coats changed - On the word "coats," see the notes at Dan 3:21. The word "changed" means that there was no change caused by the fire either in their color or their texture.
Nor the smell of fire had passed on them - Not the slightest effect had been produced by the fire; not even so much as to occasion the smell caused by fire when cloth is singed or burned. Perhaps, however, sulphur or pitch had been used in heating the furnace; and the idea may be, that their preservation had been so entire, that not even the smell of the smoke caused by those combustibles could be perceived. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Upon whose bodies the fire had no power - The heathens boasted that their priests could walk on burning coals unhurt; and Virgil mentions this of the priests of Apollo of Soracte: -
Summe Deum, sancti custos Soractis Apollo!
Quem primi colimus, cui pineus ardor acervo
Pascitur; et medium, freti pietate, per ignem
Cultores multa premimus vestigia pruna.
Virg. Aen. 11:785.
O Phoebus, guardian of Soracte's woods
And shady hills; a god above the gods;
To whom our natives pay the rites divine,
And burn whole crackling groves of hallowed pine;
Walk through the fire in honor of thy name,
Unhurt, unsinged, and sacred from the flame.
Pitts.
But Varro tells us that they anointed the soles of their feet with a species of unguent that preserved them from being burnt. Very lately a female showed many feats of this kind, putting red hot iron upon her arms, breasts, etc., and passing it over her hair without the slightest inconvenience; but in the case of the three Hebrews all was supernatural, and the king and his officers well knew it. |
22 Abstain [567] from [575] all [3956] appearance [1491] of evil [4190].
29 For [2532] [1063] our [2257] God [2316] is a consuming [2654] fire [4442].
34 Quenched [4570] the violence [1411] of fire [4442], escaped [5343] the edge [4750] of the sword [3162], out of [575] weakness [769] were made strong [1743], waxed [1096] valiant [2478] in [1722] fight [4171], turned to flight [2827] the armies [3925] of the aliens [245].
2 When thou passest through [05674] the waters [04325], I will be with thee; and through the rivers [05104], they shall not overflow [07857] thee: when thou walkest [03212] through [01119] the fire [0784], thou shalt not be burned [03554]; neither shall the flame [03852] kindle [01197] upon thee.
18 But [2532] there shall not [3364] an hair [2359] of [1537] your [5216] head [2776] perish [622].
7 But [235] even the very [2532] hairs [2359] of your [5216] head [2776] are [705] all [3956] numbered [705]. Fear [5399] not [3361] therefore [3767]: ye are of more value [1308] than many [4183] sparrows [4765].
21 Then [0116] these [0479] men [01400] were bound [03729] in their coats [05622], their hosen [06361] [06361], and their hats [03737], and their other garments [03831], and were cast [07412] into the midst [01459] of the burning [03345] fiery [05135] furnace [0861].
24 Then [0116] Nebuchadnezzar [05020] the king [04430] was astonied [08429], and rose up [06966] in haste [0927], and spake [06032], and said [0560] unto his counsellors [01907], Did not [03809] we cast [07412] three [08532] men [01400] bound [03729] into the midst [01459] of the fire [05135]? They answered [06032] and said [0560] unto the king [04430], True [03330], O king [04430].
3 Then [0116] the princes [0324], the governors [05460], and captains [06347], the judges [0148], the treasurers [01411], the counsellors [01884], the sheriffs [08614], and all [03606] the rulers [07984] of the provinces [04083], were gathered together [03673] unto the dedication [02597] of the image [06755] that Nebuchadnezzar [05020] the king [04430] had set up [06966]; and they stood [06966] before [06903] the image [06755] that Nebuchadnezzar [05020] had set up [06966].