complete verse (Daniel 3:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 3:14:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then he asked (them), ‘Is it true what I have been told that you do not want/accept to bow to that golden thing I set up and you do not worship/kneel to what I worship/pray to?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Nebuchadnezzar asked them, "O Shadrach, Meshech and Abednego, I have heard that you do not worship [lit.: do puja to] my gods and that you also did not pay reverence, lying prostrate before the image of gold that I set up. What! Is this actually true?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When- they -arrived the king asked them, ‘(Is-it) true that you (plur.) do- not -serve my gods and you (plur.) do- not -worship the statue of gold which I had-set-up/erected?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Nebuchadnezzar said to them, ‘Is it true that you three men have refused to worship my gods or the gold statue that I have set up?” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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