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# Daniel 3

Daniel 3 is chapter 3 of 14 in the Book of Daniel. Here are all 100 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Nabuchodonosor set up a golden statue; which he commands all to adore: the three children for refusing to do it are cast into the fiery furnace; but are not hurt by the flames. Their prayer and canticle of praise.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Daniel 3 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. King Nebuchadnezzar made a statue of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up in the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
2. Then king Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather together the governors, magistrates and judges, generals and sovereigns and commanders, and all the leaders of the regions, to come together for the dedication of the statue, which king Nebuchadnezzar had raised.
3. Then the governors, magistrates and judges, generals and sovereigns and nobles, who were appointed to power, and all the leaders of the regions were brought together so as to convene for the dedication of the statue, which king Nebuchadnezzar had raised. And so they stood before the statue that king Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
4. And a herald proclaimed loudly, “To you it is said, to you peoples, tribes, and languages,
5. that in the hour when you will hear the sound of the trumpet and the pipe and the lute, the harp and the psaltery, and of the symphony and every kind of music, you must fall down and adore the gold statue, which king Nebuchadnezzar has set up.
6. But if anyone will not bow down and adore, in the same hour he will be cast into a furnace of burning fire.”
7. After this, therefore, as soon as all the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the pipe and the lute, the harp and the psaltery, and of the symphony and every kind of music, all the peoples, tribes, and languages fell down and adored the gold statue, which king Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
8. And soon, about the same time, some influential Chaldeans came and accused the Jews,
9. and they said to king Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live forever.
10. You, O king, have established a decree, so that every man who might hear the sound of the trumpet, the pipe and the lute, the harp and the psaltery, and of the symphony and every kind of music, will prostrate himself and adore the gold statue.
11. But if any man will not fall down and adore, he would be cast into a furnace of burning fire.
12. Yet there are influential Jews, whom you have appointed over the works of the region of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, have scorned your decree. They do not worship your gods, and they do not adore the gold statue which you have raised up.”
13. Then Nebuchadnezzar, in fury and in wrath, commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego should be brought, and so, without delay, they were brought before the king.
14. And king Nebuchadnezzar addressed them and said, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you do not worship my gods, nor adore the gold statue, which I have set up?
15. Therefore, if you are prepared now, whenever you hear the sound of the trumpet, pipe, lute, harp and psaltery, and of the symphony and every kind of music, prostrate yourselves and adore the statue which I have made. But if you will not adore, in the same hour you will be cast into the furnace of burning fire. And who is the God that will rescue you from my hand?”
16. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to king Nebuchadnezzar, “It is not right for us to obey you in this matter.
17. For behold our God, whom we worship, is able to rescue us from the oven of burning fire and to free us from your hands, O king.
18. But even if he will not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not worship your gods, nor adore the gold statue, which you have raised up.”
19. Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury and the appearance of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and he commanded that the furnace should be heated to seven times its usual fire.
20. And he ordered the strongest men of his army to bind the feet of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the furnace of burning fire.
21. And immediately these men were bound, and along with their coats, and their hats, and their shoes, and their garments, were cast into the middle of the furnace of burning fire.
22. But the king’s order was so urgent that the furnace was heated excessively. As a result, those men who had cast in Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, were killed by the flame of the fire.
23. But these three men, that is, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, having been bound, fell down in the middle of the oven of burning fire.
24. And they were walking in the midst of the flame, praising God and blessing the Lord.
25. Then Azariah, while standing, prayed in this manner, and opening his mouth in the midst of the fire, he said:
26. “Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers, and your name is praiseworthy and glorious for all ages.
27. For you are just in all the things that you have accomplished for us, and all your works are true, and your ways are right, and all your judgments are true.
28. For you have made equally true judgments in all the things that you have brought upon us and upon Jerusalem, the holy city of our fathers. For in truth and in judgment, you have brought down all these things because of our sins.
29. For we have sinned, and we have committed iniquity in withdrawing from you, and we have offended in all things.
30. And we have not listened to your precepts, nor have we observed or done as you have ordered us, so that it might go well with us.
31. Therefore, everything that you have brought upon us, and all that you have done for us, you have done in true judgment.
32. And you have delivered us into the hands of our enemies: traitors, unjust and most wicked, and to a king, unjust and most wicked, even more so than all others on earth.
33. And now we are not able to open our mouths. We have become a shame and a disgrace to your servants and to those who worship you.
34. Do not hand us over forever, we ask you, because of your name, and do not abolish your covenant.
35. And do not withdraw your mercy from us, because of Abraham, your beloved, and Isaac, your servant, and Israel, your holy one.
