Daniel 3 — The golden image; the Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Young Men — Hebrew, Aramaic and Old Greek compared
Disparate in this chapter: 3:18
Each card keeps the independently rendered source readings above their shared comparison and reception notes. The badge records the source’s governing classification; disparate readings are marked in red. Each reading retains its original reference.
Daniel 3 — The golden image; the Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Young Men
Source texts for Daniel 3: Hebrew / Aramaic
Source texts for Daniel 3: Old Greek
Verse 3:1 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:1] King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden image, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide. He set it up on the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:1] In the eighteenth year, King Nebuchadnezzar, who administered cities and countries and all who inhabited the earth from India to Ethiopia, made a golden image, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide. He set it up on the plain of the enclosure in the country of Babylonia.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek adds the eighteenth year and the empire’s extent, and describes an enclosure rather than naming Dura. Both retain sixty by six cubits.
Verse 3:2 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:2] King Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather the satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:2] Nebuchadnezzar, king of kings and lord of the whole inhabited world, sent to gather all the nations, tribes, and languages, satraps, generals, district governors, consuls, administrators, those holding authority in each country, and everyone throughout the inhabited world, to come to the dedication of the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek expands the royal titles and summons to peoples throughout the world. The two administrative lists also differ; the ancient offices are not treated as identical.
Verse 3:3 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:3] Then the satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the rulers of the provinces gathered for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. They stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:3] Those previously listed stood opposite the image.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Aramaic repeats the official list and dedication setting; Greek compresses them into a reference to those already listed.
Verse 3:4 Different
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:4] The herald proclaimed loudly, “You are commanded, peoples, nations, and languages:
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:4] The herald proclaimed to the crowds, “You are commanded, nations and countries, peoples and languages:
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek addresses crowds and adds countries; Aramaic explicitly describes the herald’s loud voice.
Verse 3:5 Different
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:5] when you hear the sound of horn, pipe, lyre, sambuca, psaltery, symphonia, and every kind of music, fall down and bow to the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:5] when you hear the sound of trumpet, panpipe, kithara, sambuca, psaltery, symphonia, and every kind of musical instrument, fall down and bow to the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: The lists closely correspond but use distinct names for the wind and string instruments. Symphonia is retained provisionally: its identification as a particular instrument or an ensemble is uncertain.
Verse 3:6 Similar
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:6] Whoever does not fall down and bow will that very hour be thrown into the blazing furnace.”
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:6] Whoever does not fall down and bow, they will throw him into the blazing furnace.”
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The penalty agrees; Aramaic specifies the same hour, while Greek leaves the agents indefinite.
Verse 3:7 Different
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:7] Therefore, when all the peoples heard the sound of horn, pipe, lyre, sambuca, psaltery, and every kind of music, all the peoples, nations, and languages fell down and bowed to the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:7] At that time, when all the nations heard the sound of the trumpet and every musical sound, all the nations, tribes, and languages fell down and bowed to the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up before him.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Aramaic repeats five named instruments, without symphonia here. Greek abbreviates the music and adds before him; its tribes correspond to Aramaic’s peoples.
Verse 3:8 Same
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:8] At that time some Chaldean men came forward and denounced the Jews.
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:8] At that time Chaldean men came forward and accused the Jews.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both introduce the Chaldean accusation. Aramaic’s idiom about eating their pieces conveys denunciation rather than literal consumption.
Verse 3:9 Similar
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:9] They answered and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live forever!
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:9] They spoke and said, “My lord king, live forever!
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek includes my lord in the greeting; Aramaic names Nebuchadnezzar as its recipient.
Verse 3:10 Different
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:10] You, O king, have issued a decree that everyone who hears the sound of horn, pipe, lyre, sambuca, psaltery, symphonia, and every kind of music must fall down and bow to the golden image.
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:10] You, O king, commanded and decreed that everyone who hears the trumpet and every musical sound must fall down and bow to the golden image.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Aramaic repeats the full instrument list; Greek abbreviates it and uses two verbs for the royal command.
Verse 3:11 Same
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:11] Whoever does not fall down and bow is to be thrown into the blazing furnace.
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:11] Whoever does not fall down and bow will be thrown into the blazing furnace.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The accusers repeat the same penalty in both texts.
