God’s Word Translation
Daniel 8:17
17Gabriel came up beside me, and when he came, I was terrified and immediately knelt down. He said to me, “Son of man, understand that the vision is about the end times.”
Daniel 8:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.
- New International Version (NIV)As he came near the place where I was standing, I was terrified and fell prostrate. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)So he came near where I stood. And when he came, I was frightened and fell on my face. But he said to me, "Understand, O son of man, that the vision is for the time of the end."
- New King James Version (NKJV)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, son of man, that the vision refers to the time of the end.”
Context of Daniel 8:17
15Now as I, Daniel, watched the vision and tried to understand it, I saw someone who looked like a man standing in front of me. 16I heard a man in Ulai ⌞Gate⌟ call loudly, “Gabriel, explain the vision to this man.” Gabriel came up beside me, and when he came, I was terrified and immediately knelt down. He said to me, “Son of man, understand that the vision is about the end times.” 18As he spoke to me, I fainted facedown on the ground, but he touched me and made me stand up. 19He said, “I will tell you what will happen in the last days, ⌞the time of God’s⌟ anger, because the end time has been determined.
Read all of Daniel 8Daniel 8:17 word by word
וַיָּבֹא֙ אֵ֣צֶל עָמְדִ֔י וּבְבֹא֣וֹ נִבְעַ֔תִּי וָאֶפְּלָ֖ה עַל־פָּנָ֑י וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלַי֙ הָבֵ֣ן בֶּן־אָדָ֔ם כִּ֖י לְעֶת־קֵ֥ץ הֶחָזֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- So he cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- nearאֵ֫צֶל'êtsel · besideH681
- where I stoodעֹ֫מֶד‛ômed · postH5977
- I was afraidבָּעַתbâ‛ath · to terrifyH1204
- and fellנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
- upon my faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
- but he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- unto me, Understandבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995
- O sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- of manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
- for at the timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
- of the endקֵץqêts · endH7093
- the visionחָזוֹןchâzôn · visionH2377
Cross-references for Daniel 8:17
- Daniel 10:7I, Daniel, was the only one who saw the vision. The men with me didn’t see the vision. Yet, they started to tremble violently, and they quickly hid themselves.
- Genesis 17:3Immediately, Abram bowed with his face touching the ground, and again God spoke to him,
- Ezekiel 1:28The brightness all around him looked like a rainbow in the clouds. It was like the Lord’s glory. When I saw it, I immediately bowed down, and I heard someone speaking.
- Matthew 17:8As they raised their heads, they saw no one but Jesus.
- Mark 9:4Then Elijah and Moses appeared to them and were talking with Jesus.
- Revelation 1:17When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead man. Then he laid his right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid! I am the first and the last,
- Revelation 19:9Then the angel said to me, “Write this: ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the lamb’s wedding banquet.’ ” He also told me, “These are God’s true words.”
- Revelation 22:8I, John, heard and saw these things. When I had heard and seen them, I bowed to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing me these things.
- Daniel 8:15Now as I, Daniel, watched the vision and tried to understand it, I saw someone who looked like a man standing in front of me.
- Daniel 9:23As soon as you began to make your request, a reply was sent. I have come to give you the reply because you are highly respected. So study the message, and understand the vision.
- Daniel 10:11The man said to me, “Daniel, you are highly respected. Pay attention to my words. Stand up, because I’ve been sent to you.” When he said this to me, I stood up, trembling.
- Ezekiel 2:1He said to me, “Son of man, stand up, and I will speak to you.”
- Ezekiel 6:2“Son of man, look toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them.
- Daniel 8:19He said, “I will tell you what will happen in the last days, ⌞the time of God’s⌟ anger, because the end time has been determined.
- Daniel 9:27He will confirm his promise with many for one set of seven time periods. In the middle of the seven time periods, he will stop the sacrifices and food offerings. This will happen along with disgusting things that cause destruction until ⌞those time periods⌟ come to an end. It has been determined that this will happen to those who destroy ⌞the city⌟.”
- Daniel 11:35Some of the wise people will be defeated in order to refine, purify, and make them white until the end times. But the appointed time is still to come.
Commentaries on Daniel 8:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17At the time of the end shall be the vision - Or, as Houbigant, "The vision shall have an end at the proper time."Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17So he came near where I stood - He had seen him, evidently, at first in the distance. He now drew near to Daniel, that he might communicate with him the more readily. And when, he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face - Doubtless perceiving that he was a celestial being. See the notes at Revelation 1:17. Compare Ezekiel 1:28, and Daniel 10:8-9. He was completely overpowered by the presence of the celestial stranger, and sank to the ground. But he said…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. 17Son of man means "human being," in contrast to a divine being, “a son of the gods” (compare Daniel 7:13; see, for example, Ezekiel 2:1, 3, 6, 8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. the time of the end--so Da 8:19; Da 11:35, 36, 40. The event being to take place at "the time of the end" makes it likely that the Antichrist ultimately referred to (besides the immediate reference to Antiochus) in this chapter, and the one in Da 7:8, are one and the same. The objection that the one in the seventh chapter springs out of the ten divisions of the Roman earth, the fourth kingdom, the one in the eighth chapter and the eleventh chapter…Read the comment
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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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