Daniel Chapter 3 verse 8 Holy Bible

ASV Daniel 3:8

Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought accusation against the Jews.
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BBE Daniel 3:8

At that time certain Chaldaeans came near and made a statement against the Jews.
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DARBY Daniel 3:8

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

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


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WEB Daniel 3:8

Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought accusation against the Jews.
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YLT Daniel 3:8

Therefore at that time drawn near have certain Chaldeans, and accused the Jews;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews. The Septuagint is in this verse closer to the Massoretic than is Theodotion. The latter has nothing to represent the כָלאּךקבֵל דְנָה (kol-qobayl d'nah) of the original, which appears in our versions as "wherefore." The Septuagint renders κατέναντι τούτου. The Peshitta also has omitted "wherefore;" in the next clause it is slavishly accurate, giving the peculiar turn of the phrase in the original, 'achalu qartzchun, "to devour pieces of them." It occurs in the Syriac of Luke 16:1; it is in the Targum of Psalm 15:3. The Vulgate presents no points worthy of notice. It is evident that "Chaldean" is here used in its ethnic sense of the nation, not in its professional sense as of the alleged class. We must remember that "Chaldean" is not equivalent to "Babylonian." As we have seen, the Chaldeans were intruders in Babylon, and to them Nebuchadnezzar belonged. It was but natural that native-born Chaldeans, who reckoned themselves to be of the same kin as the king, objected to have their rights postponed to a set of Jews. The fact that the three friends are not named, or in any way designated, but the whole Jewish race is referred to, shows that the purpose of these Chaldeans involved the whole Jewish people, and that they singled out Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego simply as test cases. Their elevation to positions Of such trust might well have caused jealousy of them.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) Wherefore.--i.e., because certain Jews were noticed to be absent at the time. It is natural to suppose that the promotion of three men of Jewish extraction would have been viewed with the greatest jealousy by the Babylonian officers, who, no doubt, had been carefully watching their opportunity of revenge. (Comp. Daniel 5:11.)Chaldeans.--Not to be confused with the astrologers mentioned in Daniel 2:5, but Chaldean native subjects, contrasted with the Jewish colonists spoken of at the end of the verse.