New King James Version
Daniel 10:2
2In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three full 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 Living Translation (NLT)When this vision came to me, I, Daniel, had been in mourning for three whole weeks.
Context of Daniel 10:2
1In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, but the appointed time was long; and he understood the message, and had understanding of the vision. In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three full weeks. 3I 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. 4Now on the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, that is, the Tigris,
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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 trembled at the words of the God of Israel assembled to me, because of the transgression of those who had been carried away captive, and I sat astonished until the evening sacrifice.
- Nehemiah 1:4So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; 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 mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
- Psalms 43:2For You are the God of my strength; Why do You cast me off? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
- Psalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept When we remembered Zion.
- Isaiah 66:10“Rejoice with Jerusalem, And be glad with her, all you who love her; Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn for her;
- Jeremiah 9:1Oh, that my head were waters, And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people!
- Matthew 9:15And Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
- Romans 9:2that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart.
- James 4:9Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
- Revelation 11:5And if anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies. And if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this manner.
- Daniel 9:24“Seventy weeks are determined For your people and for your holy city, To finish the transgression, To make an end of sins, To make reconciliation for iniquity, To bring in everlasting righteousness, To seal up vision and prophecy, And to anoint the Most Holy.
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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