Daniel 10:16

10:16 Then ¹  one who appeared to be a human being ²  was touching my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak, saying to the one who was standing before me, “Sir, ³  due to the vision, anxiety has gripped me and I have no strength.

Daniel 10:18

10:18 Then the one who appeared to be a human being touched me again ⁴  and strengthened me.

[10:16]  ¹ tn Heb “Behold.”

[10:16]  ² 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]  ³ tn Heb “my lord,” here a title of polite address. Cf. v. 19.

[10:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “He added and touched me.” The construction is a verbal hendiadys.