18But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.


In Context

15 Now if you are ready whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music to fall down and worship the image which I have made, well: but if you don't worship, you shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that god that shall deliver you out of my hands?

16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.

17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

18 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.

19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his appearance was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.

20 He commanded certain mighty men who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

Daniel 3:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:18But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:18But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:18But if he will not, be it known to thee, O king, that we will not worship thy gods, nor adore the golden statue which thou hast set up.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:18But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:18But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image that thou hast set up.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:18But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:18But if not, be it known to thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:18But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:18And lo — not! be it known to thee, O king, that thy gods we are not serving, and to the golden image thou hast raised up we do no obeisance.'