And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
and I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.
And I set my face unto the LordGod, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentDaniel — A Hebrew exile at Babylonian and Persian courts sees empires rise and fall, a Son of Man coming with clouds, and seventy weeks locating Messiah in time. The canon's densest apocalyptic text — and its most interpretively contested.
- Author
- Daniel (traditional — Jesus cites ‘Daniel the prophet’ in Matt 24:15); critical scholarship dates composition to the 2nd c. BC Maccabean period (§7.9 — both surfaced)
- Date
- Traditional: 6th c. BC. Critical: c. 165 BC. Site default: traditional; critical view surfaced at depth 2