Daniel 3:24 (DBY)

Passage

Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste; he spoke and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said to the king, True, O king.

Nearby Context

Daniel 3:22 Forasmuch as the king's commandment was rigorous, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that had taken up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.

Daniel 3:23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

Daniel 3:24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste; he spoke and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said to the king, True, O king.

Daniel 3:25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of God.

Daniel 3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the opening of the burning fiery furnace; he spoke and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the Most High God, come forth, and come [hither]. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego came forth from the midst of the fire.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "nebuchadnezzar", "king", "astonied", "rose", "haste", "spoke", "said", and "counsellors". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "nebuchadnezzar" and "king", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "And these three men Shadrach Meshach and..." into verse 25's "He answered and said Lo I see...", so "nebuchadnezzar" 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 "nebuchadnezzar" and "king" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.