Verse 3:12 Different
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:12] There are Jewish men whom you appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men have paid no regard to you, O king. They do not serve your gods or bow to the golden image you set up.”
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:12] There are certain Jewish men whom you appointed over the country of Babylonia—Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago. Those men have not feared your command; they have not served your idol or bowed to your golden image that you set up.”
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Aramaic speaks of disregard for the king and his gods; Greek speaks of not fearing his command and uses the singular idol.
Verse 3:13 Same
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:13] Then Nebuchadnezzar, in fury and anger, ordered Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego brought in. These men were brought before the king.
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:13] Then Nebuchadnezzar, angered with wrath, ordered Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago brought in. The men were brought to the king.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The royal anger, command, and presentation of the three men correspond.
Verse 3:14 Different
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:14] Nebuchadnezzar answered and said to them, “Is it deliberate, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods or bow to the golden image I set up?
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:14] When King Nebuchadnezzar saw them, he said to them, “Why, Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago, do you not serve my gods or bow to the golden image I set up?
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Aramaic’s disputed opening hatseda is provisionally deliberate, also understood as asking whether the report is true. Greek directly asks why and adds that the king saw them.
Verse 3:15 Different
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:15] Now, if you are ready, when you hear the sound of horn, pipe, lyre, sambuca, psaltery, symphonia, and every kind of music, to fall down and bow to the image I made—but if you do not bow, you will that very hour be thrown into the blazing furnace. What god can rescue you from my hands?”
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:15] Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the trumpet and every musical sound, to fall down and bow to the golden image I set up—but if not, know that unless you bow, you will immediately be thrown into the blazing furnace. What god will rescue you from my hands?”
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Both leave the favorable condition’s result unstated and threaten immediate punishment. Greek abbreviates the music and adds know, golden, and an explicit repetition of refusal.
Verse 3:16 Similar
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:16] Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, “Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you about this matter.
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:16] Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago answered King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, we have no need to answer you concerning this command.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The refusal to offer a defense agrees. Aramaic addresses Nebuchadnezzar by name; Greek addresses him as king and calls the matter a command.
Verse 3:17 Different
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:17] If that is so, our God whom we serve is able to rescue us from the blazing furnace, and from your hand, O king, He will rescue us.
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:17] For there is a God in the heavens, our one Lord, whom we fear, who is able to rescue us from the furnace of fire; and from your hands, O king, He will rescue us.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Aramaic’s compressed conditional opening is provisionally if that is so; its exact construction remains disputed. Greek explicitly locates God in the heavens and calls Him our one Lord, using fear where Aramaic has serve.
Verse 3:18 Disparate
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:18] But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or bow to the golden image you set up.”
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:18] Then it will be plain to you that we neither serve your idol nor bow to your golden image that you set up.”
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Aramaic maintains refusal even if deliverance does not occur. Greek presents their refusal as something the king will then recognize, without the if not condition; its idol is singular.
Verse 3:19 Similar
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:19] Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury, and the expression of his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was ordinarily heated.
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:19] Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury, and the appearance of his face changed. He ordered the furnace heated seven times beyond what it needed to be heated.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Both intensify the furnace sevenfold. Aramaic names the three men as the objects of his changed expression; Greek omits that phrase.
Verse 3:20 Similar
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:20] He ordered mighty men of strength in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and throw them into the blazing furnace.
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:20] He ordered the strongest men in his force to bind Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago hand and foot and throw them into the blazing furnace.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The command and victims agree. Greek’s superlative and binding verb emphasize the men’s strength and the prisoners’ restraint.
Verse 3:21 Different
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:21] Then these men were bound in their trousers, tunics, caps, and garments and thrown into the blazing furnace.
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:21] Then those men were bound hand and foot, wearing their footwear and the tiaras on their heads, together with their clothing, and were thrown into the furnace.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek explicitly has footwear and tiaras. The Aramaic garment terms sarbal, pattish, and karbela are rendered provisionally; their precise ancient forms are uncertain and are not replaced by the Greek list.
Verse 3:22 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:22] Because the king’s command was urgent and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of fire killed the men who carried Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego up.
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:22] Because the king’s command was urgent and the furnace had been heated seven times beyond its earlier heat, the appointed men bound them hand and foot, brought them to the furnace, and threw them into it.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Aramaic reports the escorts’ death here; Greek delays that event to its next verse and repeats the sevenfold heat and casting in.
