Daniel 8:27 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 8:27

I, Daniel, was exhausted and lay ill for days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was confounded by the vision; it was beyond understanding.

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ASV

And I, Daniel, fainted, and was sick certain days; then I rose up, and did the king’s business: and I wondered at the vision, but none understood it.

KJV

And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king’s business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.

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Commentary

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Jerome

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER EIGHT (420)

Verse 27. "And I, Daniel, languished and was sick for some days. And when I rose from my bed, I performed the king's tasks." This is the same thing as we read in Genesis about Abraham, for after he had heard the Lord speaking to him, he averred that he was but dust and ashes (Genesis 18:27). And so Daniel states that he languished as a reaction to the horror of the vision, and suffered illness.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

And I Daniel fainted - Hebrew, “I was “ - נהייתי nı̂heyēythı̂y. Compare Dan 2:1. The meaning, according to Gesenius (“Lexicon”), is, “I was done up, and was sick:” - I was done over, etc. Perhaps the “reason” of his using this verb here is, that he represents himself as “having been sick,” and then as fainting away, as if his life had departed. The Latin Vulgate renders it langui. Theodotion, ἐκοιμήθην ekoimēthēn - “ was laid in my bed.” The general idea is plain, that he was overcome and prostrate at the effect of the vision.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

I . . . was sick--through grief at the calamities coming on my people and the Church of God (compare Ps 102:14). afterward I . . . did the king's business--He who holds nearest communion with heaven can best discharge the duties of common life. none understood it--He had heard of kings, but knew not their names;

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַאֲנִ֣י	va.'a.Ni	and I	H589 →
דָנִיֵּ֗אל	da.ni.Yel	Daniel	H1840 →
נִהְיֵ֤יתִי	nih.Yei.ti	I was done [in]	H1961 →
וְנֶֽחֱלֵ֙יתִי֙	ve.ne.che.Lei.ti	and I was sick	H2470 →
יָמִ֔ים	ya.Mim	days	H3117 →
וָאָק֕וּם	va.'a.Kum	and I arose	H6965 →
וָאֶֽעֱשֶׂ֖ה	va.'e.'e.Seh	and I did	H6213 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מְלֶ֣אכֶת	me.Le.khet	[the] work of	H4399 →
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
וָאֶשְׁתּוֹמֵ֥ם	va.'esh.to.Mem	and I was appalled	H8074 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הַמַּרְאֶ֖ה	ha.mar.'Eh	the vision	H4758 →
וְאֵ֥ין	ve.'Ein	and there not	H369 →
מֵבִֽין׃ פ	me.Vin	[was one] giving understanding	H995 →

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Where the connections lead

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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.
leads to
- Daniel 7:28
  Thus ends the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts troubled me greatly, and my face turned pale. But I kept the matter to myself.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Daniel 10:16
And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome…
leads to
- Daniel 7:15
  I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit, and the visions in my mind alarmed me.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 6:7
  And with it he touched my mouth and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.”
- Daniel 8:15
  While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.
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…
- 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.
- 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!
- 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.

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Daniel