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Daniel 10:2
2At that time I, Daniel, was very sad for three weeks.
Daniel 10:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.
- New International Version (NIV)At that time I, Daniel, mourned for three weeks.
- English Standard Version (ESV)In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three weeks.
- New King James Version (NKJV)In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three full weeks.
Context of Daniel 10:2
1In the third year that King Cyrus ruled Persia, God gave a message to Daniel. (Daniel's other name was Belteshazzar.) The message was true. It was about a great war. Daniel had a vision which helped him to understand the message. At that time I, Daniel, was very sad for three weeks. 3I did not eat any special food. I ate no meat and I drank no wine. I did not put any sweet oil on my skin or my hair until the three weeks had finished. 4On the 24th day of the first month, I was standing beside the great Tigris river.
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בַּיָּמִ֖ים הָהֵ֑ם אֲנִ֤י דָֽנִיֵּאל֙ הָיִ֣יתִי מִתְאַבֵּ֔ל שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה שָׁבֻעִ֖ים יָמִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Daniel 10:2
- Ezra 9:4Then everyone who respected the words of Israel's God came around me. They were afraid of what God might do, because the Israelites who came from Babylon had not obeyed him. I continued to sit there, until the time of the evening sacrifice. I was still very upset.
- Nehemiah 1:4After they told me this, I sat down and I wept. I was very sad for many days. I did not eat or drink anything and I prayed to God.
- Psalms 42:9I say to God, who is my high rock, ‘Why have you forgotten me? Why must I be so sad? How much longer must I continue to weep, because my enemies do cruel things to me?’
- Psalms 43:2God, you are the safe place where I can hide. Why have you pushed me away? How much longer must I continue to weep, because my enemies do cruel things to me?
- Psalms 137:1When we sat down beside the rivers in Babylon, we were very upset. We thought about Zion city that we had left behind, and we wept.
- Isaiah 66:10All you people who love Jerusalem, join together with its people and be happy. You have been sad to see what has happened to the city, but now you should shout with joy!
- Jeremiah 9:1‘My head should be like a pool of water. My eyes should be like a river of tears. Then I would never stop crying for my dear people who have died in war.
- Matthew 9:15Jesus answered them: ‘When a man marries, his friends cannot be sad. They cannot refuse to eat food while he is with them. But there will be a time when people will take the man away from his friends. At that time his friends will choose to fast.’
- Romans 9:2I tell you this: Deep inside myself, I am always very sad and upset because of Israel's people.
- James 4:9Be sorry about your sins and weep. Stop laughing and instead be sad. Do not be happy but be very upset.
- Revelation 11:5If anyone tries to hurt them, fire comes out of the servants' mouths. This fire destroys their enemies. Anyone who wants to hurt the two servants must die in this way.
- Daniel 9:24God has decided the time of punishment for your people and your holy city. It will continue for 70 weeks. That will finish the punishment for their sins. The people will no longer turn against God. They will have paid the price for their sins. God will cause them to live for ever in a way that is right. God will show that the visions and messages of the prophets are true. The Most Holy Place will belong to God again.
Commentaries on Daniel 10:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2I - was mourning three full weeks - The weeks are most probably dated from the time of the termination of the last vision. Calmet proves this by several reasons.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2In those days I Daniel was mourning - I was afflicting myself; that is, he had set apart this time as an extraordinary fast. He was sad and troubled. He does not say on what account he was thus troubled, but there can be little doubt that it was on account of his people. This was two years after the order had been given by Cyrus for the restoration of the Hebrew people to their country, but it is not improbable that they met with many embarrassments in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3Daniel seemed to be in mourning because of his earlier visions (Daniel 10:14, 16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. mourning--that is, afflicting myself by fasting from "pleasant bread, flesh and wine" (Da 10:3), as a sign of sorrow, not for its own sake. Compare Mt 9:14, "fast," answering to "mourn" (Da 10:15). Compare 1Co 8:8; 1Ti 4:3, which prove that "fasting" is not an indispensable Christian obligation; but merely an outward expression of sorrow, and separation from ordinary worldly enjoyments, in order to give one's self to prayer (Ac 13:2). Daniel's mourning…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Daniel 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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