Verse 3:23 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:23] These three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell bound into the blazing furnace.
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:23] The flame came out of the furnace and burned and killed the men who had bound Azariah and his companions; but they themselves were preserved.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek places the guards’ death here and explicitly preserves the prisoners, whom it now identifies by Azariah’s Hebrew name. Aramaic describes the three men falling bound into the furnace.
Verse 3:24 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:24] Thus Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael prayed and sang to the Lord when the king ordered them thrown into the furnace.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek begins the prayer and song addition, using the three men’s Hebrew names. Aramaic moves directly from their fall to the king’s astonishment.
Verse 3:25 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:25] Azariah stood and prayed in this way. Opening his mouth, he gave thanks to the Lord together with his companions amid the fire, while the Chaldeans were fiercely stoking the furnace. They said:
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek introduces Azariah’s prayer with his companions, the continuing stoking, and a plural they said. This narrative bridge is absent here in Aramaic.
Verse 3:26 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:26] “Blessed are You, Lord, God of our fathers; Your name is praised and glorified forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: The Greek prayer opens with blessing of the ancestral God and His name; no paired Aramaic prayer occurs here.
Verse 3:27 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:27] For You are righteous in everything You have done to us; all Your works are true, Your ways upright, and all Your judgments true.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek confesses the justice of God’s acts, ways, and judgments as part of the additional prayer.
Verse 3:28 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:28] You have carried out judgments of truth in everything You brought upon us and upon Your holy city, our fathers’ Jerusalem. For in truth and judgment You did all these things because of our sins.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek explicitly includes Jerusalem and attributes the calamities to the people’s sins; the Aramaic furnace narrative has no such prayer unit.
Verse 3:29 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:29] For we have sinned in everything and acted lawlessly by departing from You. We have sinned in everything and have not obeyed the commands of Your law.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek repeats the confession of sin in everything and names the commands of God’s law. The meaningful repetition is retained.
Verse 3:30 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:30] We have neither kept nor done what You commanded us, so that it might go well with us.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: This Greek continuation joins disobedience to the commands’ intended benefit; no Aramaic counterpart is supplied.
Verse 3:31 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:31] And now, everything You have brought upon us and everything You have done to us, You have done in true judgment.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek repeats the acknowledgment of true judgment in both what God brought and what He did.
Verse 3:32 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:32] You handed us over to our enemies, lawless and most hateful apostates, and to an unjust king, the most wicked in all the earth.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: The Greek prayer describes both enemies and king in moral terms; this assessment has no counterpart in the Aramaic account at this position.
Verse 3:33 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:33] Now we cannot open our mouths; shame and reproach have come upon Your servants and those who revere You.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek voices the worshippers’ humiliation and inability to speak, within its additional prayer.
Verse 3:34 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:34] Do not hand us over utterly, for Your name’s sake; do not dissolve Your covenant.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek appeals to the divine name and covenant against complete abandonment; Aramaic contains no paired petition here.
Verse 3:35 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:35] Do not remove Your mercy from us, for the sake of Abraham, beloved by You, and Isaac Your servant, and Israel Your holy one,
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek distinguishes Abraham as beloved, Isaac as servant, and Israel as holy one. These titles are preserved separately.
Verse 3:36 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:36] as You spoke to them, saying that You would multiply their descendants like the stars of heaven and the sand along the shore of the sea.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: The additional Greek prayer recalls the promised multiplication with both stars and sand imagery.
Verse 3:37 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:37] For, Master, we have been diminished beyond all nations, and today we are lowly throughout the earth because of our sins.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek addresses God as Master and contrasts the promise with the people’s present diminished state.
Verse 3:38 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:38] At this time there is no ruler or prophet or leader, no burnt offering or sacrifice or offering or incense, no place to offer produce before You and find mercy.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lists lost leadership and forms and location of worship. The distinct offerings and the absence of a place are not compressed into a general statement.
Verse 3:39 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:39] But with a crushed soul and humbled spirit may we be accepted, as with burnt offerings of rams and bulls, and as with tens of thousands of fat lambs.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek asks for acceptance with inner contrition, using the explicit sacrificial comparisons and quantity. This is an addition, not a translated Aramaic verse.
Verse 3:40 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:40] So may our sacrifice be before You today; and be propitious—“behind You”; for there is no shame for those who trust in You; and bring to completion—“behind You.”
