Daniel 3:1 — compare English translations
Compare translationsDaniel 3:1 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣ר
Nᵉbûwkadnetstsar
H5020
Nebuchadnezzar
מַלְכָּ֗א
melek
H4430
king
עֲבַד֙
ʻăbad
H5648
to make
צְלֵ֣ם
tselem
H6755
idol
דִּֽי
dîy
H1768
which
דְהַ֔ב
dᵉhab
H1722
gold
רוּמֵהּ֙
rûwm
H7314
height
אַמִּ֣ין
ʼammâh
H521
cubit
שִׁתִּ֔ין
shittîyn
H8361
sixty
פְּתָיֵ֖הּ
pᵉthay
H6613
breadth
אַמִּ֣ין
ʼammâh
H521
cubit
שִׁ֑ת
shêth
H8353
six
אֲקִימֵהּ֙
qûwm
H6966
to arise
בְּבִקְעַ֣ת
biqʻâʼ
H1236
plain
דּוּרָ֔א
Dûwrâʼ
H1757
Dura
בִּמְדִינַ֖ת
mᵉdîynâh
H4083
district
בָּבֶֽל
Babel
H895
Babylon
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World English Bible Public Domain
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, and the breadth of it six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
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King James Version Public Domain
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold whose height was sixty cubits and its width six cubits. He set it up on the Plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).