Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Daniel 3:14 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 14. 14Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
King James Version — public domain in the United States · Bible text and permissions
Quick Meaning
Daniel 3:14 develops this movement with “Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not…”.
Read It With
- Daniel 3:13–18
Read Daniel 3:14 with 3:13–18. Daniel 3:14 develops this movement with “Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not…”. The complete unit establishes this movement: The three reject idolatrous worship, confess God's ability to rescue, and remain faithful even if rescue does not occur.
Why This Verse Appears Here
3:8-12 completes “Judean Officials Are Accused”; the text now turns to “Faithful Refusal Does Not Presume Rescue.” This completes the present movement before the next larger development: The king intensifies the furnace, and the bound men are thrown into it. Within that movement: Daniel 3:14 develops this movement with “Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not…”.
What Remains True
Courage can trust God's power without manipulating God or making safety the test of faithfulness. Daniel 3:13-18 keeps that truth tied to this claim: The three reject idolatrous worship, confess God's ability to rescue, and remain faithful even if rescue does not occur. In this unit: Daniel 3:14 develops this movement with “Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not…”.
How It Can Shape Life
- Name what you cannot do, avoid boasting about the outcome, and support people whose costly conscience does not end in visible rescue. In Daniel 3:13-18, respond specifically to this movement: The three reject idolatrous worship, confess God's ability to rescue, and remain faithful even if rescue does not occur. For Daniel 3:14 specifically, keep this reviewed contribution in view: develops this movement with “Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not…”. Read it inside 3:13–18; do not convert its wording into an unsupported modern identification.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Daniel 3:13-18 — Faithful Refusal Does Not Presume RescueSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Daniel 3:13-18, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew aramaic text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Daniel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew-Aramaic wording, morphology, language boundary, names, repeated roots, clauses, and lexical controls.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Dan.xml, 3:13-18; Hebrew 1:1–2:4a and 8:1–12:13, Aramaic 2:4b–7:28
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Daniel with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level Hebrew-Aramaic, textual, historical, translation, chronology, angelic-language, and duration notes.
Exact location: NET Bible Daniel PDF, printed pp. 1648–1650, translation and translator notes on 3:13-18
Open source ↗