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: The selected Greek preserves both difficult clauses, kai exilasai opisthen sou and kai teleiosai opisthen sou, separated by the assurance about trust. The quoted behind You phrases mark unresolved syntax; the surrounding tentative glosses do not establish who completes what. No clause is deleted or silently replaced by another recension’s smoother wording. Specialist textual and grammatical review is required.
Verse 3:41 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:41] Now we follow with our whole heart; we fear You and seek Your face. Do not put us to shame,
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek resumes with explicit following, fear, and seeking God’s face; these clear verbs are distinguished from the preceding unresolved clauses.
Verse 3:42 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:42] but deal with us according to Your gentleness and the abundance of Your mercy.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: The Greek petition appeals to gentleness and abundant mercy, with no Aramaic prayer counterpart.
Verse 3:43 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:43] Rescue us according to Your wondrous deeds, and give glory to Your name, Lord.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek links rescue to God’s wonders and the glory of His name.
Verse 3:44 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:44] May all who inflict evil on Your servants be ashamed; may they be humiliated out of all their power, and may their strength be crushed.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek prays for the oppressors’ shame and loss of strength; the multiple petitions are retained.
Verse 3:45 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:45] Let them know that You alone are Lord, God, glorious over the whole inhabited world.”
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek ends this prayer by asking for recognition of God’s unique lordship and worldwide glory.
Verse 3:46 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:46] The king’s servants who threw them in did not stop heating the furnace. When they threw the three together into the furnace, the furnace was sevenfold ablaze in its heat. When they threw them in, those casting them were above them, while others stoked beneath them with naphtha, tow, pitch, and vine brushwood.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek supplies a detailed furnace description, repeats the casting and sevenfold heat, distinguishes workers above and below, and names four fuels.
Verse 3:47 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:47] The flame spread above the furnace for forty-nine cubits.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: The Greek addition specifies the flame’s extent in cubits; the quantity is not converted or omitted.
Verse 3:48 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:48] It spread out and burned those Chaldeans whom it found around the furnace.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek describes the flame reaching the surrounding Chaldeans, beyond its earlier account of the men who bound the prisoners.
Verse 3:49 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:49] An angel of the Lord descended into the furnace together with Azariah and his companions and shook the flame of fire out of the furnace.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek explicitly introduces the Lord’s angel and his action against the flame within the addition.
Verse 3:50 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:50] He made the middle of the furnace like a dew-laden breeze whistling through. The fire did not touch them at all; it neither distressed nor troubled them.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek preserves the unusual image of a whistling, dew-laden breeze and the threefold denial of harm.
Verse 3:51 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:51] Then the three took up the song as with one mouth, singing hymns, glorifying, blessing, and exalting God in the furnace, saying:
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek introduces the common song with four praise verbs and the image of one mouth.
Verse 3:52 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:52] “Blessed are You, Lord, God of our fathers, praised and highly exalted forever. Blessed is the holy name of Your glory, exceedingly praised and highly exalted through all ages.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek blesses both God and His holy name, preserving the song’s intensified praise language.
Verse 3:53 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:53] Blessed are You in the temple of Your holy glory, exceedingly hymned and exceedingly glorious forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: This Greek blessing names the temple of holy glory; the paired Aramaic account has no song unit.
Verse 3:54 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:54] Blessed are You upon the throne of Your kingdom, hymned and highly exalted forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek turns to the divine throne and kingdom within its song.
Verse 3:55 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:55] Blessed are You who look upon the depths, seated upon cherubim, praised and glorified forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek combines sight of the depths with enthronement upon cherubim. Both images remain explicit.
Verse 3:56 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:56] Blessed are You in the firmament, hymned and glorified forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek names the firmament without an added of heaven phrase in this selected text.
Verse 3:57 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:57] All works of the Lord, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek begins the repeated summons to creation. The recurring praise refrain is translated in every source verse.
Verse 3:58 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:58] Angels of the Lord, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek summons the Lord’s angels and repeats the complete refrain.
Verse 3:59 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:59] Heavens, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: The Greek summons addresses the heavens in the plural.
Verse 3:60 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:60] All waters above heaven, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek specifies the waters above heaven, rather than waters generally.
