Daniel 3:25
From Textus Receptus
עָנֵה וְאָמַר הָא־אֲנָה חָזֵה גֻּבְרִין אַרְבְּעָה שְׁרַיִן מַהְלְכִין בְּגוֹא־נוּרָא וַחֲבָל לָא־אִיתַי בְּהוֹן וְרֵוֵהּ דִּי *רְבִיעָיָא [רְבִיעָאָה] דָּמֵה לְבַר־אֱלָהִין ס
(Masoretic Text, Bomberg Edition, 1525)
- Daniel 3:25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
(King James Version, Pure Cambridge Edition 1900)
- Daniel 3:25 He responded and said, “Behold, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.”
(King James Version 2016 Edition, 2016) - buy the revised and updated printed 2023 Edition New Testament here
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John Gill
John Gill stated in his commentary:
- And the form of the fourth is like the Son of God; many of the ancient Christian writers interpret it of Christ the Son of God, whom Nebuchadnezzar, though a Heathen prince, might have some knowledge of from Daniel and other Jews in his court, of whom he had heard them speak as a glorious Person; and this being such an one, he might conclude it was he, or one like to him; and it is highly probable it was he, since it was not unusual for him to appear in a human form, and to be present with his people, as he often is with them, and even in the furnace of affliction;to sympathize with them; to revive and comfort them; to bear them up and support them; to teach and instruct them, and at last to deliver them out of their afflictions.
New King James Version
The NKJV of 1982 reads:
- the fourth is like the Son of God".
it has a footnote that reads:
- Or a son of the gods.
English Bibles
- 1382 Forsothe Asarie stoode, and preiede thus; and he openyde his mouth in the myddis of the fier, (Wycliffe)
- 1535 He answered and sayde: lo, for all that, yet do I se foure men goinge lowse in the myddest off the fyre, and nothinge corrupte: and the fourth is like an angel to loke vpon. (Coverdale)
- 1537 He aunswered and sayde: lo, for all that, yet do I se foure men goynge lowse in the myddeste of the fyre, and nothynge corrupte: and the fourthe is lyke an angell to loke vpon. (Matthew's)
- 1539 He answered, and sayde: lo, for all that, yet do I se foure men going lowse in the myddest of the fyer, and nothynge corrupte: and the fourth is lyke the sonne of God to loke vpon. (Great Bible)
- 1560 And he answered, and said, Loe, I see foure men loose, walking in the middes of the fire, and they haue no hurt, and the forme of the fourth is like the sonne of God. (Geneva Bible)
- 1568 He aunswered & sayde: Lo, I see foure men loose, walking in the mids of ye fire, and they haue no hurt: and the fourme of the fourth is like the sonne of God
- 1611 He answered and said, Loe, I see foure men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they haue no hurt, and the forme of the fourth is like the sonne of God.
- 1769 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
- 1862 He answered and hath said, `Lo, I am seeing four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the appearance of the fourth `is' like to a son of the gods.' (Young's)
- 1833 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt: and the form of the fourth is like the son of God. (Webster's)
- 1993 He answered and said, Behold! I see four men loose, walking in the middle of the fire, and there is no harm among them. And the form of the fourth is like a son of the gods. (Green's Literal Translation)