36. You have spoken with them, promising that you would multiply their offspring like the stars of heaven and like the sand on the seashore.
37. For we, O Lord, are diminished more than all other peoples, and we are brought low throughout all the earth, this day, because of our sins.
38. Neither is there, at this time, a leader, or a ruler, or a prophet, nor any holocaust, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, or place of first fruits, in your eyes,
39. so that we may be able to find your mercy. Nevertheless, with a contrite soul and humble spirit, let us be accepted.
40. Just as in the holocausts of rams and bullocks, and as in thousands of fat lambs, so let our sacrifice be in your sight this day, in order to please you. For there is no shame for those who trust in you.
41. And now we follow you wholeheartedly, and we fear you, and we seek your face.
42. Do not put us to shame, but deal with us in agreement with your clemency and according to the multitude of your mercies.
43. And rescue us by your wonders and give glory to your name, O Lord.
44. And let all those be confounded who lead your servants towards evil. May they be confounded by all your power and may their strength be crushed.
45. And may they know that you are the Lord, the only God, and glorious above the world.”
46. And they did not cease, those attendants of the king who had cast them in, to heat the furnace with oil, and flax, and pitch, and brush.
47. And the flame streamed forth above the furnace for forty-nine cubits.
48. And the fire erupted and burnt those of the Chaldeans within its reach near the furnace.
49. But the angel of the Lord descended with Azariah and his companions into the furnace; and he cast the flame of the fire out of the furnace.
50. And he made the middle of the furnace like the blowing of a damp wind, and the fire did not touch them, nor afflict them, nor bother them at all.
51. Then these three, as if with one voice, praised and glorified and blessed God, in the furnace, saying:
52. “Blessed are you, Lord, God of our fathers: praiseworthy, and glorious, and exalted above all forever. And blessed is the holy name of your glory: praiseworthy, and exalted above all, for all ages.
53. Blessed are you in the holy temple of your glory: praiseworthy above all and exalted above all forever.
54. Blessed are you on the throne of your kingdom: praiseworthy above all and exalted above all forever.
55. Blessed are you who beholds the abyss and sits upon the cherubim: praiseworthy and exalted above all forever.
56. Blessed are you in the firmament of heaven: praiseworthy and glorious forever.
57. All works of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
58. Angels of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
59. Heaven, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
60. All waters that are above the heavens, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
61. All powers of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
62. Sun and moon, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
63. Stars of heaven, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
64. Every rain and dew, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
65. Every breath of God, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
66. Fire and steam, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
67. Cold and heat, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
68. Dews and frost, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
69. Sleet and winter, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
70. Ice and snow, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
71. Nights and days, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
72. Light and darkness, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
73. Lightning and clouds, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
74. May the land bless the Lord: and praise and exalt him above all forever.
75. Mountains and hills, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
76. All things that grow in the land, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
77. Fountains, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
78. Seas and rivers, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
79. Whales and all things that move in the waters, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
80. All things that fly in the heavens, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
81. All beasts and cattle, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
82. Sons of men, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
83. May Israel bless the Lord: and praise and exalt him above all forever.
84. Priests of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
85. Servants of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
86. Spirits and souls of the just, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
87. Those who are holy and humble in heart, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
88. Hananiah, Azariah, Mishael, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever. For he has delivered us from the underworld, and saved us from the hand of death, and freed us from the midst of the burning flame, and rescued us from the midst of the fire.
89. Give thanks to the Lord because he is good: because his mercy is forever.
90. All those who are pious, bless the Lord, the God of gods: praise him and acknowledge him because his mercy is for all generations.”
91. Then king Nebuchadnezzar was astonished, and he quickly got up and said to his nobles: “Did we not cast three men shackled into the midst of the fire?” Answering the king, they said, “True, O king.”
92. He answered and said, “Behold, I see four men unbound and walking in the midst of the fire, and no harm is in them, and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of God.”
93. Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the entrance of the furnace of burning fire, and he said, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the supreme God, come out and approach.” And immediately Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego went out from the midst of the fire.
94. And when the governors, and the magistrates, and the judges, and the powerful of the king had gathered together, they considered these men because the fire had no power against their bodies, and not a hair of their head had been scorched, and their pants had not been affected, and the smell of the fire had not passed onto them.
95. Then Nebuchadnezzar, bursting out, said, “Blessed is their God, the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who sent his angel and rescued his servants who believed in him. And they altered the verdict of the king, and they delivered up their bodies, so that they would not serve or adore any god except their God.
96. Therefore, this decree is established by me: that every people, tribe, and language, whenever they have spoken blasphemy against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, will perish and their homes will be destroyed. For there is no other God who is able to save in this way.”
97. Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.
98. Nebuchadnezzar, the king, to all peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in the whole world, may peace be increased with you.
99. The supreme God has accomplished signs and wonders with me. Therefore, it has pleased me to proclaim
100. his signs, which are great, and his wonders, which are mighty. For his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his power continues from generation to generation.

## Daniel 3 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Nabuchodonosor rex fecit statuam auream, altitudine cubitorum sexaginta, latitudine cubitorum sex, et statuit eam in campo Dura, provinciæ Babylonis.
2. Itaque Nabuchodonosor rex misit ad congregandos satrapas, magistratus, et judices, duces, et tyrannos, et præfectos, omnesque principes regionum, ut convenirent ad dedicationem statuæ quam erexerat Nabuchodonosor rex.
3. Tunc congregati sunt satrapæ, magistratus, et judices, duces, et tyranni, et optimates, qui erant in potestatibus constituti, et universi principes regionum, ut convenirent ad dedicationem statuæ, quam erexerat Nabuchodonosor rex. Stabant autem in conspectu statuæ, quam posuerat Nabuchodonosor rex:
4. et præco clamabat valenter: Vobis dicitur populis, tribubus, et linguis:
5. in hora qua audieritis sonitum tubæ, et fistulæ, et citharæ, sambucæ, et psalterii, et symphoniæ, et universi generis musicorum, cadentes adorate statuam auream, quam constituit Nabuchodonosor rex.
6. Si quis autem non prostratus adoraverit, eadem hora mittetur in fornacem ignis ardentis.
7. Post hæc igitur, statim ut audierunt omnes populi sonitum tubæ, fistulæ, et citharæ, sambucæ, et psalterii, et symphoniæ, et omnis generis musicorum, cadentes omnes populi, tribus, et linguæ adoraverunt statuam auream, quam constituerat Nabuchodonosor rex.
8. Statimque in ipso tempore accedentes viri Chaldæi accusaverunt Judæos:
9. dixeruntque Nabuchodonosor regi: Rex, in æternum vive!
10. tu, rex, posuisti decretum, ut omnis homo, qui audierit sonitum tubæ, fistulæ, et citharæ, sambucæ, et psalterii, et symphoniæ, et universi generis musicorum, prosternat se, et adoret statuam auream:
11. si quis autem non procidens adoraverit, mittatur in fornacem ignis ardentis.
12. Sunt ergo viri Judæi, quos constituisti super opera regionis Babylonis, Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago: viri isti contempserunt, rex, decretum tuum: deos tuos non colunt, et statuam auream, quam erexisti, non adorant.
13. Tunc Nabuchodonosor, in furore et in ira, præcepit ut adducerentur Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago: qui confestim adducti sunt in conspectu regis.
14. Pronuntiansque Nabuchodonosor rex, ait eis: Verene Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, deos meos non colitis, et statuam auream, quam constitui, non adoratis?
15. nunc ergo si estis parati, quacumque hora audieritis sonitum tubæ, fistulæ, citharæ, sambucæ, et psalterii, et symphoniæ, omnisque generis musicorum, prosternite vos, et adorate statuam, quam feci: quod si non adoraveritis, eadem hora mittemini in fornacem ignis ardentis: et quis est Deus, qui eripiet vos de manu mea?
16. Respondentes Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, dixerunt regi Nabuchodonosor: Non oportet nos de hac re respondere tibi.
17. Ecce enim Deus noster, quem colimus, potest eripere nos de camino ignis ardentis, et de manibus tuis, o rex, liberare.
18. Quod si noluerit, notum sit tibi, rex, quia deos tuos non colimus, et statuam auream, quam erexisti, non adoramus.
19. Tunc Nabuchodonosor repletus est furore, et aspectus faciei illius immutatus est super Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago: et præcepit ut succenderetur fornax septuplum quam succendi consueverat.
20. Et viris fortissimis de exercitu suo jussit ut ligatis pedibus Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, mitterent eos in fornacem ignis ardentis.
21. Et confestim viri illi vincti, cum braccis suis, et tiaris, et calceamentis, et vestibus, missi sunt in medium fornacis ignis ardentis:
22. nam jussio regis urgebat. Fornax autem succensa erat nimis: porro viros illos, qui miserant Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, interfecit flamma ignis.
23. Viri autem hi tres, id est, Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, ceciderunt in medio camino ignis ardentis, colligati.
