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Dan. 3:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

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Counselor,

Dedication,

Governor,

Image,

King,

Nebuchadnezzar; Nebuchadrezzar,

Prince; Princess,

sheriff

Cross References

the princes.{Achashdarpenaya,} rendered lieutenants in Es 3:12, etc., probably {chief satraps or viceroys} from the Persian {achash} great, eminent, and {sitrab}, a satrap.

Psa. 82:1‑8• ¹A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the assembly of *God, he judgeth among the gods.
²How long will ye judge unrighteously, and accept the person of the wicked? Selah.
³Judge the poor and the fatherless, do justice to the afflicted and the destitute;
⁴Rescue the poor and needy, deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
⁵They know not, neither do they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are moved.
⁶I have said, Ye are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High;
⁷But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
⁸Arise, O God, judge the earth; for *thou* shalt inherit all the nations. (Psa. 82:1‑8)

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Acts 19:34‑35• ³⁴But, recognising that he was a Jew, there was one cry from all, shouting for about two hours, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.
³⁵And the townclerk, having quieted the crowd, said, Ephesians, what man is there then who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of Artemis the great, and of the image which fell down from heaven? (Acts 19:34‑35)

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Rom. 1:21‑28• ²¹Because, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but fell into folly in their thoughts, and their heart without understanding was darkened:
²²professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
²³and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man and of birds and quadrupeds and reptiles.
²⁴Wherefore God gave them up also in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies between themselves:
²⁵who changed the truth of God into falsehood, and honoured and served the creature more than him who had created it, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
²⁶For this reason God gave them up to vile lusts; for both their females changed the natural use into that contrary to nature;
²⁷and in like manner the males also, leaving the natural use of the female, were inflamed in their lust towards one another; males with males working shame, and receiving in themselves the recompense of their error which was fit.
²⁸And according as they did not think good to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind to practise unseemly things; (Rom. 1:21‑28)

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Rom. 3:11• ¹¹there is not the man that understands, there is not one that seeks after God. (Rom. 3:11)

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1 Cor. 1:24‑26• ²⁴but to those that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ God's power and God's wisdom.
²⁵Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
²⁶For consider your calling, brethren, that there are not many wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many high-born. (1 Cor. 1:24‑26)

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Rev. 13:13‑16• ¹³And it works great signs, that it should cause even fire to come down from heaven to the earth before men.
¹⁴And it deceives those that dwell upon the earth by reason of the signs which it was given to it to work before the beast, saying to those that dwell upon the earth to make an image to the beast, which has the wound of the sword, and lived.
¹⁵And it was given to it to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should also speak, and should cause that as many as should not do homage to the image of the beast should be killed.
¹⁶And it causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bondmen, that they should give them a mark upon their right hand or upon their forehead; (Rev. 13:13‑16)

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Rev. 17:13,17• ¹³These have one mind, and give their power and authority to the beast.
¹⁷for God has given to their hearts to do his mind, and to act with one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast until the words of God shall be fulfilled. (Rev. 17:13,17)

the governors.{Signaya} in persian, {shagnah} deputies or lieutenants.captains.{Pacawatha}, governors of provinces.

See Es 3:13.the judges.{Adargazraya}, chief judges, or senators, from {adar}, great, and Chal. {gezar}, to judge, decree.the treasurers.{Gedavraya}, written {gizzavraya,} Ezr 7:21, treasurers, from the Persian {gunjvar}.the counsellors.{Dethavraya,} counsellors, judges, from {dath} in Persian, {dad}, law, and {var}, possessor or guardian.the sheriffs.{Tiphtaya} probably the same as the Arabic {Mufti} or head officer of law.

J. N. Darby Translation

Then the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the justices, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.