American Standard Version
Daniel 8:18
18Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright.
Daniel 8:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
- New International Version (NIV)While he was speaking to me, I was in a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me and raised me to my feet.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And when he had spoken to me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face to the ground. But he touched me and made me stand up.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now, as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep with my face to the ground; but he touched me, and stood me upright.
Context of Daniel 8:18
16And I heard a man’s voice betweenthe banks ofthe Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision. 17So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was affrighted, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man; for the vision belongeth to the time of the end. Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright. 19And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the latter time of the indignation; for it belongeth to the appointed time of the end. 20The ram which thou sawest, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
Read all of Daniel 8Daniel 8:18 word by word
וּבְדַבְּר֣וֹ עִמִּ֔י נִרְדַּ֥מְתִּי עַל־פָּנַ֖י אָ֑רְצָה וַיִּ֨גַּע־בִּ֔י וַיַּֽעֲמִידֵ֖נִי עַל־עָמְדִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Daniel 8:18
- Daniel 8:17So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was affrighted, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man; for the vision belongeth to the time of the end.
- Daniel 10:8So 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.
- Luke 9:32Now Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.
- Luke 22:24And there arose also a contention among them, which of them was accounted to be greatest.
- Daniel 10:10And, behold, a hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.
- Genesis 15:12And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.
- Job 4:13In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men,
- Ezekiel 2:2And the Spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet; and I heard him that spake unto me.
- Zechariah 4:1And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.
- Acts 26:6And now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers;
Commentaries on Daniel 8:18
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Now, as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground - Overcome and prostrate with the vision. That is, he had sunk down stupified or senseless. See Daniel 10:9. His strength had been entirely taken away by the vision. There is nothing improbable in this, that the sudden appearance of a celestial vision, or a heavenly being, should take away the strength. Compare Genesis 15:12; Job 4:13, following; Judges 6:22; Judges 13:20…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-27Verses 15-27 The eternal Son of God stood before the prophet in the appearance of a man, and directed the angel Gabriel to explain the vision. Daniel's fainting and astonishment at the prospect of evils he saw coming on his people and the church, confirm the opinion that long-continued calamities were foretold. The vision being ended, a charge was given to Daniel to keep it private for the present. He kept it to himself, and went on to do the duty of his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-27This vision builds on the vision in Daniel 7, developing additional symbolism regarding the second and third beasts (Daniel 7:5–6). It describes a small horn that comes from the goat, similar to the "little horn" in Daniel 7:8, 20–25; the "prince" in 9:26–27; and the "despicable person" in 11:21–45.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-27With this chapter the Hebrew part of the book begins and continues to be the language of the remainder; the visions relating wholly to the Jews and Jerusalem. The scene here narrows from world-wide prophecies to those affecting the one covenant-people in the five centuries between the exile and the advent. Antichrist, like Christ, has a more immediate future, as well as one more remote. The vision, the eighth chapter, begins, and that, the tenth through…Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Daniel 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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