And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd when he had spoken unto me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and was dumb.
While he was speaking these words to me, I set my face toward the ground and became speechless.
`And when he speaketh with me about these things, I have set my face toward the earth, and have been silent;
And as he was speaking with me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.
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