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My strength left me, my face grew deathly pale, and I felt very weak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/daniel/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So I was left alone and saw this great vision, and no strength was left in me. My radiant appearance was fearfully changed, and I retained no strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/daniel/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/daniel/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/daniel/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore I was left alone when I saw this great vision, and no strength remained in me; for my vigor was turned to frailty in me, and I retained no strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/daniel/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I was left alone and saw this great vision; yet no strength was left in me, for my complexion turned to a deathly pallor, and I retained no strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/daniel/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So I was left alone and saw this great vision; yet no strength was left in me, for my natural color turned to a deathly pallor, and I retained no strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/daniel/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So I was left alone and saw this great vision; yet no strength was left in me, for my natural color turned to a deathly pallor, and I retained no strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/daniel/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So I alone remained and saw this great <i>vision</i> that appeared; yet no might remained in me, for my <i>outward</i> splendor turned to a deathly pallor, and I retained no might.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/daniel/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So I was left alone and saw this great vision; yet no strength was left in me, for my normal appearance turned to a deathly pale, and I grew weak <i>and</i> faint [with fright].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/daniel/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I was left alone, looking at this great vision. No strength was left in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/daniel/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I was left alone, looking at this great vision. No strength was left in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/daniel/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/daniel/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Only I saw this great vision. I became weak and pale, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/daniel/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/daniel/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So I was left alone to see this grand vision. I had no strength left in me. My face turned deathly pale, and I was helpless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/daniel/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I was left there alone, watching this amazing vision. I had no strength left, and my face was so changed that no one could have recognized me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/daniel/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />and I was left alone to observe this magnificent vision. Nevertheless, no strength remained in me—my face lost its color, and I became weak. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/daniel/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/daniel/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from me, and my vigor disappeared; I was without energy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/daniel/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my natural appearance grew deathly pale, and I retained no strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/daniel/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/daniel/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />So I was left alone and saw this great vision. No strength remained in me; for my face grew deathly pale, and I retained no strength. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/daniel/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and I have been left by myself, and I see this great vision, and there has been no power left in me, and my splendor has been turned in me to corruption, indeed, I have not retained power.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/daniel/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and I have been left by myself, and I see this great appearance, and there hath been no power left in me, and my honour hath been turned in me to corruption, yea, I have not retained power.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/daniel/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I was left alone, and I shall see this great sight, and strength was not left in me: and my honor was turned upon me into destruction, and I retained not strength.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/daniel/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I being left alone saw this great vision: and there remained no strength in me, and the appearance of my countenance was changed in me, and I fainted away, and retained no strength. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/daniel/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I, having been left alone, saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me, moreover, my appearance was altered, and I languished, not having any strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/daniel/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />So I was left alone to see this great vision. No strength remained in me; I turned the color of death and was powerless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/daniel/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So I was left alone to see this great vision. My strength left me, and my complexion grew deathly pale, and I retained no strength.