Daniel 3:13

3:13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in a fit of rage ¹  demanded that they bring ²  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego before him. So they brought them ³  before the king.

Daniel 3:19-20

3:19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and his disposition changed ⁴  toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders ⁵  to heat the furnace seven times hotter than it was normally heated. 3:20 He ordered strong ⁶  soldiers in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and to throw them into the furnace of blazing fire.

[3:13]  ¹ tn Aram “in anger and wrath”; NASB “in rage and anger.” The expression is a hendiadys.

[3:13]  ² tn The Aramaic infinitive is active.

[3:13]  ³ tn Aram “these men.” The pronoun is used in the translation to avoid undue repetition.

[3:19]  ⁴ tn Aram “the appearance of his face was altered”; cf. NLT “his face became distorted with rage”; NAB “[his] face became livid with utter rage.”

[3:19]  ⁵ tn Aram “he answered and said.”

[3:20]  ⁶ tn This is sometimes taken as a comparative: “[some of the] strongest.”