24. Et ambulabant in medio flammæ, laudantes Deum, et benedicentes Domino.
25. Stans autem Azarias oravit sic, aperiensque os suum in medio ignis, ait:
26. Benedictus es, Domine Deus patrum nostrorum, et laudabile, et gloriosum nomen tuum in sæcula:
27. quia justus es in omnibus, quæ fecisti nobis, et universa opera tua vera, et viæ tuæ rectæ, et omnia judicia tua vera.
28. Judicia enim vera fecisti juxta omnia, quæ induxisti super nos, et super civitatem sanctam patrum nostrorum Jerusalem: quia in veritate et in judicio induxisti omnia hæc propter peccata nostra.
29. Peccavimus enim, et inique egimus recedentes a te, et deliquimus in omnibus:
30. et præcepta tua non audivimus, nec observavimus, nec fecimus sicut præceperas nobis ut bene nobis esset.
31. Omnia ergo, quæ induxisti super nos, et universa quæ fecisti nobis, in vero judicio fecisti;
32. et tradidisti nos in manibus inimicorum nostrorum iniquorum, et pessimorum, prævaricatorumque, et regi injusto, et pessimo ultra omnem terram.
33. Et nunc non possumus aperire os: confusio, et opprobrium facti sumus servis tuis, et his qui colunt te.
34. Ne, quæsumus, tradas nos in perpetuum propter nomen tuum, et ne dissipes testamentum tuum:
35. neque auferas misericordiam tuam a nobis, propter Abraham, dilectum tuum, et Isaac, servum tuum, et Israël, sanctum tuum,
36. quibus locutus es pollicens quod multiplicares semen eorum sicut stellas cæli, et sicut arenam quæ est in littore maris;
37. quia, Domine, imminuti sumus plus quam omnes gentes, sumusque humiles in universa terra hodie propter peccata nostra.
38. Et non est in tempore hoc princeps, et dux, et propheta, neque holocaustum, neque sacrificium, neque oblatio, neque incensum, neque locus primitiarum coram te,
39. ut possimus invenire misericordiam tuam, sed in animo contrito, et spiritu humilitatis suscipiamur.
40. Sicut in holocausto arietum, et taurorum, et sicut in millibus agnorum pinguium, sic fiat sacrificium nostrum in conspectu tuo hodie, ut placeat tibi, quoniam non est confusio confidentibus in te.
41. Et nunc sequimur te in toto corde; et timemus te, et quærimus faciem tuam.
42. Nec confundas nos, sed fac nobiscum juxta mansuetudinem tuam, et secundum multitudinem misericordiæ tuæ.
43. Et erue nos in mirabilibus tuis, et da gloriam nomini tuo, Domine;
44. et confundantur omnes qui ostendunt servis tuis mala: confundantur in omni potentia tua, et robur eorum conteratur:
45. et sciant quia tu es Dominus Deus solus, et gloriosus super orbem terrarum.
46. Et non cessabant qui miserant eos ministri regis succendere fornacem, naphtha, et stuppa, et pice, et malleolis,
47. et effundebatur flamma super fornacem cubitis quadraginta novem:
48. et erupit, et incendit quos reperit juxta fornacem de Chaldæis.
49. Angelus autem Domini descendit cum Azaria, et sociis ejus in fornacem: et excussit flammam ignis de fornace,
50. et fecit medium fornacis quasi ventum roris flantem, et non tetigit eos omnino ignis, neque contristavit, nec quidquam molestiæ intulit.
51. Tunc hi tres quasi ex uno ore laudabant, et glorificabant, et benedicebant Deum in fornace, dicentes:
52. Benedictus es, Domine Deus patrum nostrorum: et laudabilis, et gloriosus, et superexaltatus in sæcula. Et benedictum nomen gloriæ tuæ sanctum: et laudabile, et superexaltatum in omnibus sæculis.