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/daniel/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Wherefore I was left alone and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; and my heart trembled, and there was no strength in me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/daniel/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I was left alone and I saw this great vision, and no strength was left in me, and my insides were turned into corruption, and there was no power in me<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/daniel/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />So that I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/daniel/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there was no strength left in me, and my glory was turned into corruption, and I retained no strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/daniel/10-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/shUZJK-vYxI?start=3605" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/daniel/10.htm">Daniel's Vision by the Tigris</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men with me did not see it, but a great terror fell upon them, and they ran and hid themselves. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: wa·’ă·nî (Conj-w:: Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">So I</a> <a href="/hebrew/7604.htm" title="7604: niš·’ar·tî (V-Nifal-Perf-1cs) -- To remain, be left over. A primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. Be redundant.">was left alone,</a> <a href="/hebrew/905.htm" title="905: lə·ḇad·dî (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- Separation, a part. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: wā·’er·’eh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">gazing at</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: haz·zōṯ (Art:: Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: hag·gə·ḏō·lāh (Art:: Adj-fs) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">great</a> <a href="/hebrew/4759.htm" title="4759: ham·mar·’āh (Art:: N-fs) -- A vision, a mirror. Feminine of mar'eh; a vision; also a mirror.">vision.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">No</a> <a href="/hebrew/3581.htm" title="3581: kōḥ (N-ms) -- Or kowach; from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally or figuratively; also a large lizard.">strength</a> <a href="/hebrew/7604.htm" title="7604: niš·’ar- (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To remain, be left over. A primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. Be redundant.">remained</a> <a href="/hebrew/bî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">in me;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1935.htm" title="1935: wə·hō·w·ḏî (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- Splendor, majesty, vigor. From an unused root; grandeur.">my face</a> <a href="/hebrew/2015.htm" title="2015: neh·paḵ (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To turn, overturn. A primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert.">grew</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4889.htm" title="4889: lə·maš·ḥîṯ (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Ruin, destruction. From shachath; destructive, i.e. destruction, literally or figuratively.">deathly pale,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">and I was powerless.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6113.htm" title="6113: ‘ā·ṣar·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To restrain, retain. A primitive root; to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3581.htm" title="3581: kō·aḥ (N-ms) -- Or kowach; from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally or figuratively; also a large lizard."></a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>I heard the sound of his words, and as I listened, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/1-17.htm">Revelation 1:17</a></span><br />When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/17-6.htm">Matthew 17:6</a></span><br />When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown in terror.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/1-28.htm">Ezekiel 1:28</a></span><br />The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/6-5.htm">Isaiah 6:5</a></span><br />Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/3-16.htm">Habakkuk 3:16</a></span><br />I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/9-4.htm">Acts 9:4</a></span><br />He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/32-30.htm">Genesis 32:30</a></span><br />So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/42-5.htm">Job 42:5-6</a></span><br />My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You. / Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/24-5.htm">Luke 24:5</a></span><br />As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/33-20.htm">Exodus 33:20</a></span><br />But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/19-13.htm">1 Kings 19:13</a></span><br />When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/6-22.htm">Judges 6:22</a></span><br />When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-16.htm">Isaiah 57:16</a></span><br />For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me—the breath of life I have made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/3-23.htm">Ezekiel 3:23</a></span><br />So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/22-7.htm">Acts 22:7</a></span><br />I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.</p><p class="hdg">I was.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/32-24.htm">Genesis 32:24</a></b></br> And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/3-3.htm">Exodus 3:3</a></b></br> And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/16-32.htm">John 16:32</a></b></br> Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.</p><p class="hdg">and there.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/7-28.htm">Daniel 7:28</a></b></br> Hitherto <i>is</i> the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/8-7.htm">Daniel 8:7,27</a></b></br> And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/habakkuk/3-16.htm">Habakkuk 3:16</a></b></br> When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.</p><p class="hdg">comeliness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/32-25.htm">Genesis 32:25,31</a></b></br> And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/12-7.htm">2 Corinthians 12:7</a></b></br> And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/daniel/10-7.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/daniel/10-7.htm">Appearance</a> <a href="/daniel/7-28.htm">Changed</a> <a href="/daniel/10-6.htm">Color</a> <a href="/daniel/6-4.htm">Corruption</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-6.htm">Deathly</a> <a href="/daniel/10-6.htm">Face</a> <a href="/psalms/139-14.htm">Fearfully</a> <a href="/songs/2-9.htm">Gazing</a> <a href="/daniel/10-7.