Daniel 10:8 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 10:8

So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

So 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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Hippolytus of Rome

Commentary on Daniel 4.38.4 (235)

"And I," he says, "was the only one left and I fell on my face upon the earth, and behold, with the hand of a man he touched me." [Daniel 10:8] He says, "the hand of a man," not yet a man, but indicating the coming of the economy through grace.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, the greatest and best of men cannot bear the immediate discoveries of the divine glory; no man can see it and live; it is next to death to see a glimpse of it, as Daniel here; but glorified saints see Christ as he is and can bear the sight. But, though Daniel was thus dispirited with the vision of Christ, yet he heard the voice of his words and knew what he said.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision - That is, I distinctly saw it, or contemplated it. He perceived, doubtless, that it was a heavenly vision; and as he had often been favored with similar manifestations, he remained to receive the communication which probably he understood was to be made. And there remained no strength in me - He was completely overcome. A similar effect was produced on John when he was in Patmos: “And when I saw him I fell at his feet as dead,” Rev 1:

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַאֲנִי֙	va.'a.Ni	and I	H589 →
נִשְׁאַ֣רְתִּי	nish.'Ar.ti	I was left behind	H7604 →
לְבַדִּ֔י	le.va.Di	to alone me	H905 →
וָֽאֶרְאֶ֗ה	va.'er.'Eh	and I saw	H7200 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַמַּרְאָ֤ה	ha.mar.'Ah	the vision	H4759 →
הַגְּדֹלָה֙	ha.ge.do.Lah	<the> great	H1419 →
הַזֹּ֔את	ha.Zot	<the> this	H2063 →
וְלֹ֥א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
נִשְׁאַר־	nish.'ar-	it remained	H7604 →
בִּ֖י	bi	in me
כֹּ֑ח	Koch	strength	H3581 →
וְהוֹדִ֗י	ve.ho.Di	and vigor my	H1935 →
נֶהְפַּ֤ךְ	neh.Pakh	it was changed	H2015 →
עָלַי֙	'a.Lai	on me	H5921 →
לְמַשְׁחִ֔ית	le.mash.Chit	into destruction	H4889 →
וְלֹ֥א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
עָצַ֖רְתִּי	'a.Tzar.ti	I retained	H6113 →
כֹּֽחַ׃	Ko.ach	strength	H3581 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Habakkuk 3:16
I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the…
leads to
- Jeremiah 23:9
  As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His…
- Habakkuk 1:5–11
  “Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.
- Habakkuk 3:2
  O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!
- Psalms 94:12–13
  Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
- Jeremiah 25:9–11
  behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents,…
Through
Mark 9:6
For they were all so terrified that Peter did not know what else to say.
leads to
- Mark 16:5–8
  When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
- Daniel 10:15–19
  While he was speaking these words to me, I set my face toward the ground and became speechless.
- Revelation 1:17
  When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,