Ezekiel 3:23

3:23 So I got up and went out to the valley, and the glory of the Lord was standing there, just like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River, ¹  and I threw myself face down.

Genesis 17:3

17:3 Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, ²  and God said to him, ³ 

Leviticus 9:24

9:24 Then fire went out from the presence of the Lord ⁴  and consumed the burnt offering and the fat parts on the altar, and all the people saw it, so they shouted loudly and fell down with their faces to the ground. ⁵ 

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. ⁶  Then he said to me, “Understand, son of man, ⁷  that the vision pertains to the time of the end.”

Daniel 10:7-9

10:7 Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men who were with me did not see it. ⁸  On the contrary, they were overcome with fright ⁹  and ran away to hide. 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  10:9 I listened to his voice, ¹³  and as I did so ¹⁴  I fell into a trance-like sleep with my face to the ground.

Daniel 10:16-17

10:16 Then ¹⁵  one who appeared to be a human being ¹⁶  was touching my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak, saying to the one who was standing before me, “Sir, ¹⁷  due to the vision, anxiety has gripped me and I have no strength. 10:17 How, sir, am I able to speak with you? ¹⁸  My strength is gone, ¹⁹  and I am breathless.”

Matthew 17:5-6

17:5 While he was still speaking, a ²⁰  bright cloud ²¹  overshadowed ²²  them, and a voice from the cloud said, ²³  “This is my one dear Son, ²⁴  in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!” ²⁵  17:6 When the disciples heard this, they were overwhelmed with fear and threw themselves down with their faces to the ground. ²⁶ 

Acts 9:4

9:4 He ²⁷  fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, ²⁸  why are you persecuting me?” ²⁹ 

Revelation 1:17-18

1:17 When ³⁰  I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but ³¹  he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last, 1:18 and the one who lives! I ³²  was dead, but look, now I am alive – forever and ever – and I hold the keys of death and of Hades! ³³ 

[3:23]  ¹ tn Or “canal.”

[17:3]  ² tn Heb “And Abram fell on his face.” This expression probably means that Abram sank to his knees and put his forehead to the ground, although it is possible that he completely prostrated himself. In either case the posture indicates humility and reverence.

[17:3]  ³ tn Heb “God spoke to him, saying.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[9:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “from to the faces of the Lord.” The rendering here is based on the use of “my faces” and “your faces” referring to the very “presence” of the Lord in Exod 33:14-15.

[9:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “fell on their faces.” Many English versions and commentaries render here “shouted for joy” (e.g., NIV; cf. NCV, NLT) or “shouted joyfully,” but the fact the people “fell on their faces” immediately afterward suggests that they were frightened as, for example, in Exod 19:16b; 20:18-21.

[8:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “on my face.”

[8:17]  ⁷ tn Or “human one.”

[10:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “the vision.”

[10:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “great trembling fell on them.”

[10:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “did not remain in.”

[10:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “was changed upon me for ruin.”

[10:8]  ¹² tn Heb “strength.”

[10:9]  ¹³ tc Heb “I heard the sound of his words.” These words are absent in the LXX and the Syriac.

[10:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “as I listened to the sound of his words.”

[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.

[10:17]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “How is the servant of this my lord able to speak with this my lord?”

[10:17]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “does not stand.”

[17:5]  ²⁰ tn Grk “behold, a.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated here or in the following clause because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).

[17:5]  ²¹ sn This cloud is the cloud of God’s presence and the voice is his as well.

[17:5]  ²² tn Or “surrounded.”

[17:5]  ²³ tn Grk “behold, a voice from the cloud, saying.” This is an incomplete sentence in Greek which portrays intensity and emotion. The participle λέγουσα (legousa) was translated as a finite verb in keeping with English style.

[17:5]  ²⁴ tn Grk “my beloved Son,” or “my Son, the beloved [one].” The force of ἀγαπητός (agaphtos) is often “pertaining to one who is the only one of his or her class, but at the same time is particularly loved and cherished” (L&N 58.53; cf. also BDAG 7 s.v. 1).

[17:5]  ²⁵ sn The expression listen to him comes from Deut 18:15 and makes two points: 1) Jesus is a prophet like Moses, a leader-prophet, and 2) they have much yet to learn from him.

[17:6]  ²⁶ tn Grk “they fell down on their faces.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

[9:4]  ²⁷ tn Grk “and he.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.

[9:4]  ²⁸ tn The double vocative suggests emotion.

[9:4]  ²⁹ sn Persecuting me. To persecute the church is to persecute Jesus.

[1:17]  ³⁰ tn Grk “And when.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[1:17]  ³¹ tn Here the Greek conjunction καί (kai) has been translated as a contrastive (“but”) due to the contrast between the two clauses.

[1:18]  ³² tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[1:18]  ³³ tn Concerning “Hades” BDAG 19 s.v. ᾅδης 1 and 2 states: “Orig. proper noun, god of the nether world, ‘Hades’, then the nether world, Hades as place of the dead, Ac 2:27, 31 (Ps 15:10; Eccl 9:10; PGM 1, 179; 16, 8; Philo, Mos. 1, 195; Jos., Bell. 1, 596, Ant. 6, 332). Of Jonah’s fish ἐκ τοῦ κατωτάτου ᾅδου. In the depths, contrasted w. heaven ἕως (τοῦ) ᾅδου Mt 11:23; Lk 10:15 (PsSol 15:10; cp.; Is 14:11, 15); ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ 16:23; ἐν ῝Αιδου ApcPt Rainer. Accessible by gates (but the pl. is also used [e.g. Hom., X., Ael. Aristid. 47, 20 K.=23 p. 450 D.] when only one gate is meant), hence πύλαι ᾅδου (Il. 5, 646; Is 38:10; Wsd 16:13; 3 Macc 5:51; Pss. Sol. 16:2. – Lucian, Menipp. 6 the magicians can open τοῦ ῝Αιδου τὰς πύλας and conduct people in and out safely) Mt 16:18…locked ἔχω τὰς κλεῖς τοῦ θανάτου καὶ τοῦ ᾅδου Rv 1:18 (the genitives are either obj. [Ps.-Apollod. 3, 12, 6, 10 Aeacus, the son of Zeus holds the κλεῖς τοῦ ῝Αιδου; SEG VIII, 574, 3 (III ad) τῷ τὰς κλεῖδας ἔχοντι τῶν καθ᾿ ῝Αιδου (restored)] or possess.; in the latter case death and Hades are personif.; s. 2)…Hades personif.…w. θάνατος (cp. Is 28:15; Job 38:17…) Rv 6:8; 20:13f.”