In those days, I, Daniel, had been (A)mourning for three [a]entire weeks. I (B)did not eat any [b]tasty food, nor did meat or wine enter my mouth, nor did I use any ointment at all until the entire three weeks were completed. On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, while I was by the bank of the great (C)river, that is, the [c]Tigris, I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man (D)dressed in linen, whose waist (E)had a belt of pure (F)gold of Uphaz.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 10:2 Lit weeks of days
  2. Daniel 10:3 Lit delicate
  3. Daniel 10:4 Heb Hiddekel

At that time I, Daniel, mourned(A) for three weeks. I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips;(B) and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over.

On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank(C) of the great river, the Tigris,(D) I looked up(E) and there before me was a man dressed in linen,(F) with a belt of fine gold(G) from Uphaz around his waist.

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