Daniel 3:24 (GNV)

Passage

Then Nebuchad-nezzar the King was astonied and rose vp in haste, and spake, and saide vnto his counsellers, Did not wee cast three men bound into the middes of the fire? Who answered and said vnto the King, It is true, O King.

Nearby Context

Daniel 3:22 Therefore, because the Kings commandement was straite, that the fornace should be exceeding hote, the flame of the fire slew those men that brought foorth Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.

Daniel 3:23 And these three men Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego fell downe bound into the middes of the hote fierie fornace.

Daniel 3:24 Then Nebuchad-nezzar the King was astonied and rose vp in haste, and spake, and saide vnto his counsellers, Did not wee cast three men bound into the middes of the fire? Who answered and said vnto the King, It is true, O King.

Daniel 3:25 And he answered, and said, Loe, I see foure men loose, walking in the middes of the fire, and they haue no hurt, and the forme of the fourth is like the sonne of God.

Daniel 3:26 Then the King Nebuchad-nezzar came neere to the mouth of the hote fierie fornace, and spake and said, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, the seruants of the hie God goe foorth and come hither: so Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego came foorth of the middes of the fire.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "nebuchad-nezzar", "king", "astonied", "rose", "haste", "spake", "saide", and "vnto". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "nebuchad-nezzar" 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 "And he answered and said Loe I...", so "nebuchad-nezzar" 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 "nebuchad-nezzar" and "king" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.