Daniel 10:3

1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, and it concerned a great conflict. And the understanding of the message was given to him in a vision.

2 In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three full weeks.

I ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed.

4 On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,

5 I lifted up my eyes, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
I ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed.
KJV
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.
WEB
I ate no pleasant food. No meat or wine came into my mouth. I didn’t anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
Desirable food I did not eat, and meat and wine did not come into my mouth, and I did not anoint myself at all until the fulfilling of three weeks of days.
ÅB
noen kostelig mat spiste jeg ikke, og kjøtt og vin kom ikke i min munn, og heller ikke salvet jeg meg, før de tre uker var til ende.
OTB
Jeg avsto fra å spise noen rik mat; verken kjøtt eller vin kom inn i min munn, og jeg brukte ingen salver før de tre ukene var gått.
B1930
nogen kostelig mat åt jeg ikke, og kjøtt og vin kom ikke i min munn, og heller ikke salvet jeg mig, før de tre uker var til ende.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 6:17

    But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

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  • Daniel 11:8

    He will take even their gods captive to Egypt, with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold. For some years he will stay away from the king of the North,

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  • Amos 5:11

    Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.

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  • 1 Corinthians 9:27

    No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

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  • Daniel 6:18

    Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.

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  • Isaiah 24:6–11

    Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.

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  • Nahum 2:9

    “Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.

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  • 2 Samuel 19:24

    Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely.

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