Daniel 3:17

Schlachter Bibel

Sei es nun, daß unser Gott, dem wir dienen, uns aus dem glühenden Feuerofen befreien kann und uns von deiner Hand erretten wird, oder nicht, so sollst du wissen, o König,

Parallel Translations

Lutherbible (1912)
Siehe, unser Gott, den wir ehren, kann uns wohl erretten aus dem glühenden Ofen, dazu auch von deiner Hand erretten.

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our God: Daniel 4:35, Daniel 6:20-22, Daniel 6:27, Genesis 17:1, Genesis 18:14, 1 Samuel 17:37, 1 Samuel 17:46, Job 5:19, Job 34:29, Psalms 27:1, Psalms 27:2, Psalms 62:1-6, Psalms 73:20, Psalms 115:3, Psalms 121:5-7, Psalms 18:10, Psalms 18:11, Isaiah 12:2, Isaiah 26:3, Isaiah 26:4, Isaiah 54:14, Luke 1:37, Acts 20:24, Acts 21:13, Acts 27:20-25, Romans 8:31, Hebrews 7:25

Reciprocal: Genesis 22:14 - In Genesis 32:11 - Deliver Psalms 37:40 - the Lord Proverbs 3:25 - Be Ecclesiastes 4:12 - and a Isaiah 44:17 - Deliver me Daniel 2:18 - they would Daniel 3:15 - well Daniel 3:24 - O king Daniel 3:26 - ye servants Daniel 3:29 - amiss Daniel 5:18 - O thou Daniel 6:16 - Thy God Malachi 3:18 - between him Luke 12:4 - Be Acts 27:23 - and 1 Corinthians 10:13 - who Ephesians 3:20 - able 2 Thessalonians 1:11 - our God Revelation 7:3 - the servants

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If it be so,.... That we must be cast into the fiery furnace, as thou hast threatened:

our God whom we serve; for though they did not serve the gods of the Babylonians, they did not live without God in the world; they believed in the one true God, the God of Israel, their covenant God and Father; whom they worshipped, had an interest in, and who had and would have a regard for them: he, say they,

is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; either to prevent their being cast into it, or to preserve them unhurt in it, and to bring them safe out of it: instances of his power in other cases, such as the passage of the Israelites through the Red sea safe, when their enemies were drowned, with others, confirmed their faith in this:

and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king; they might have a well grounded hope and persuasion of deliverance, arising partly from former instances of the divine power and goodness in such like cases; and partly from the consideration of the glory of God, which would be greatly conspicuous herein; and chiefly because of the king's defiance of God, and blasphemy against him, which they had reason to believe would be taken notice of; for it does not appear that they had any foresight of certain deliverance, or any secret intimation of it to them, or a full assurance of it, as is evident by what follows:

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If it be so - Chaldee, איתי הן hên 'ı̂ythay - “so it is.” That is, “this is true, that the God whom we serve can save us.” The idea is not, as would seem in our translation, “if we are to be cast into the furnace,” but the mind is turned on the fact that the God whom they served could save them. Coverdale renders this whole passage, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we ought not to consent unto thee in this matter, for why? our God whom we serve is able to keep us,” etc.

Our God, whom we serve - Greek, “our God in the heavens, whom we serve.” This was a distinct avowal that they were the servants of the true God, and they were not ashamed to avow it, whatever might be the consequences.

Is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace - This was evidently said in reply to the question asked by the king Daniel 3:15, “Who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?” They were sure that the God whom they worshipped was able, if he should choose to do it, to save them from death. In what way they supposed he could save them is not expressed. Probably it did not occur to them that he would save them in the manner in which he actually did, but they felt that it was entirely within his power to keep them from so horrid a death if he pleased. The state of mind indicated in this verse is that of “entire confidence in God.” Their answer showed

(a) that they had no doubt of his “ability” to save them if he pleased;

(b) that they believed he would do what was best in the case; and

(c) that they were entirely willing to commit the whole case into his hands to dispose of it as he chose. Compare Isaiah 43:2.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 17. If it be so — Thou mayest cast us into the furnace; the terror of it has no effect on our minds to induce us to alter the resolution we have taken, nor shall the fire change our purpose. We serve a God who is able to deliver us. Should he not, we are equally determined; but we are satisfied that in some way or other he will deliver us out of thy hand. Thy power cannot affect us in the kingdom of our God to which we shall ascend from thy furnace, should he permit the fire to kindle upon us. "Render to Caesar the things which are Caesar's," is a maxim of Jesus Christ; but when Caesar arrogates to himself the things that are the Lord's, then, and in such cases, his authority is to be resisted. God does not desire Caesar's things; Caesar's must not have the things of God.