Daniel 3:4

4 et praeco clamabat valenter: Vobis dicitur populis, tribubus, et linguis:

Daniel 3:4 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 3:4

Then an herald cried aloud
That his voice might be heard all over the plain; or if it should be thought that one was not sufficient to be heard throughout, which probably was the case, and where; so great a number being assembled together, all could not hear one man, the singular may be put for the plural; and many being set in different places in the plain, and speaking different languages, might proclaim when the image was dedicated, as follows: to you it is commanded;
by the king's authority: O people, nations, and languages;
the several kingdoms, states, and provinces, that belonged to the Babylonian monarchy, and spoke different languages, as now represented by their several governors and officers; as the Armenians, Parthians, Medes, Persians

Daniel 3:4 In-Context

2 Itaque Nabuchodonosor rex misit ad congregandos satrapas, magistratus, et iudices, duces, et tyrannos, et praefectos, omnesque principes regionum, ut convenirent ad dedicationem statuae, quam erexerat Nabuchodonosor rex.

3 Tunc congregati sunt satrapae, magistratus, et iudices, duces, et tyranni, et optimates, qui erant in potestatibus constituti, et universi principes regionum ut convenirent ad dedicationem statuae, quam erexerat Nabuchodonosor rex. stabant autem in conspectu statuae, quam posuerat Nabuchodonosor rex:

4 et praeco clamabat valenter: Vobis dicitur populis, tribubus, et linguis:

5 In hora, qua audieritis sonitum tubae, et fistulae, et citharae, sambucae, et psalterii, et symphoniae, et universi generis musicorum, cadentes adorate statuam auream, quam constituit Nabuchodonosor rex.

6 Si quis autem non prostratus adoraverit, eadem hora mittetur in fornacem ignis ardentis.