New American Standard Bible 2020
Daniel 10:2
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 of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar; and the message was true and it concerned great conflict, but he understood the message and had an understanding of the vision. In those days, I, Daniel, had been mourning for three entire weeks. 3I did not eat any tasty food, nor did meat or wine enter my mouth, nor did I use any ointment at all until the entire three weeks were completed. 4On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, while I was by the bank of the great river, that is, the Tigris,
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בַּיָּמִ֖ים הָהֵ֑ם אֲנִ֤י דָֽנִיֵּאל֙ הָיִ֣יתִי מִתְאַבֵּ֔ל שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה שָׁבֻעִ֖ים יָמִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Daniel 10:2
- Ezra 9:4Then everyone who was frightened by the words of the God of Israel on account of the unfaithfulness of the exiles gathered to me, and I sat appalled until the evening offering.
- Nehemiah 1:4Now when I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
- Psalms 42:9I will say to God my rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
- Psalms 43:2For You are the God of my strength; why have You rejected me? Why do I go about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
- Psalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion.
- Isaiah 66:10“Be joyful with Jerusalem and rejoice for her, all you who love her; Be exceedingly glad with her, all you who mourn over her,
- Jeremiah 9:1Oh, that my head were waters And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For those slain of the daughter of my people!
- Matthew 9:15And Jesus said to them, “The attendants of the groom cannot mourn as long as the groom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.
- Romans 9:2that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart.
- James 4:9Be miserable, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into gloom.
- Revelation 11:5And if anyone wants to harm them, fire flows out of their mouth and devours their enemies; and so if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this way.
- Daniel 9:24“Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the wrongdoing, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for guilt, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
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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