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Daniel 3:21

King James Version (KJV)

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Daniel 3:21

Verse 21 of 30

Scripture focus

Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their [other] garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

Daniel 3:21 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Daniel 3:21

Theological / Devotional

Coats. The Aramaic words describing the “coats” and the “hosen” (Old English for “trousers”) are not yet fully understood. Lexicographers agree that the renderings offered in the KJV are approximately correct.

Hats. Aramaic karbelah, a word of Akkadian origin, as shown by the cuneiform texts, where it appears as karballatu, “cap.” In the Naqsh-i-Rustam inscription of Darius I the term designates the helmet, but in late Babylonian texts it stands for “hats.” The mention of the separate articles of clothing, consisting of easily inflammable material, was doubtless with reference to the miracle that followed (see v. 27).

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