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706 B
706 B
they set aside my command
Not obeying the king's command is spoken of as if they had physically moved it away from them. Alternate translation: "they ignored my command" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
they gave up their bodies
This phrase refers to the three men's willingness to die for what they believed. Alternate translation: "they were willing to die" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
prostrate themselves to
People would do this to worship their gods. Alternate translation: "stretch themselves out on the ground face down in honor of" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction)
any god except their God
"any other god except their God"