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-43.htm">Helpless</a> <a href="/daniel/5-18.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-31.htm">Natural</a> <a href="/daniel/7-28.htm">Pale</a> <a href="/daniel/8-24.htm">Power</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-2.htm">Radiant</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-20.htm">Retained</a> <a href="/daniel/5-6.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/daniel/9-16.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/daniel/10-7.htm">Vision</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/daniel/11-8.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/daniel/10-18.htm">Appearance</a> <a href="/hosea/4-7.htm">Changed</a> <a href="/acts/27-30.htm">Color</a> <a href="/hosea/5-2.htm">Corruption</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-6.htm">Deathly</a> <a href="/daniel/10-9.htm">Face</a> <a href="/matthew/8-6.htm">Fearfully</a> <a href="/nahum/3-6.htm">Gazing</a> <a href="/daniel/11-3.htm">Great</a> <a href="/amos/2-7.htm">Helpless</a> <a href="/daniel/11-21.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/matthew/8-12.htm">Natural</a> <a href="/joel/2-6.htm">Pale</a> <a href="/daniel/10-17.htm">Power</a> <a href="/mark/9-3.htm">Radiant</a> <a href="/daniel/10-16.htm">Retained</a> <a href="/daniel/10-16.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/daniel/10-15.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/daniel/10-14.htm">Vision</a><div class="vheading2">Daniel 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/10-1.htm">Daniel, having humbled himself, sees a vision.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/10-10.htm">Being troubled with fear, he is comforted by the angel.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This mirrors other biblical figures like Moses and Elijah, who also experienced profound moments with God when alone. The isolation emphasizes the personal nature of the vision and the unique calling of Daniel as a prophet.<p><b>gazing at this great vision</b><br>The vision Daniel sees is overwhelming in its grandeur, suggesting a divine or heavenly origin. In biblical terms, visions often convey messages from God, and their greatness underscores the importance of the revelation. This aligns with other prophetic visions in the Bible, such as those in Ezekiel and Revelation, which also depict awe-inspiring scenes.<p><b>No strength remained in me</b><br>The physical weakness Daniel experiences is a common reaction to divine encounters, as seen with other prophets like Isaiah and John. This indicates the overwhelming power and holiness of the vision, which human frailty cannot withstand. It highlights the contrast between divine strength and human weakness.<p><b>my face grew deathly pale</b><br>This phrase suggests fear and awe, common responses to the divine presence. In the ancient Near Eastern context, paleness often symbolized fear or impending doom. This reaction is consistent with other biblical accounts where individuals encounter angels or divine beings, such as the shepherds in <a href="/luke/2.htm">Luke 2</a>.<p><b>and I was powerless</b><br>Daniel's powerlessness underscores the humbling effect of encountering the divine. It reflects the biblical theme of human dependence on God's strength. This moment of weakness is a precursor to receiving divine strength, as seen in other scriptures where God empowers those He calls, such as Gideon and Paul.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/daniel.htm">Daniel</a></b><br>A prophet and a man of God who is receiving a vision. Known for his faithfulness and wisdom, Daniel is a key figure in the Babylonian and Persian courts.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_vision.htm">The Vision</a></b><br>A divine revelation that Daniel receives, which is overwhelming in its majesty and power, leaving him physically weakened.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_heavenly_being.htm">The Heavenly Being</a></b><br>Although not directly mentioned in this verse, the context of <a href="/bsb/daniel/10.htm">Daniel 10</a> reveals that Daniel is in the presence of a heavenly being, often interpreted as an angel or a pre-incarnate appearance of Christ.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon/persia.htm">Babylon/Persia</a></b><br>The setting of Daniel's life and ministry, where he serves under various kings and empires.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_river_tigris.htm">The River Tigris</a></b><br>The location where Daniel receives this vision, as mentioned earlier in the chapter.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_divine_revelation.htm">The Power of Divine Revelation</a></b><br>Encountering God or His messengers often leaves individuals physically and spiritually overwhelmed, highlighting the majesty and holiness of God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/human_frailty_in_the_presence_of_god.htm">Human Frailty in the Presence of God</a></b><br>Daniel's reaction reminds us of our own limitations and the need for God's strength in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_preparedness.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Preparedness</a></b><br>Just as Daniel was prepared through prayer and fasting, we too should cultivate a life of spiritual discipline to be ready for God's revelations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_control.htm">God's Sovereignty and Control</a></b><br>Despite the overwhelming nature of the vision, it serves as a reminder of God's ultimate control over history and His plans for His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/encouragement_in_times_of_weakness.htm">Encouragement in Times of Weakness</a></b><br>When we feel powerless, we can take comfort in knowing that God is our strength and that His power is made perfect in our weakness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_daniel_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Daniel 10</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_a_fiery_being_appear_to_ezekiel.htm">In Ezekiel 8:2, how could a being with “the appearance of fire” physically appear and interact with Ezekiel? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_habakkuk_3_16_contradict_divine_courage.htm">In Habakkuk 3:16, does the prophet’s terror contradict other biblical accounts where messengers receive divine courage instead of dread?