If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
If it be so. Vatablus translates, 'Assuredly.' The English version agrees better with the original. The sense is, If it be our lot to be cast into the furnace, our God (quoted from Deuteronomy 6:4, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord") is able to deliver us, (a reply to Nebuchadnezzar's challenge, "Who is that God that shall deliver you?") and He will deliver us, etc., either from death, or in death (2 Timothy 4:17-18). He will, we trust, literally deliver us, but certainly He will do so spiritually.