53. Benedictus es in templo sancto gloriæ tuæ: et superlaudabilis, et supergloriosus in sæcula.
54. Benedictus es in throno regni tui: et superlaudabilis, et superexaltatus in sæcula.
55. Benedictus es, qui intueris abyssos, et sedes super cherubim: et laudabilis, et superexaltatus in sæcula.
56. Benedictus es in firmamento cæli: et laudabilis et gloriosus in sæcula.
57. Benedicite, omnia opera Domini, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
58. Benedicite, angeli Domini, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
59. Benedicite, cæli, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
60. Benedicite, aquæ omnes, quæ super cælos sunt, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
61. Benedicite, omnes virtutes Domini, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
62. Benedicite, sol et luna, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
63. Benedicite, stellæ cæli, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
64. Benedicite, omnis imber et ros, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
65. Benedicite, omnes spiritus Dei, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
66. Benedicite, ignis et æstus, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
67. Benedicite, frigus et æstus, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
68. Benedicite, rores et pruina, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
69. Benedicite, gelu et frigus, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
70. Benedicite, glacies et nives, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
71. Benedicite, noctes et dies, Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
72. Benedicite, lux et tenebræ, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
73. Benedicite, fulgura et nubes, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
74. Benedicat terra Dominum: laudet et superexaltet eum in sæcula.
75. Benedicite, montes et colles, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
76. Benedicite, universa germinantia in terra, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
77. Benedicite, fontes, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
78. Benedicite, maria et flumina, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
79. Benedicite, cete, et omnia quæ moventur in aquis, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
80. Benedicite, omnes volucres cæli, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
81. Benedicite, omnes bestiæ et pecora, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
82. Benedicite, filii hominum, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
83. Benedicat Israël Dominum: laudet et superexaltet eum in sæcula.
84. Benedicite, sacerdotes Domini, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
85. Benedicite, servi Domini, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
86. Benedicite, spiritus et animæ justorum, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
87. Benedicite, sancti et humiles corde, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.
88. Benedicite, Anania, Azaria, Misaël, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula: quia eruit nos de inferno, et salvos fecit de manu mortis: et liberavit nos de medio ardentis flammæ, et de medio ignis eruit nos.
89. Confitemini Domino, quoniam bonus: quoniam in sæculum misericordia ejus.
90. Benedicite, omnes religiosi, Domino Deo deorum: laudate et confitemini ei, quia in omnia sæcula misericordia ejus.
91. Tunc Nabuchodonosor rex obstupuit, et surrexit propere, et ait optimatibus suis: Nonne tres viros misimus in medium ignis compeditos? Qui respondentes regi, dixerunt: Vere, rex.
92. Respondit, et ait: Ecce ego video quatuor viros solutos, et ambulantes in medio ignis, et nihil corruptionis in eis est, et species quarti similis filio Dei.
93. Tunc accessit Nabuchodonosor ad ostium fornacis ignis ardentis, et ait: Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, servi Dei excelsi, egredimini, et venite. Statimque egressi sunt Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago de medio ignis.
94. Et congregati satrapæ, et magistratus, et judices, et potentes regis contemplabantur viros illos, quoniam nihil potestatis habuisset ignis in corporibus eorum, et capillus capitis eorum non esset adustus, et sarabala eorum non fuissent immutata, et odor ignis non transisset per eos.
95. Et erumpens Nabuchodonosor, ait: Benedictus Deus eorum, Sidrach videlicet, Misach, et Abdenago: qui misit angelum suum, et eruit servos suos, qui crediderunt in eum: et verbum regis immutaverunt, et tradiderunt corpora sua ne servirent, et ne adorarent omnem deum, excepto Deo suo.
96. A me ergo positum est hoc decretum: ut omnis populus, tribus, et lingua, quæcumque locuta fuerit blasphemiam contra Deum Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, dispereat, et domus ejus vastetur: neque enim est alius deus, qui possit ita salvare.
97. Tunc rex promovit Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago in provincia Babylonis.
98. Nabuchodonosor rex, omnibus populis, gentibus, et linguis, qui habitant in universa terra, pax vobis multiplicetur.
99. Signa, et mirabilia fecit apud me Deus excelsus. Placuit ergo mihi prædicare
100. signa ejus, quia magna sunt: et mirabilia ejus, quia fortia: et regnum ejus regnum sempiternum, et potestas ejus in generationem et generationem.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- cf. CCC ¶ 364: Man ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2416: Respect for Persons and Their Goods ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## The saints

- “Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars: in heaven You formed them clear and precious and beautiful.” — St. Francis of Assisi, Canticle of the Creatures, 1225 (On this theme: verse 57)

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 24: Here St. Jerome takes notice, that from this verse, to ver. 91, was not in the Hebrew in his time. But as it was in all the Greek Bibles, (which were originally translated from the Hebrew,) it is more than probable that it had been formerly in the Hebrew or rather in the Chaldaic, in which the book of Daniel was written. But this is certain: that it is, and has been of old, received by the church, and read as canonical scripture in her liturgy, and divine offices.
- Verse 98: These last three verses are a kind of preface to the following chapter, which is written in the style of an epistle from the king.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Tue, Mar 2, 2027: Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent — First Reading, Daniel 3:25, 34-43
- Wed, Mar 17, 2027: Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent — First Reading, Daniel 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Responsorial Psalm, Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56
- Mon, Nov 22, 2027 (computed): St. Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr — Responsorial Psalm, Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56
- Tue, Nov 23, 2027 (computed): Tuesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Daniel 3:57, 58, 59, 60, 61

6 more dates through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).