Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
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Gill's Exposition
Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, is it true,.... What I have heard of you, what you are charged with and accused of; surely it cannot be; so Aben Ezra and Saadiah interpret the word as we do,…
Barnes' Notes
Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true - Margin, “of purpose;” that is, have you done this intentionally? Wintle renders this, “Is it insultingly?” Jacchiades says that the word is used…
It was strange that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, would be present at this assembly, when, it is likely, they knew for what intent it was called together. Daniel, we may suppose, was absent, either…
Cambridge Bible
Is it true Probably this is right (cf. Theod. εἰ ἀληθῶς; Pesh. in truth), though it requires a slight change in the text (האזדא [see Dan 2:5; Dan 2:8] for הצדא). R.V. (with Ges.) of purpose(Hitz.,…
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