Daniel 10:10

Green's Literal Translation

And, behold, a hand touched me and set me shaking on my knees and the palms of my hands.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Suddenly, a hand touched me and set me shaking on my hands and knees.

Hebrew Names Version
Behold, a hand touched me, which set me on my knees and on the palms of my hands.

King James Version
And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.

English Standard Version
And behold, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.

New American Standard Bible
Then behold, a hand touched me and shook me on my hands and knees.

New Century Version
Then a hand touched me and set me on my hands and knees. I was so afraid that I was shaking.

Amplified Bible
Then behold, a hand touched me and set me unsteadily on my hands and knees.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And behold, an hand touched me, which set me vp vpon my knees and vpon the palmes of mine hands.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then behold, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.

Berean Standard Bible
Suddenly, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.

Contemporary English Version
He raised me to my hands and knees

Complete Jewish Bible
Then a hand touched me and raised me, tottering, to my hands and knees.

Darby Translation
And behold, a hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and the palms of my hands.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then a hand touched me. When that happened, I got on my hands and knees. I was so afraid that I was shaking.

George Lamsa Translation
And behold, a hand touched me and set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.

Good News Translation
Then a hand took hold of me and raised me to my hands and knees; I was still trembling.

Lexham English Bible
And look, a hand touched me and it roused me to my knees and the palms of my hands.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And beholde, an hande touched me, which set me vp vpon my knees & vpon the palmes of my hondes,

American Standard Version
And, behold, a hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.

Bible in Basic English
Then a hand gave me a touch, awaking me, and putting me on my knees and my hands.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And, behold, a hand touched me, which set me tottering upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.

King James Version (1611)
And behold, an hand touched me, which set me vpon my knees, and vpon the palmes of my hands.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And beholde a hande touched me, which set me vp vpon my knees, and vpon the paulmes of my handes.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And, behold, a hand touched me, and it raised me on my knees.

English Revised Version
And, behold, a hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.

World English Bible
Behold, a hand touched me, which set me on my knees and on the palms of my hands.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And lo! an hond touchide me, and reiside me on my knees, and on the toes of my feet.

Update Bible Version
And, look, a hand touched me, which set me on my knees and on the palms of my hands.

Webster's Bible Translation
And behold, a hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and [upon] the palms of my hands.

New English Translation
Then a hand touched me and set me on my hands and knees.

New King James Version
Suddenly, a hand touched me, which made me tremble on my knees and on the palms of my hands.

New Living Translation
Just then a hand touched me and lifted me, still trembling, to my hands and knees.

New Life Bible
Then a hand touched me and I shook with fear on my hands and knees.

New Revised Standard
But then a hand touched me and roused me to my hands and knees.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And lo! a hand, touched me; and roused me up on my knees and the palms of my hands.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And behold a hand touched me, and lifted me up upon my knees, and upon the joints of my hands.

Revised Standard Version
And behold, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.

Young's Literal Translation
and lo, a hand hath come against me, and shaketh me on my knees and the palms of my hands.

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ And, behold, a hand touched me and set me shaking on my knees and the palms of my hands. ¹¹ And he said to me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak to you and stand up. For I am now sent to you. And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood, trembling. ¹² And he said to me, Do not fear, Daniel. For from the first day that you set your heart to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. And I have come because of your words. ¹³ But the king of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty one days. But, lo, Michael, one of the first rulers, came to help me. And I stayed there with the kings of Persia. ¹⁴ Now I have come to make you understand what shall happen to your people in the latter days. For the vision is yet for many days. ¹⁵ And when he had spoken such words to me, I set my face to the ground, and I became speechless. ¹⁶ And, behold, one in form as the sons of men touched my lips. And I opened my mouth and spoke and said to him who stood before me, O lord, my pangs have come over me because of the vision, and I have no strength left. ