Daniel 3:10 (DBY)

Passage

Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, psaltery, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;

Nearby Context

Daniel 3:8 Whereupon at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.

Daniel 3:9 They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever!

Daniel 3:10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, psaltery, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;

Daniel 3:11 and [that] whosoever doth not fall down and worship, shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

Daniel 3:12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: these men, O king, regard thee not; they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image that thou hast set up.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "king", "hast", "decree", "shall", "hear", "sound", and "cornet". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "king", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "They spoke and said to the king..." into verse 11's "and that whosoever doth not fall down...", so "thou" and "king" belong inside that flow. In Daniel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "king" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.