--- title: "Daniel 10 - Study King James Bible with keil and delitzsch old testament commentary" description: "Read Daniel 10 with keil and delitzsch old testament commentary commentary. 1 In 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 app" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/daniel/10" --- [ Read](/kjv/daniel/10)[ Commentary](/study/daniel/10)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/daniel/10) Audio 1 In 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.* 2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.* 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.* 4 And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which *is* Hiddekel; 5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins *were* girded with fine gold of Uphaz:* 6 His body also *was* like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude. 7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. 8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.* 9 Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground. 10 ¶ And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and *upon* the palms of my hands.* 11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.** 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. 13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.* 14 Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision *is* for *many* days. 15 And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb. 16 And, behold, *one* like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength. 17 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.* 18 Then there came again and touched me *one* like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me, 19 And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace *be* unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me. 20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. 21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and *there is* none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.* [Daniel 9](/study/daniel/9) [Daniel 11](/study/daniel/11) ## Commentary To verse 1 The Theophany - Daniel 10-11:2a The Introduction to the Following Manifestation of God - [Daniel 10:1-3](/kjv/daniel/10/1-3) This verse is to be regarded as an inscription or general statement of the substance of it. Therefore Daniel speaks of himself in the third person, as in [Daniel 7:1](/kjv/daniel/7/1), and in the historical portions Daniel 1-6. The definition of the time, “In the first year of Cores (Cyrus) king of Persia,” refers us back to [Daniel 1:21](/kjv/daniel/1/21), but it does not, as has been there already remarked, stand in contradiction to the first year of Cyrus named there. דּבר is the following revelation, which was communicated to the prophet not by a vision ( חזון ), but by a manifestation of God ( מראה ), and was given in the form of simple human discourse. The remark regarding Daniel, “whose name was Belteshazzar,” is designed only to make it obvious that the Daniel of the third year of Cyrus was the same who was carried by Babylon in the first year of Nebuchadnezzar (seventy-two years before). To the question why Daniel did not return to his native land in the first year of Cyrus, which Hitzig has thus formulated for the purpose of framing an argument against the genuineness of this prophecy - ”How could he, who was a pattern of piety ([Daniel 1:8](/kjv/daniel/1/8); [Ezekiel 14:14](/kjv/ezekiel/14/14)), so disregard the opportunity that was offered and the summons of Isaiah ([Isaiah 48:20](/kjv/isaiah/48/20); [Isaiah 52:11](/kjv/isaiah/52/11).) as if he stood on the side of those who forgot the holy mountain?” ([Isaiah 65:11](/kjv/isaiah/65/11)) - the supposition of his advanced old age (Häv.) is no sufficient answer. For, on the contrary, Hitzig has rightly replied that old men also, such as had even seen the former temple, had returned home ([Ezra 3:12](/kjv/ezra/3/12)), and Daniel was not so infirm as to be unable for the journey. The correct answer is rather this, that Daniel, because divine revelations had been communicated to him, had obtained a position at the court of the world-rulers in which he was able to do much for the good of his people, and might not, without a special divine injunction, leave this place; that he thus, not from indifference toward the holy mountain or from neglect of the injunctions to flee from Babylon ([Isaiah 48:20](/kjv/isaiah/48/20); [Isaiah 52:11](/kjv/isaiah/52/11).), but from obedience to God, and for the furtherance of the cause of His kingdom, remained at his post till the Lord His God should call him away from it. In the second hemistich the contents of this new divine revelation are characterized. הדּבר with the article points back to דּבר in the first half of the verse. Of this “word” Daniel says that it contains אמת and גּדול צבא . In the statement that “the thing was true,” Hitzig finds an intimation that thereby the author betrays his standpoint, namely, the time when “the thing” was realized, for Daniel could not say this before it happened. But this objection supposes that the author was a lying prophet, who spoke from his own heart ([Jeremiah 29:8](/kjv/jeremiah/29/8), [Jeremiah 29:15](/kjv/jeremiah/29/15)). But if Daniel had actually received a “word” from God, he could before its fulfilment testify its truth. The testimony to the truth of the word here indicates, as it does in [Daniel 8:26](/kjv/daniel/8/26) in the mouth of the angel, that the word of God now communicated to the prophet contained things which it would be difficult for the human heart to believe. The second predicate גּדול צבא shows in what respect this is so. For that these words do not, with the lxx and Aquil., refer to what follows is obvious, as is acknowledged by all modern interpreters. צבא , *warfare*, *military service*, then the difficulty of this service, and figuratively *difficulty*, afflictions of life, [Job 7:1](/kjv/job/7/1); [Job 10:17](/kjv/job/10/17), and also here. “The word is, i.e., concerns, has as its contents, great afflictions” [E.V. “the time appointed was long”]. In the last clause of this verse בּין and בינה are not the imperative (v. Lengerke), because a summons to give heed, or understand, would not be here in place. בינה is a substantive, and the throwing of the accent on the penultima is occasioned by the accented לו which follows. בּין is the *3rd pers. perf*., not the infinitive (Häv.). Understanding was to him בּמּראה , by that which was seen, i.e., by the appearance described in [Daniel 10:5](/kjv/daniel/10/5). בּמּראה cannot at all be referred (Klief.) to the earlier prophecies of [Daniel 8:7](/kjv/daniel/8/7), [Daniel 8:9](/kjv/daniel/8/9). The statement in these two passages serves for the confirmation of that which was said regarding the contents of the word from God, and stands in relation to [Daniel 8:27](/kjv/daniel/8/27), where Daniel was troubled because no one understood the vision. He was helped out of this state of non-understanding by the following revelation, cf. [Daniel 10:14](/kjv/daniel/10/14). But the objection that it cannot be here said that Daniel understood the word, because he himself, [Daniel 12:8](/kjv/daniel/12/8), says that he did not understand it, has been disposed of by Kliefoth, who justly remarks that the non-understanding in [Daniel 12:8](/kjv/daniel/12/8) regards a single point, namely, the duration of the affliction, regarding which, however, disclosures are given to the prophet in [Daniel 12:10](/kjv/daniel/12/10). 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