English Standard Version
Daniel 10:3
3I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, for the full three weeks.
Daniel 10:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
- New International Version (NIV)I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips; and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I ate no pleasant food, no meat or wine came into my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
- New Living Translation (NLT)All that time I had eaten no rich food. No meat or wine crossed my lips, and I used no fragrant lotions until those three weeks had passed.
Context of Daniel 10:3
1In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a word was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar. And the word was true, and it was a great conflict. And he understood the word and had understanding of the vision. 2In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three weeks. I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, for the full three weeks. 4On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river (that is, the Tigris) 5I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, a man clothed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist.
Read all of Daniel 10Daniel 10:3 word by word
לֶ֣חֶם חֲמֻד֞וֹת לֹ֣א אָכַ֗לְתִּי וּבָשָׂ֥ר וָיַ֛יִן לֹא־בָ֥א אֶל־פִּ֖י וְס֣וֹךְ לֹא־סָ֑כְתִּי עַד־מְלֹ֕את שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת שָׁבֻעִ֖ים יָמִֽים׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- I ateאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- no pleasantחֲמוּדָהchemdâh · desirable thingH2532
- breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · foodH3899
- neither cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
- nor wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
- in my mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
- neither did I anointסוּךְsûk · to anointH5480
- till threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
- wholeיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- weeksשָׁבוּעַshâbûa‛ shâbûa‛ shebû‛âh · weekH7620
- were fulfilledמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
Cross-references for Daniel 10:3
- Daniel 6:18Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; no diversions were brought to him, and sleep fled from him.
- Isaiah 24:6Therefore a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched, and few men are left.
- 1 Corinthians 9:27But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
- Daniel 11:8He shall also carry off to Egypt their gods with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold, and for some years he shall refrain from attacking the king of the north.
- Job 33:20so that his life loathes bread, and his appetite the choicest food.
- Amos 5:11Therefore because you trample on the poor and you exact taxes of grain from him, you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
- Nahum 2:9Plunder the silver, plunder the gold! There is no end of the treasure or of the wealth of all precious things.
- 2 Samuel 19:24And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. He had neither taken care of his feet nor trimmed his beard nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came back in safety.
- Matthew 6:17But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
Commentaries on Daniel 10:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3I ate no pleasant bread - This fast was rather a general abstinence; living all the while on coarse and unsavory food; drinking nothing but water; not using the bath, and most probably wearing haircloth next the skin, during the whole of the time.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3I ate no pleasant bread - Margin, “bread of desires.” So the Hebrew. The meaning is, that he abstained from ordinary food, and partook of that only which was coarse and disagreeable. Neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth - That is, he lived on bread or vegetables. It is not to be inferred from this that Daniel ordinarily made use of wine, for it would seem from Matthew 6:17), and Daniel here says that he abstained during these three weeks from what he…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. 33. no pleasant bread--"unleavened bread, even the bread of affliction" (De 16:3). anoint--The Persians largely used unguents.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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