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/literal_fiery_eyes_bronze_feet_vs._scripture.htm">Revelation 1:14-15 - Can the description of Christ's fiery eyes and bronze feet be taken literally, and does this contradict other portrayals in Scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_see_daniel_8_26_as_near,_not_end-times.htm">If the vision was to be sealed 'for many days' (Daniel 8:26), why do some interpret it as a prophecy about near-contemporary events rather than an end-times scenario?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/daniel/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">This great vision.</span>--Daniel again distinguishes this from former visions: The glory of the man who appeared to him was far in excess of what he had witnessed previously (<a href="/daniel/8-17.htm" title="So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell on my face: but he said to me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.">Daniel 8:17</a>). The effects of the vision upon him are also mentioned. His "comeliness was turned," or, he grew pale with terror at what he saw, and fainted.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/daniel/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.</span> The versions do not call for much remark. The LXX. renders "glory" by "spirit" or "breath;" and the Peshitta renders it by "body." The Massoretic is superior, as more difficult and more likely to be the source of the other two than either of them. Theodotion's rendering, <span class="greek">δόξα</span>, confirms this. Daniel explains how he alone had seen the vision, and narrates the effects contact with the spiritual had on him, "There remained no strength in me;... And I retained no strength" - a redoubled statement of weakness not necessarily meaning, as Jephet-ibn-Ali would have it, that the one refers to his inability <span class="accented">to</span> flee like his attendants, and the other to his inability to stand upright. It is probably due merely to the great impression this sudden powerlessness made on him. <span class="accented">For my comeliness was turned in me into corruption.</span> From the natural brightness of the skin in life the face assumed the yellow pallor of death (comp. <a href="/daniel/7-28.htm">Daniel 7:28</a>). "And my countenance was changed in me;" comp. also <a href="/habakkuk/3-16.htm">Habakkuk 3:16</a>, "When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones." While the ideas here are the same, the parallelism is made more striking by the difference of the terms. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/daniel/10-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So I</span><br /><span class="heb">וַאֲנִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(wa·’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was left alone,</span><br /><span class="heb">נִשְׁאַ֣רְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(niš·’ar·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7604.htm">Strong's 7604: </a> </span><span class="str2">To swell up, be, redundant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">gazing at</span><br /><span class="heb">וָֽאֶרְאֶ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’er·’eh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֹּ֔את</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">great</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגְּדֹלָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gə·ḏō·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> </span><span class="str2">Great, older, insolent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">vision.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמַּרְאָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(ham·mar·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4759.htm">Strong's 4759: </a> </span><span class="str2">A vision, a mirror</span><br /><br /><span class="word">No</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">strength</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּ֑ח</span> <span class="translit">(kōḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3581.htm">Strong's 3581: </a> </span><span class="str2">A small reptile (of unknown species)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">remained</span><br /><span class="heb">נִשְׁאַר־</span> <span class="translit">(niš·’ar-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7604.htm">Strong's 7604: </a> </span><span class="str2">To swell up, be, redundant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in me;</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(bî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">my face</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהוֹדִ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hō·w·ḏî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1935.htm">Strong's 1935: </a> </span><span class="str2">Splendor, majesty, vigor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">grew</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶהְפַּ֤ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(neh·paḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2015.htm">Strong's 2015: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn about, over, to change, overturn, return, pervert</span><br /><br /><span class="word">deathly pale,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמַשְׁחִ֔ית</span> <span class="translit">(lə·maš·ḥîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4889.htm">Strong's 4889: </a> </span><span class="str2">Destructive, destruction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and I was powerless.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/daniel/10-8.htm">Daniel 10:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/daniel/10-8.htm">Daniel 10:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/daniel/10-8.htm">Daniel 10:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/daniel/10-8.htm">Daniel 10:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/daniel/10-8.htm">Daniel 10:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/daniel/10-8.htm">Daniel 10:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/daniel/10-8.htm">Daniel 10:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/daniel/10-8.htm">Daniel 10:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/daniel/10-8.htm">Daniel 10:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/daniel/10-8.htm">Daniel 10:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/daniel/10-8.htm">OT Prophets: Daniel 10:8 So I was left alone and saw (Dan. 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