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

16Then I heard a human voice coming from between the banks of the Ulai, calling out saying, ‘Gabriel, make this man understand the vision.’ 17“He came near to where I was standing, and as he approached I was terrified and fell on my face. But he said to me, ‘Son of man, understand that the vision pertains to the time of the end.’ “While he was speaking to me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face to the ground. But he touched me and stood me up, 19and said: ‘Behold, I am going to inform you about what will happen later in the time of wrath, for the vision pertains to the appointed time of the end. 20The ram that you saw with the two horns stands for 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 8:17“He came near to where I was standing, and as he approached I was terrified and fell on my face. But he said to me, ‘Son of man, understand that the vision pertains to the time of the end.’
• Daniel 10:8So I was left alone to see this great vision. My strength drained from me and my vigor was destroyed; I could not summon any strength.
• Luke 9:32Now Peter and those with him were overcome with sleep. But when they awakened, they saw Yeshua’s glory and the two men standing with Him.
• Luke 22:24But there was also a quarrel among them about which of them is considered the greatest.
• Daniel 10:10“Then behold, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.
• Genesis 15:12When the sun was about to set and a deep sleep fell on Abram, behold, terror of great darkness was falling upon him!
• Job 4:13Amid unsettling visions in the night, when a deep sleep falls on men,
• Ezekiel 2:2As He spoke to me, the Ruach came upon me and stood me up on my feet. I heard Him speaking to me again.
• Zechariah 4:1Then the angel who had been speaking with me returned and woke me—like a man who is wakened from his sleep.
• Acts 26:6“Yet now I stand here being judged for the hope in the promise made by God to 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

• 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