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Daniel 3:16

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16 Sadraque, Mesaque e Abede-Nego responderam ao rei: “Ó Nabucodonosor, não precisamos defender-nos diante de ti.

Daniel 3:16 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 3:16

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the
king
In a mild and gentle manner, without affronting his majesty, or insulting his gods, and yet without the least degree of servile fear or fawning flattery: O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter;
about worshipping the image; we are not solicitous about a choice of words, or in what manner to draw up our answer, it is ready in our mouths; we have no need to take time and consider of this matter, and think what to say, we are at a point about it: as thou art peremptory in thy will to have thine image worshipped, we are as resolute, as determined, never to worship it; so that there is no need to spend time in a debate about it; thou art come to a conclusion, and so are we: or in this matter, about the power of our God to deliver, we are not solicitous about an answer to that; we leave him to defend himself, and his own power, against such insults upon him.

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Daniel 3:16 In-Context

14 Nabucodonosor lhes disse: “É verdade, Sadraque, Mesaque e Abede-Nego, que vocês não prestam culto aos meus deuses nem adoram a imagem de ouro que mandei erguer?
15 Pois agora, quando vocês ouvirem o som da trombeta, do pífaro, da cítara, da harpa, do saltério, da flauta dupla e de toda espécie de música, se vocês se dispuserem a prostrar-se em terra e a adorar a imagem que eu fiz, será melhor para vocês. Mas, se não a adorarem, serão imediatamente atirados numa fornalha em chamas. E que deus poderá livrá-los das minhas mãos?”
16 Sadraque, Mesaque e Abede-Nego responderam ao rei: “Ó Nabucodonosor, não precisamos defender-nos diante de ti.
17 Se formos atirados na fornalha em chamas, o Deus a quem prestamos culto pode livrar-nos, e ele nos livrará das tuas mãos, ó rei.
18 Mas, se ele não nos livrar, saiba, ó rei, que não prestaremos culto aos teus deuses nem adoraremos a imagem de ouro que mandaste erguer”.
Biblia Sagrada, Nova Versão Internacional®, NVI® Copyright © 1993, 2000 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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