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Daniel 10:4
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On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,
In the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel,
And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;
On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river (that is, the Tigris)
On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, while I was by the bank of the great river, that is, the Tigris,
On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, I was standing beside the great Tigris River.
On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was on the bank of the great river Hiddekel [which is the Tigris],
And in the foure and twentieth day of the first moneth, as I was by the side of that great riuer, euen Hiddekel,
On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, while I was by the bank of the great river, that is, the Tigris,
Then, on the twenty-fourth day of the first month, I was standing on the banks of the great Tigris River,
On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, I was on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,
And on the four-and-twentieth day of the first month, I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel:
On the 24th day of the first month of the year, I was standing beside the great Tigris River.
On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river Euphrates.
On the twenty-fourth day of the first month of the year I was standing on the bank of the mighty Tigris River.
And then on the twenty-fourth day of the first month, I myself was on the bank of the great river; that is, the Tigris.
And in the twenty fourth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Tigris,
Vpon the xxiiij. daye of the first moneth, I was by the greate floude, called Tigris:
And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel,
And on the twenty-fourth day of the first month I was by the side of the great river;
And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Tigris,
And in the foure and twentieth day of the first moneth, as I was by the side of the great riuer, which is Hiddekel:
Upon the foure & twentith day of the first moneth, I was by the side of that great riuer, [euen] Hiddekel.
On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, I was near the great river, which is Tigris Eddekel.
And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel,
In the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel,
Forsothe in the foure and twentithe dai of the firste monethe, Y was bisidis the greet flood, which is Tigris.
And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel,
And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which [is] Hiddekel;
On the twenty-fourth day of the first month I was beside the great river, the Tigris.
Now on the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, that is, the Tigris, [fn]
On April 23, as I was standing on the bank of the great Tigris River,
On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, I was standing by the side of the wide Tigris River.
On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river (that is, the Tigris),
And, on the twenty-fourth day of the first month, - when, I, was by the side of the great river, the same, is Tigris,
And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, I was by the great river, which is the Tigris.
On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, that is, the Tigris,
`And in the twenty and fourth day of the first month, I have been by the side of the great river, that [is] Hiddekel:
"On the twenty-fourth day of the first month I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris. I looked up and to my surprise saw a man dressed in linen with a belt of pure gold around his waist. His body was hard and glistening, as if sculpted from a precious stone, his face radiant, his eyes bright and penetrating like torches, his arms and feet glistening like polished bronze, and his voice, deep and resonant, sounded like a huge choir of voices.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
as: Daniel 8:2, Ezekiel 1:3
Hiddekel: Genesis 2:14
Reciprocal: Daniel 12:5 - of the river
Cross-References
Ships will come from the coast of Kittim; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever."
This is an oracle concerning Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.
He said, "You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus-even there you will find no rest."
Tarshish was your merchant because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.
The ships of Tarshish carried your merchandise. And you were filled with heavy cargo in the heart of the sea.
Ships of Kittim will come against him, and he will lose heart. Then he will turn back and rage against the holy covenant and do damage. So he will return and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And in the four and twentieth day of the first month,.... Of the third year of Cyrus, as Jacchiades; or rather of the Jewish year, the month Ab or Nisan, which answers to part of March and April; so that Daniel's fast began on the third day of the month, and lasted to the twenty fourth, in which time was the Jewish passover; and by this it seems it was not now kept; and perhaps in those times was not used to be observed by the Jews in a foreign land:
as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel; the same with the Tigris, called by both names from the swiftness and rapidity of its motion, "hiddekel" signifying both sharp and swift; and tigris, in the Persian language, a dart; see Genesis 2:14. This is the same river the Targum of Jonathan on Genesis 2:14 calls Diglath; and is by Pliny e called Diglito, who observes that it has the name of Tigris from its swiftness; so he says the Medes call an arrow; likewise Curtius f takes notice of the same, and says that it is named Tigris from the celerity with which it flows; for in the Persian language they call a dart "tigris": so חד signifies in the Hebrew language "sharp" or "polished", as an arrow is; and קל, "swift", as an arrow flies, and both make Hiddekel: now this river was near Shushan, where Daniel resided; nay, Benjamin of Tudela g says, that the river Hiddekel divides the city of Shushan, over which is a bridge, on one side of which Jews dwelt, at the time he was there; unless he means that it cuts and divides the province of Elam in Persia, he had before been speaking of; and so Diodorus Siculus h says, that both Euphrates and Tigris pass through Media into Mesopotamia; wherefore it is no wonder to hear of Daniel by the side of the river Hiddekel or Tigris: here Daniel was, not in vision, but in person, having others with him, as appears from a following verse; by it he was walking, contemplating, praying, or conversing.
e Nat. Hist. l. 6. c. 27. f Hist. l. 4. c. 9. g Itinerarium, p. 86. h Bibliothec. l. 2. p. 99.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And in the four and twentieth day of the first month - At the close of his season of fasting. Though he had not set apart this season of fasting with any view or expectation that it would be followed by such a result, yet there was a propriety that an occasion like this should be selected as that on which the communication which follows should be made to his mind, for
(a) his mind was in a prepared state by this extraordinary season of devotion for such a communication; and
(b) his attention during that period had been turned toward the condition of his people, and it was a fit opportunity to impart to him these extraordinary views of what would occur to them in future days.
It may be added, that we shall be more likely to receive Divine communications to our souls at the close of seasons of sincere and prolonged devotion than at other times, and that, though we may set apart such seasons for different purposes, the Spirit of God may take occasion from them to impart to us clear and elevated views of Divine truth, and of the Divine government. A man is in a better state to obtain such views, and is more likely to obtain them, in such circumstances than he is in others, and he who desires to understand God and his ways should wait upon him with intense and prolonged devotion. The “time” here specified is the “first month” - the month Nisan, answering to a part of our month April. This was the month in which the Passover was celebrated, and was a time, therefore, which a Jew would be likely to select as a season of extraordinary devotion. It was, for some reason, very common for the prophets to record “the very day” on which the visions which they saw appeared to them, or on which Divine communications were made to them. This was often of importance, because it served to determine the time when a prophecy was fulfilled.
I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel - That is, the Tigris. The Syriac renders it the Euphrates. The name in the Scriptures, however, denotes the Tigris. Why Daniel was there he does not say. He was often away from Babylon (compare the notes at Daniel 8:2), and he may have been now among some of his people who resided near the Tigris. Possibly he may at that time have ceased to reside at the court in Babylon, and have taken up his residence in some place on the Tigris. See the notes at Daniel 10:1.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Daniel 10:4. By the side of - Hiddekel — The same as the Tigris, the great river of Assyria; as the Euphrates of Syria, and the Nile of Egypt.
