Daniel 10:18

10:18 Then the one who appeared to be a human being touched me again ¹  and strengthened me.

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. ² 

Daniel 10:10

10:10 Then ³  a hand touched me and set me on my hands and knees. ⁴ 

Daniel 10:17

10:17 How, sir, am I able to speak with you? ⁵  My strength is gone, ⁶  and I am breathless.”

Daniel 2:30

2:30 As for me, this mystery was revealed to me not because I possess more wisdom ⁷  than any other living person, but so that the king may understand ⁸  the interpretation and comprehend the thoughts of your mind. ⁹ 

Daniel 10:8

10:8 I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from ¹⁰  me, and my vigor disappeared; ¹¹  I was without energy. ¹² 

¹ tn Heb “He added and touched me.” The construction is a verbal hendiadys.

² tn Heb “on my standing.”

³ tn Heb “Behold.”

⁴ tc Theodotion lacks “and the palms of my hands.”

⁴ tn Heb “How is the servant of this my lord able to speak with this my lord?”

⁵ tn Heb “does not stand.”

⁵ tn Aram “not for any wisdom which is in me more than [in] any living man.”

⁶ tn Aram “they might cause the king to know.” The impersonal plural is used here to refer to the role of God’s spirit in revealing the dream and its interpretation to the king. As J. A. Montgomery says, “it appropriately here veils the mysterious agency” (Daniel [ICC], 164-65).

⁷ tn Aram “heart.”

⁶ tn Heb “did not remain in.”

⁷ tn Heb “was changed upon me for ruin.”

⁸ tn Heb “strength.”