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Daniel 10:2

In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.

KJV

In diebus illis ego Daniel lugebam trium hebdomadarum diebus :

Vulgate

ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἐγὼ Δανιὴλ ἤμην πενθῶν τρεῖς ἑβδομάδας·

LXX

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

ASV

בַּ/יָּמִ֖ים הָ/הֵ֑ם אֲנִ֤י דָֽנִיֵּאל֙ הָיִ֣יתִי מִתְאַבֵּ֔ל שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה שָׁבֻעִ֖ים יָמִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
דָּנִיֵּ֣אל
dny'l
proper_noun · 32×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת
shlsht
adjective · 429×
שָׁבֻעִ֖ים
shb'ym
noun · 20×
תֶּאֱבַ֣ל
t'bl
verb · 39×

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210214.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
The seventh day is called the Sabbath and signifies rest. For in it God rested from all His works Genesis 2:2, as the divine Scripture says: and so the number of the days goes up to seven and then circles back again and begins at the first. This is the precious number with the Jews, God having ordained that it should be held in honour, and that in no chance fashion but with the…

Cross-references

  • Dan 9:24 — 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 right
  • Dan 10:12 — Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
  • Eccl 7:3 — Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
  • Ezra 9:4 — 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.
  • Lev 23:27 — Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LO
  • Matt 6:17 — But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
  • Neh 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,