Daniel 10:8

10:8 I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from ¹  me, and my vigor disappeared; ²  I was without energy. ³ 

Daniel 10:16-17

10:16 Then ⁴  one who appeared to be a human being ⁵  was touching my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak, saying to the one who was standing before me, “Sir, ⁶  due to the vision, anxiety has gripped me and I have no strength. 10:17 How, sir, am I able to speak with you? ⁷  My strength is gone, ⁸  and I am breathless.”

¹ tn Heb “did not remain in.”

² tn Heb “was changed upon me for ruin.”

³ tn Heb “strength.”

⁴ tn Heb “Behold.”

⁵ tc So most Hebrew MSS; one Hebrew MS along with the Dead Sea Scrolls and LXX read “something that looked like a man’s hand.”

⁶ tn Heb “my lord,” here a title of polite address. Cf. v. 19.

⁷ tn Heb “How is the servant of this my lord able to speak with this my lord?”

⁸ tn Heb “does not stand.”