Daniel 10 · Verse 4

Daniel 10:4

And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;
Daniel 10:4, King James Version

Daniel 10:4 in other translations

BSBOn the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,
WEBIn the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel,
ASVAnd in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel,
YLT‘And in the twenty and fourth day of the first month, I have been by the side of the great river, that is Hiddekel:
DARBYAnd on the four-and-twentieth day of the first month, I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel:
BBEAnd on the twenty-fourth day of the first month I was by the side of the great river;
WebsterAnd in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;

What does Daniel 10:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. 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 not till the twenty-fourth, because of the opposition of "the prince of Persia" (Da 10:13). I was by ... the ... river--in waking reality, not a trance (Da 10:7); when younger, he saw the future in images, but now when old, he receives revelations from angels in common language, that is, in the apocalyptic mode. In the patriarchal period God often appeared visibly, that is, theophany. In the prophets, next in the succession, the inward character of revelation is prominent. The consummation is when the seer looks up from earth into the unseen world, and has the future shown to him by angels, that is, apocalypse. So in the New Testament there is a parallel progression: God in the flesh, the spiritual activity of the apostles and the apocalypse [Auberlen]. Hiddekel--the Tigris.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 By the side of - Hiddekel - The same as the Tigris. the great river of Assyria; as the Euphrates of Syria, and the Nile of Egypt.

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 10:4 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.

וּבְי֛וֹםu.ve.Yomand on dayH3117
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים'es.RimtwentyH6242
וְאַרְבָּעָ֖הve.'ar.ba.'Ahand fourH702
לַחֹ֣דֶשׁla.Cho.deshof the monthH2320
הָרִאשׁ֑וֹןha.ri.Shon<the> firstH7223
וַאֲנִ֗יva.'a.Niand IH589
הָיִ֛יתִיha.Yi.tiI wasH1961
עַ֣ל'alonH5921
יַ֧דyad[the] side ofH3027
הַנָּהָ֛רha.na.Harthe riverH5104
הַגָּד֖וֹלha.ga.Dol<the> greatH1419
ה֥וּאhu'thatH1931
חִדָּֽקֶל\׃chi.Da.kel[is] [the] TigrisH2313

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

Cross references for Daniel 10:4

  • Genesis 2:14

    And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

  • Daniel 8:2

    And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.

  • Ezekiel 1:3

    The word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was there upon him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
as.
8:2; Eze 1:3
Hiddekel.
Ge 2:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • Daniel 10:4

    And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;

  • Daniel 10:5

    Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:

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Daniel 10:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y á los veinte y cuatro días del mes primero estaba yo á la orilla del gran río Hiddekel;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et le vingt-quatrième jour du premier mois, j’étais au bord du grand fleuve qui est le Hiddékel;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und am 24. Tage des ersten Monats, da war ich am Ufer des großen Stromes, das ist der Hiddekel
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Die autem vigesima et quarta mensis primi, eram juxta fluvium magnum, qui est Tigris.