Daniel 10:2 “In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three full weeks.”

Daniel 10:2

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

At the same time I Daniel was in heauines for three weekes of dayes.

Darby Translation

In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks:

Young's Literal Translation

'In those days, I, Daniel, have been mourning three weeks of days;

Bible in Basic English

In those days I, Daniel, gave myself up to grief for three full weeks.

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Cross references

“I Daniel”

Nehemiah 1:4 Psalm 42:9 Psalm 43:2 Psalm 137:1–5 Isaiah 66:10 Jeremiah 9:1

Nehemiah 1:4 · BSB

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

Psalm 42:9 · BSB

I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”

Psalm 43:2 · BSB

For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?

Psalm 137:1–5 · BSB

By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

Isaiah 66:10 · BSB

Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,

Jeremiah 9:1 · BSB

Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.

“full weeks”

Daniel 9:24–27

Daniel 9:24–27 · BSB

Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and t…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1In 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.

3I 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.

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