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Daniel 10:3 KJV
Daniel · chapter 10 · verse 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 10:3 · King James Version
Daniel 10:3 in context
1In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
2In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.
3I 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.
4And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;
5Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- pleasantchemdâhdelightH2532 →
- anointçûwkproperly, to smear overH5480 →
- breadlechemfood , especially bread, or grainH3899 →
- fleshbâsârfleshH1320 →
- mouthpehthe mouth , whether literal or figurativeH6310 →
- threeshâlôwshthreeH7969 →
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This vision is dated in the third year of Cyrus, that is, of his reign after the conquest of Babylon, his third year since Daniel became acquainted with him and a subject to him. Here is, I. A general idea of this prophecy (Dan 10:1): The thing was true; every word of God is so;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9