Daniel 10:16

Daniel 10:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.
• New International Version (NIV)Then one who looked like a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and began to speak. I said to the one standing before me, “I am overcome with anguish because of the vision, my lord, and I feel very weak.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And behold, one in the likeness of the children of man touched my lips. Then I opened my mouth and spoke. I said to him who stood before me, "O my lord, by reason of the vision pains have come upon me, and I retain no strength.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And suddenly, one having the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips; then I opened my mouth and spoke, saying to him who stood before me, “My lord, because of the vision my sorrows have overwhelmed me, and I have retained no strength.

Context of Daniel 10:16

14Now I have come to help you understand what will happen to your people in the last days, for the vision refers to those days.” 15While he was saying these words to me, I turned my face toward the ground and was speechless. Suddenly one with human likeness touched my lips. I opened my mouth and said to the one standing in front of me, “My lord, because of the vision, anguish overwhelms me and I am powerless. 17How can someone like me, your servant, speak with someone like you, my lord? Now I have no strength, and there is no breath in me.” 18Then the one with a human appearance touched me again and strengthened me.

Daniel 10:16 word by word

וְהִנֵּ֗ה כִּדְמוּת֙ בְּנֵ֣י אָדָ֔ם נֹגֵ֖עַ עַל־שְׂפָתָ֑י וָאֶפְתַּח־פִּ֗י וָאֲדַבְּרָה֙ וָאֹֽמְרָה֙ אֶל־הָעֹמֵ֣ד לְנֶגְדִּ֔י אֲדֹנִ֗י בַּמַּרְאָה֙ נֶהֶפְכ֤וּ צִירַי֙ עָלַ֔י וְלֹ֥א עָצַ֖רְתִּי כֹּֽחַ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• like the similitudeדְּמוּתdemûth · likenessH1823
• of the sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of menאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• touchedנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• my lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193
• then I openedפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
• my mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• and spakeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto him that stoodעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• before me, O my lordאָדוֹן'âdôn 'âdôn · lordH113
• by the visionמַרְאָהmar'âh · visionH4759
• my sorrowsצִירtsîyr · pangH6735
• are turnedהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• upon me, and I have retainedעָצַר‛âtsar · to restrainH6113
• no strengthכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581

Cross-references for Daniel 10:16

• Daniel 10:5I looked up, and there was a man dressed in linen, with a belt of gold from Uphaz around his waist.
• Daniel 8:15While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there stood before me someone who appeared to be a man.
• Daniel 9:21while I was praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the first vision, reached me in my extreme weariness, about the time of the evening offering.
• Ezekiel 1:26Something like a throne with the appearance of lapis lazuli was above the expanse over their heads. On the throne, high above, was someone who looked like a human.
• Philippians 2:7Instead he emptied himself by assuming the form of a servant, taking on the likeness of humanity. And when he had come as a man,
• Revelation 1:13and among the lampstands was one like the Son of Man, dressed in a robe and with a golden sash wrapped around his chest.
• Daniel 10:10Suddenly, a hand touched me and set me shaking on my hands and knees.
• Isaiah 6:7He touched my mouth with it and said: Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.
• Jeremiah 1:9Then the Lord reached out his hand, touched my mouth, and told me: I have now filled your mouth with my words.
• Ezekiel 3:27But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you will say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says.’ Let the one who listens, listen, and let the one who refuses, refuse — for they are a rebellious house.
• Ezekiel 33:22Now the hand of the Lord had been on me the evening before the fugitive arrived, and he opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute.
• Luke 1:64Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God.
• Luke 21:15for I will give you such words and a wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
• Daniel 10:17How can someone like me, your servant, speak with someone like you, my lord? Now I have no strength, and there is no breath in me.”
• Daniel 12:8I heard but did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”
• Exodus 4:10But Moses replied to the Lord, “Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent — either in the past or recently or since you have been speaking to your servant — because my mouth and my tongue are sluggish.”

Commentaries on Daniel 10:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Like the similitude of the sons of men - I think Gabriel is here meant, who appeared to Daniel in a human form; and so in Daniel 10:18, and see also Daniel 9:21. Touched my lips - Before this he was unable to speak. By the vision - The vision that I have already had, and of which I have not a proper knowledge has greatly afflicted me, because I see it intimates grievous calamities to my people. See Daniel 9:26.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips - In the form of a man. The reference here is undoubtedly to Gabriel appearing to Daniel in human form. Why he does not name him is unknown; nor is there any intimation whether he changed his form as he now approached the prophet. It would seem not improbable that, seeing the effect of his presence and his words on Daniel, he laid aside some of the manifestations of awe and majesty in…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-21Verses 10-21 Whenever we enter into communion with God, it becomes us to have a due sense of the infinite distance between us and the holy God. How shall we, that are dust and ashes, speak to the Lord of glory? Nothing is more likely, nothing more effectual to revive the drooping spirits of the saints, than to be assured of God's love to them. From the very first day we begin to look toward God in a way of duty, he is ready to meet us in the way of mercy…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16touched my lips: Compare Exodus 4:11–12; Isaiah 6:5–7.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. touched my lips--the same significant action wherewith the Son of man accompanied His healing of the dumb (Mr 7:33). He alone can give spiritual utterance (Is 6:6, 7; Ep 6:19), enabling one to "open the mouth boldly." The same one who makes dumb (Da 10:15) opens the mouth. sorrows--literally, "writhings" as of a woman in travail.Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 10:16

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In the dictionaries

• Quaking
• Eschatology of the New Testament
• God
• Pain
• Retain
• Similitude

Commentaries on Daniel 10

• 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