Daniel 10:3

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, for the full three weeks.
• 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.

Context of Daniel 10:3

1In the third year of King Cyrus of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel (who was also called Belteshazzar). This message was true and concerned a great war. He understood the message and gained insight by the vision. 2In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three whole weeks. I ate no choice food; no meat or wine came to my lips, nor did I anoint myself with oil until the end of those three weeks. 4On the twenty-fourth day of the first month I was beside the great river, the Tigris. 5I looked up and saw a man clothed in linen; around his waist was a belt made of gold from Upaz.

Daniel 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 departed to his palace. But he spent the night without eating, and no diversions were brought to him. He was unable to sleep.
• Isaiah 24:6So a treaty curse devours the earth; its inhabitants pay for their guilt. This is why the inhabitants of the earth disappear, and are reduced to just a handful of people.
• 1 Corinthians 9:27Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.
• Daniel 11:8He will also take their gods into captivity to Egypt, along with their cast images and prized utensils of silver and gold. Then he will withdraw for some years from the king of the north.
• Job 33:20so that his life loathes food, and his soul rejects appetizing fare.
• Amos 5:11Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.
• Nahum 2:9Her conquerors cry out: “Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure; riches of every kind of precious thing.
• 2 Samuel 19:24Now Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, came down to meet the king. From the day the king had left until the day he safely returned, Mephibosheth had not cared for his feet nor trimmed his mustache nor washed his clothes.
• Matthew 6:17When you fast, put oil on 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

Topics related to Daniel 10:3

• Anointing
• Fasting
• Self-Denial
• Wine

In the dictionaries

• Fast
• Quaking
• Week
• Anointing
• Eschatology of the New Testament
• Fast; Fasting
• Fasts

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