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Daniel 10:3

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10:3I ate no choice food; no meat or wine came to my lips,5 nor did I anoint myself with oil6 until the end of those three weeks.

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Footnotes

  1. 5 Heb “mouth.”
  2. 6 Anointing oneself with oil (usually olive oil) was a common OT practice due to the severity of the Middle Eastern sun (cf. Ps 121:6). It was also associated with rejoicing (e.g., Prov 27:9) and was therefore usually not practiced during a period of mourning.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, for the full three weeks.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips; and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I didn’t eat any rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I didn’t put any oil on my body until the three weeks were over.

NLTNew Living Translation

All that time I had eaten no rich food. No meat or wine crossed my lips, and I used no fragrant lotions until those three weeks had passed.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I had not eaten any choice food, and meat and wine did not enter my mouth, and I did not use any ointment until the end of three whole weeks.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.