Verse 3:61 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:61] All powers of the Lord, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek addresses all the Lord’s powers; the term is retained without imposing a particular hierarchy.
Verse 3:62 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:62] Sun and moon, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek joins the two heavenly lights in the repeated summons.
Verse 3:63 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:63] Stars of heaven, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek turns from sun and moon to the stars, retaining their relation to heaven.
Verse 3:64 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:64] All rain and dew, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek names rain and dew as distinct subjects of praise.
Verse 3:65 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:65] All winds, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek pneumata is rendered winds in this weather sequence; the same noun has the contextual sense spirits in verse eighty-six.
Verse 3:66 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:66] Fire and heat, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek summons fire and heat within the very furnace setting of the song.
Verse 3:67 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:67] Chill and cold, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: The Greek pair contrasts with the preceding fire and heat; both terms are retained.
Verse 3:68 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:68] Dews and snowfalls, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek niphetoi denotes snowfalls here. It is not replaced by a different recension’s frost wording.
Verse 3:69 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:69] Ice and cold, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek retains another distinct cold-weather pair and the complete refrain.
Verse 3:70 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:70] Hoarfrost and snow, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek separately names hoarfrost and snow; repetition across the weather sequence is preserved.
Verse 3:71 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:71] Nights and days, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek places nights before days and uses both in the plural.
Verse 3:72 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:72] Light and darkness, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: The Greek summons includes both light and darkness.
Verse 3:73 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:73] Lightning and clouds, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek completes this part of the weather summons with lightning and clouds.
Verse 3:74 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:74] Let the earth bless the Lord; let her sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek switches to singular third-person commands for the earth; the grammatical change is retained in the refrain.
Verse 3:75 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:75] Mountains and hills, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek resumes direct plural address with the earth’s elevations.
Verse 3:76 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:76] All things growing upon the earth, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek broadly includes everything growing on earth rather than naming selected plants.
Verse 3:77 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:77] Springs, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek gives springs their own source verse and complete refrain.
Verse 3:78 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:78] Seas and rivers, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek joins seas and rivers without merging them into the preceding springs.
Verse 3:79 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:79] Sea monsters and all things moving in the waters, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek names kete, rendered sea monsters, and then all aquatic movement; no precise modern species is imposed.
Verse 3:80 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:80] All birds of heaven, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek summons every bird of heaven with the recurring refrain.
Verse 3:81 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:81] Four-footed creatures and wild animals of the earth, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek keeps the distinct categories quadrupeds and wild animals rather than replacing them with a single collective.
Verse 3:82 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:82] Sons of humankind, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek moves to humanity, retaining the sons expression within the comprehensive summons.
Verse 3:83 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:83] Israel, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek singles out Israel after the address to humankind.
Verse 3:84 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:84] Priests, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: The selected Greek says priests without adding of the Lord to the addressed group.
Verse 3:85 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:85] Servants, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: The selected Greek says servants without a possessive modifier; the Lord remains the object of blessing.
Verse 3:86 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:86] Spirits and souls of the righteous, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek names both spirits and souls of the righteous; its pneumata here is distinct in context from the winds of verse sixty-five.
Verse 3:87 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:87] Holy ones and those humble in heart, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek explicitly addresses holiness and humility of heart within the additional song.
Verse 3:88 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:88] Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael, bless the Lord; sing praise to Him and exalt Him highly forever. For He rescued us from Hades and saved us from the hand of death; He delivered us from the midst of the burning flame and redeemed us from the fire.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek names the three singers in this order and extends the refrain with four rescue clauses. Hades and the hand of death remain visible rather than being reduced to the furnace alone.
Verse 3:89 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:89] Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His mercy endures forever.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek changes to thanksgiving and the enduring-mercy refrain.
Verse 3:90 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[No Aramaic counterpart in this position.]
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:90] Bless, all who revere the God of gods; sing praise and give thanks, for His mercy endures forever and for the age of ages.”
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek closes the song with those who revere the God of gods. It leaves the object of bless unstated, which is not silently supplied from another recension.
Verse 3:24 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:24] Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished and rose in haste. He answered and said to his advisers, “Did we not throw three men bound into the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “Certainly, O king.”
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:91] When the king heard them singing and, standing, observed them alive, King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished, rose in haste, and said to his friends:
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek resumes the common narrative by connecting astonishment to the song and visible survival. It lacks the Aramaic question about three bound men and the advisers’ reply.
