Daniel 10 · Verse 2

Daniel 10:2

In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.
Daniel 10:2, King James Version

Daniel 10:2 in other translations

BSBIn those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three full weeks.
WEBIn those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole weeks.
ASVIn those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole weeks.
YLT‘In those days, I, Daniel, have been mourning three weeks of days;
DARBYIn those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks:
BBEIn those days I, Daniel, gave myself up to grief for three full weeks.
WebsterIn those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.

What does Daniel 10:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. 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 was probably for his countrymen, who met with many obstructions to their building of the temple, from their adversaries in the Persian court.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 I - 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Daniel 10:1-9

Daniel's vision near the river Hiddekel. (Dn 10:1-9) He is to expect a discovery of future events. (Dn 10:10-21) Verses 1-9 . This chapter relates the beginning of Daniel's last vision, which is continued to the end of the book. The time would be long before all would be accomplished; and much of it is not yet fulfilled. Christ appeared to Daniel in a glorious form, and it should engage us to think highly and…

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Daniel 10:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בַּיָּמִ֖יםbai.ya.Mimin the daysH3117
הָהֵ֑םha.Hem<the> thoseH1992
אֲנִ֤י'a.NiIH589
דָֽנִיֵּאל֙da.ni.yeLDanielH1840
הָיִ֣יתִיha.Yi.tiI wasH1961
מִתְאַבֵּ֔לmit.'a.BelmourningH56
שְׁלֹשָׁ֥הshe.lo.ShahthreeH7969
שָׁבֻעִ֖יםsha.vu.'ImsevensH7620
יָמִֽים\׃ya.MimdaysH3117

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Daniel 10:2

  • Nehemiah 1:4

    And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

  • Daniel 9:24-27

    Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

  • Ezra 9:4-5

    Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice. And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God,

  • Revelation 11:5

    And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.

  • Psalms 43:2

    For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  • Psalms 42:9

    I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  • Romans 9:2

    That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

  • Jeremiah 9:1

    Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

  • Matthew 9:15

    And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

  • Psalms 137:1-5

    By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land? …

  • Isaiah 66:10

    Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:

  • James 4:9

    Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I Daniel.
Ezr 9:4,5; Ne 1:4; Ps 42:9; 43:2; 137:1-5; Isa 66:10; Jer 9:1
Mt 9:15; Ro 9:2; Jas 4:9; Re 11:5
full weeks. Heb. weeks of days.
9:24-27

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Context

  • Daniel 10:1

    In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.

  • Daniel 10:2

    In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.

  • Daniel 10:3

    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.

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Daniel 10:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		En aquellos días yo Daniel me contristé por espacio de tres semanas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		En ces jours-là, moi, Daniel, je menai deuil trois semaines entières;
German
Elberfelder 1871		In selbigen Tagen trauerte ich, Daniel, drei volle Wochen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		In diebus illis ego Daniel lugebam trium hebdomadarum diebus: