Daniel 9:3 Parallel Translations

So I turned to the Lord God and looked to him for help. I prayed, pleaded, and fasted in sackcloth and ashes.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

ASV:

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

BBE:

And turning my face to the Lord God, I gave myself up to prayer, requesting his grace, going without food, in haircloth and dust.

DBY:

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes;

ERV:

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.

JPS:

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.

WBS:

And I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

WEB:

I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

YLT:

and I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.

Daniel 9:3 Cross References

XREF:

Daniel 9:2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, observed in the books the number of the years which was revealed as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years.

Daniel 9:4 I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed and said, "Alas, O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

9:3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to {d} seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
(d) He does not speak of that ordinary prayer, which he used in his house three times a day, but of a rare and vehement prayer, lest their sins should cause God to delay the time of their deliverance prophesied by Jeremiah.

MHC:

9:1-3 Daniel learned from the books of the prophets, especially from Jeremiah, that the desolation of Jerusalem would continue seventy years, which were drawing to a close. God's promises are to encourage our prayers, not to make them needless; and when we see the performance of them approaching, we should more earnestly plead them with God.

CONC:

Ashes Attention Dust Face Fasting Grace Haircloth Myself Petition Petitions Prayer Requesting Sackcloth Seek Seeking Supplications Turning

Ashes Attention Dust Face Fasting Food Grace Haircloth Petition Petitions Pleaded Prayer Requesting Sackcloth Seek Seeking Supplications Turned Turning

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