Daniel 8:18

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 human voice calling out from the Ulai River, “Gabriel, tell this man the meaning of his vision.” 17As Gabriel approached the place where I was standing, I became so terrified that I fell with my face to the ground. “Son of man,” he said, “you must understand that the events you have seen in your vision relate to the time of the end.” While he was speaking, I fainted and lay there with my face to the ground. But Gabriel roused me with a touch and helped me to my feet. 19Then he said, “I am here to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath. What you have seen pertains to the very end of time. 20The two-horned ram represents the kings of Media and Persia.

Daniel 8:18 word by word

וּבְדַבְּר֣וֹ עִמִּ֔י נִרְדַּ֥מְתִּי עַל־פָּנַ֖י אָ֑רְצָה וַיִּ֨גַּע־בִּ֔י וַיַּֽעֲמִידֵ֖נִי עַל־עָמְדִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now as he was speakingדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• with me, I was in a deep sleepרָדַםrâdam · to sleepH7290
• on my faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• toward the groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• but he touchedנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• me, and setעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• me uprightעֹ֫מֶד‛ômed · postH5977

Cross-references for Daniel 8:18

• Daniel 8:17As Gabriel approached the place where I was standing, I became so terrified that I fell with my face to the ground. “Son of man,” he said, “you must understand that the events you have seen in your vision relate to the time of the end.”
• Daniel 10:8So I was left there all alone to see this amazing vision. My strength left me, my face grew deathly pale, and I felt very weak.
• Luke 9:32Peter and the others had fallen asleep. When they woke up, they saw Jesus’ glory and the two men standing with him.
• Luke 22:24Then they began to argue among themselves about who would be the greatest among them.
• Daniel 10:10Just then a hand touched me and lifted me, still trembling, to my hands and knees.
• Genesis 15:12As the sun was going down, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a terrifying darkness came down over him.
• Job 4:13It came to me in a disturbing vision at night, when people are in a deep sleep.
• Ezekiel 2:2The Spirit came into me as he spoke, and he set me on my feet. I listened carefully to his words.
• Zechariah 4:1Then the angel who had been talking with me returned and woke me, as though I had been asleep.
• Acts 26:6Now I am on trial because of my hope in the fulfillment of God’s promise made to our ancestors.

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

• Deep Sleep
• Close
• Magnify
• Mouth
• Notable
• Prince
• Prophecy
• Shushan
• Apocalyptic Literature
• Sleep, Deep

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