Daniel 10:15

10:15 While he was saying this to me, ¹  I was flat on ²  the ground and unable to speak.

Daniel 8:18

8:18 As he spoke with me, I fell into a trance with my face to the ground. But he touched me and stood me upright. ³ 

Daniel 9:3

9:3 So I turned my attention ⁴  to the Lord God ⁵  to implore him by prayer and requests, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. ⁶ 

Daniel 8:17

8:17 So he approached the place where I was standing. As he came, I felt terrified and fell flat on the ground. ⁷  Then he said to me, “Understand, son of man, ⁸  that the vision pertains to the time of the end.”

Daniel 10:9

10:9 I listened to his voice, ⁹  and as I did so ¹⁰  I fell into a trance-like sleep with my face to the ground.

Daniel 8:5

8:5 While I was contemplating all this, ¹¹  a male goat ¹²  was coming from the west over the surface of all the land ¹³  without touching the ground. This goat had a conspicuous horn ¹⁴  between its eyes.

Daniel 9:13

9:13 Just as it is written in the law of Moses, so all this calamity has come on us. Still we have not tried to pacify ¹⁵  the LORD our God by turning back from our sin and by seeking wisdom ¹⁶  from your reliable moral standards. ¹⁷ 

¹ tn Heb “speaking to me according to these words.”

² tn Heb “I placed my face toward.”

³ tn Heb “on my standing.”

⁵ tn Heb “face.”

⁶ tn The Hebrew phrase translated “Lord God” here is אֲדֹנָי הָאֱלֹהִים (’adonay ha’elohim).

⁷ sn When lamenting, ancient Israelites would fast, wear sackcloth, and put ashes on their heads to show their sorrow and contrition.

⁷ tn Heb “on my face.”

⁸ tn Or “human one.”

⁹ tc Heb “I heard the sound of his words.” These words are absent in the LXX and the Syriac.

¹⁰ tn Heb “as I listened to the sound of his words.”

¹¹ tn The words “all this” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.

¹² tn Heb “and behold, a he-goat of the goats.”

¹³ tn Or “of the whole earth” (NAB, ASV, NASB, NRSV).

¹⁴ tn Heb “a horn of vision” [or “conspicuousness”], i.e., “a conspicuous horn,” one easily seen.

¹³ tn Heb “we have not pacified the face of.”

¹⁴ tn Or “by gaining insight.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “by your truth.” The Hebrew term does not refer here to abstract truth, however, but to the reliable moral guidance found in the covenant law. See vv 10-11.