Daniel 10:8-11

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  10:9 I listened to his voice, ⁴  and as I did so ⁵  I fell into a trance-like sleep with my face to the ground. 10:10 Then ⁶  a hand touched me and set me on my hands and knees. ⁷  10:11 He said to me, “Daniel, you are of great value. ⁸  Understand the words that I am about to ⁹  speak to you. So stand up, ¹⁰  for I have now been sent to you.” When he said this ¹¹  to me, I stood up shaking.

[10:8]  ¹ tn Heb “did not remain in.”

[10:8]  ² tn Heb “was changed upon me for ruin.”

[10:8]  ³ tn Heb “strength.”

[10:9]  ⁴ tc Heb “I heard the sound of his words.” These words are absent in the LXX and the Syriac.

[10:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “as I listened to the sound of his words.”

[10:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “Behold.”

[10:10]  ⁷ tc Theodotion lacks “and the palms of my hands.”

[10:10]  tn Heb “on my knees and the palms of my hands.”

[10:11]  ⁸ tn Or “a treasured person”; KJV “a man greatly beloved”; NASB “man of high esteem.”

[10:11]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew participle is often used, as here, to refer to the imminent future.

[10:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “stand upon your standing.”

[10:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “spoke this word.”