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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,

Kings,

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.{HR}God standeth in the assembly of God ;{HR}He judgeth among the gods .
²How long will ye judge unjustly{HR}And respect the person of the wicked? Selah.
³Judge the poor (man) and fatherless;{HR}Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
⁴Rescue the poor and the needy,{HR}Deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
⁵They know not nor do they understand;{HR}They walk on in darkness:{HR}All the foundations of the earth are moved.
⁶I said, Ye [are] gods,{HR}And all of you sons of the Most High;
⁷But ye shall die like men,{HR}And fall like one of the princes.
⁸Arise, O God, judge the earth,{HR}For thou shalt inherit all the nations. (Psa. 82:1‑8)

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Acts 19:34‑35• ³⁴But when they came to know he was a Jew, one shout arose from all, crying for about two hours, Great [is] Artemis of [the] Ephesians.
³⁵And the town clerk after stilling the crowd, says, Ephesians, which of men is he who knoweth not that the city of [the] Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great Artemis, and of what fell from the sky? (Acts 19:34‑35)

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Rom. 1:21‑28• ²¹Because, having known God, they glorified him not as God nor were thankful, but became vain in their thoughts, and their heart void of understanding was darkened.
²²Professing to be wise, they became fools,
²³and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for a likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of winged and four-footed and creeping [creatures].
²⁴Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness so that their bodies were dishonoured among them;
²⁵which exchanged the truth of God for falsehood, and served and reverenced the creature rather than the Creator who is blessed forever, Amen.
²⁶On this account God gave them up to vile passions; for both their females exchanged the natural use into the unnatural,
²⁷and likewise the males also, leaving the natural use of the female, were inflamed in their lust toward one another, males with males working out unseemliness, and receiving in themselves the recompense of their error which was meet.
²⁸And even as they disapproved to have God in acknowledgment, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind to do improper things; (Rom. 1:21‑28)

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Rom. 3:11• ¹¹there is not the [man] that understandeth; there is not the [man] that seeketh out 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 look at your calling, brethren, that not many [are] 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 he doeth great signs, so that even fire he maketh come down out of the heaven unto the earth before men;
¹⁴and he deceiveth those that dwell on the earth because of the signs which it was given him to do before the beast, saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, who hath the wound of the sword and lived.
¹⁵And it was given him to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause [that] as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
¹⁶And he causeth all, the little and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond, that they should give them a mark on 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 hath put into their hearts to accomplish his mind, and to accomplish one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, till the words of God shall be finished. (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.

W. Kelly Translation

WK Verse Note

(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)