Daniel 10:3

What does Daniel 10:3 mean?

A plain-English look at Daniel 10:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

I had no pleasing food, no meat or wine came into my mouth, and I put no oil on my body till three full weeks were ended.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

desirable bread I have not eaten, and flesh and wine hath not come in unto my mouth, and I have not anointed myself at all, till the completion of three weeks of days.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

I ate no desirable bread, and neither flesh, nor wine, entered into my mouth, neither was I anointed with ointment: till the days of three weeks were accomplished.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three full weeks were fulfilled.

Context

v.2In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole weeks.

v.3This passage

v.4And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 33:20

    So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food.

  • Nahum 2:9

    Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold; for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:27

    but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

  • Daniel 11:8

    And also their gods, with their molten images, and with their goodly vessels of silver and of gold, shall he carry captive into Egypt; and he shall refrain some years from the king of the north.

  • Isaiah 24:6

    Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

  • 2 Samuel 19:24

    And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.

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