Verse 3:25 Different
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:25] He answered and said, “Look! I see four men unbound, walking in the fire, and they are unharmed. The fourth looks like a son of the gods.”
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:92] “Look! I see four men unbound, walking in the fire, and no harm has come upon them. The fourth has the appearance of an angel of God.”
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: The fourth figure is Aramaic bar elahin, a son of the gods, but Greek explicitly an angel of God. The king’s Aramaic wording is not made into a definite identification as the Son of God.
Verse 3:26 Different
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:26] Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing furnace. He answered and said, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of God Most High, come out and come here!” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the midst of the fire.
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:93] The king approached the door of the furnace blazing with fire and called them by name: “Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago, servants of the Most High God of gods, come out of the fire!” Thus the men came out from the midst of the fire.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek expands the divine title to God of gods Most High and explicitly says he called them by name; Aramaic repeats their names as they emerge.
Verse 3:27 Different
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:27] The satraps, prefects, governors, and the king’s advisers gathered. They saw that the fire had had no power over these men’s bodies: the hair of their heads was not singed, their trousers were unchanged, and no smell of fire had come upon them.
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:94] The consuls, district governors, ancestral chiefs, and the king’s friends gathered. They observed those men: the fire had not touched their bodies, their hair had not burned, their trousers were unchanged, and there was no smell of fire on them.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: The official lists differ. Both enumerate bodily, hair, clothing, and smell evidence; Greek says not touched where Aramaic says no power. Trousers remains a provisional rendering of Aramaic sarbal, corresponding here to Greek sarabara.
Verse 3:28 Different
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:28] Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who sent His angel and rescued His servants who trusted in Him. They overturned the king’s command and surrendered their bodies rather than serve or bow to any god except their own God.
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:95] King Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago, who sent His angel and saved His servants who hoped in Him. They rejected the king’s command and surrendered their bodies to burning so that they would neither serve nor bow to another god except their own God.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek adds Lord and explicitly to burning. Both explain the men’s bodily surrender by their exclusive worship, with trust and hope as corresponding but distinct expressions.
Verse 3:29 Different
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:29] I therefore issue a decree: any people, nation, or language that speaks wrongly against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be torn limb from limb, and their house made a refuse heap, because there is no other god who can rescue like this.”
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:96] Now I decree: from every nation, every tribe, and every language, whoever blasphemes the Lord, the God of Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago, will be dismembered and his house confiscated, because there is no other god who can rescue like this.”
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: The bodily punishment agrees, but Aramaic makes the house a refuse heap while Greek confiscates it. Greek explicitly calls the offense blasphemy and adds Lord.
Verse 3:30 Different
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:30] Then the king caused Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to prosper in the province of Babylon.
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[3:97] Thus the king gave Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago authority over the whole country and appointed them rulers.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Aramaic describes prosperity in Babylon’s province; Greek explicitly grants authority over the whole country and appointment as rulers.
Verse 3:31 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:31] “King Nebuchadnezzar to all peoples, nations, and languages who dwell in all the earth: May your peace abound!
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[No Old Greek counterpart at this chapter position.]
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: BHS begins the royal proclamation here; this is commonly numbered Daniel four, verse one in English Bibles. Old Greek chapter three ends at verse ninety-seven; related royal material must be tracked in chapter four rather than invented here. Subsequent complete Greek chapter-four reading locates the related expanded proclamation at 4:37c; it is translated there once.
Verse 3:32 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:32] The signs and wonders that God Most High has done for me, I am pleased to recount.
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[No Old Greek counterpart at this chapter position.]
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: This BHS continuation of the proclamation is commonly English four, verse two. No extra Greek chapter-three verse is supplied to match it. Subsequent complete Greek chapter-four reading locates the related expanded proclamation at 4:37c; it is translated there once.
Verse 3:33 Divergent
Hebrew / Aramaic–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[3:33] How great are His signs, how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His dominion is from generation to generation.”
Old Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[No Old Greek counterpart at this chapter position.]
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: BHS closes the proclamation’s opening with enduring divine kingship, commonly English four, verse three. Its position differs from the selected Greek chapter division. Subsequent complete Greek chapter-four reading locates the related expanded proclamation at 4:37c; it is translated there once.