New Living Translation
Daniel 10:4
4On April 23, as I was standing on the bank of the great Tigris River,
Daniel 10:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;
- New International Version (NIV)On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,
- English Standard Version (ESV)On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river (that is, the Tigris)
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now on the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, that is, the Tigris,
Context of Daniel 10:4
2When this vision came to me, I, Daniel, had been in mourning for three whole weeks. 3All 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. On April 23, as I was standing on the bank of the great Tigris River, 5I looked up and saw a man dressed in linen clothing, with a belt of pure gold around his waist. 6His body looked like a precious gem. His face flashed like lightning, and his eyes flamed like torches. His arms and feet shone like polished bronze, and his voice roared like a vast multitude of people.
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וּבְי֛וֹם עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְאַרְבָּעָ֖ה לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן וַאֲנִ֗י הָיִ֛יתִי עַ֣ל יַ֧ד הַנָּהָ֛ר הַגָּד֖וֹל ה֥וּא חִדָּֽקֶל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And in the fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
- and twentiethעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
- dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- of the firstרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · firstH7223
- monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
- as I was by the sideיָדyâd · hand: toH3027
- of the greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
- riverנָהָרnâhâr · riverH5104
- Hiddekelחִדֶּ֫קֶלchiddeqel · TigrisH2313
Cross-references for Daniel 10:4
- Daniel 8:2In this vision I was at the fortress of Susa, in the province of Elam, standing beside the Ulai River.
- Ezekiel 1:3(The Lord gave this message to Ezekiel son of Buzi, a priest, beside the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians, and he felt the hand of the Lord take hold of him.)
- Genesis 2:14The third branch, called the Tigris, flowed east of the land of Asshur. The fourth branch is called the Euphrates.
Commentaries on Daniel 10:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4By the side of - Hiddekel - The same as the Tigris. the great river of Assyria; as the Euphrates of Syria, and the Nile of Egypt.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4And in the four and twentieth day of the first month - At the close of his season of fasting. Though he had not set apart this season of fasting with any view or expectation that it would be followed by such a result, yet there was a propriety that an occasion like this should be selected as that on which the communication which follows should be made to his mind, for (a) his mind was in a prepared state by this extraordinary season of devotion for such a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-21This final vision spans from 536 BC to a future when Daniel will rise from the dead and receive his inheritance. All earthly kingdoms will be destroyed. The eternal kingdom of the Son of Man will arise. God's people will finally be rescued, and death, the ultimate enemy, will be defeated.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. first month--Nisan, the month most suited for considering Israel's calamity, being that in which the feast of unleavened bread reminded them of their Egyptian bondage. Daniel mourned not merely for the seven days appointed (Ex 12:18), from the evening of the fourteenth to the twenty-first of Nisan, but thrice seven days, to mark extraordinary sorrow. His mourning ended on the twenty-first day, the closing day of the passover feast; but the vision is…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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