Daniel 10:10

10:10 Then ¹  a hand touched me and set me on my hands and knees. ² 

Daniel 8:15

An Angel Interprets Daniel’s Vision

8:15 While I, Daniel, was watching the vision, I sought to understand it. Now one who appeared to be a man was standing before me.

Daniel 10:5

10:5 I looked up ³  and saw a ⁴  man ⁵  clothed in linen; ⁶  around his waist was a belt made of gold from Upaz. ⁷ 

Daniel 10:20

10:20 He said, “Do you know why I have come to you? ⁸  Now I am about to return to engage in battle with the prince of Persia. When I go, the prince of Greece is coming.

Daniel 12:5

12:5 I, Daniel, watched as two others stood there, one on each side of the river. ⁹ 

Daniel 8:3

8:3 I looked up ¹⁰  and saw ¹¹  a ¹²  ram with two horns standing at the canal. Its two horns were both long, ¹³  but one was longer than the other. The longer one was coming up after the shorter one.

Daniel 8:5

8:5 While I was contemplating all this, ¹⁴  a male goat ¹⁵  was coming from the west over the surface of all the land ¹⁶  without touching the ground. This goat had a conspicuous horn ¹⁷  between its eyes.

Daniel 10:13

10:13 However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia was opposing me for twenty-one days. But ¹⁸  Michael, one of the leading princes, came to help me, because I was left there ¹⁹  with the kings of Persia.

Daniel 10:16

10:16 Then ²⁰  one who appeared to be a human being ²¹  was touching my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak, saying to the one who was standing before me, “Sir, ²²  due to the vision, anxiety has gripped me and I have no strength.

[10:10]  ¹ tn Heb “Behold.”

[10:10]  ² tc Theodotion lacks “and the palms of my hands.”

[10:5]  ³ tn Heb “I lifted up my eyes.”

[10:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “one.” The Hebrew numerical adjective is used here like an English indefinite article.

[10:5]  ⁵ sn The identity of the messenger is not specifically disclosed. Presumably he is an unnamed angel. Some interpreters identify him as Gabriel, but there is no adequate reason for doing so.

[10:5]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew word בַּדִּים (baddim) is a plural of extension. See GKC 396-97 §124.a, b, c and Joüon 2:500 §136.c.

[10:5]  ⁷ tn The location of this place and even the exact form of the Hebrew name אוּפָז (’ufaz) are uncertain. Apparently it was a source for pure gold. (See Jer 10:9.) The Hebrew word פָז (paz, “refined gold” or “pure gold”) is more common in the OT than אוּפָז, and some scholars emend the text of Dan 10:5 to read this word. Cf. also “Ophir” (1 Kgs 9:28; Isa 13:12; Job 22:24; 28:16).

[10:20]  ⁵ sn The question is rhetorical, intended to encourage reflection on Daniel’s part.

[12:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “one to this edge of the river and one to that edge of the river.”

[8:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “lifted my eyes.”

[8:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and behold.”

[8:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “one.” The Hebrew numerical adjective occasionally functions like an English indefinite article. See GKC 401 §125.b.

[8:3]  ¹² tn Heb “high” (also “higher” later in this verse).

[8:5]  ¹¹ tn The words “all this” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.

[8:5]  ¹² tn Heb “and behold, a he-goat of the goats.”

[8:5]  ¹³ tn Or “of the whole earth” (NAB, ASV, NASB, NRSV).

[8:5]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “a horn of vision” [or “conspicuousness”], i.e., “a conspicuous horn,” one easily seen.

[10:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “and behold.”

[10:13]  ¹⁴ tc The Greek version of Theodotion reads “I left him [i.e., Michael] there,” and this is followed by a number of English translations (cf. NAB, NRSV, NLT).

[10:16]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “Behold.”

[10:16]  ¹⁶ 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.”

[10:16]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “my lord,” here a title of polite address. Cf. v. 19.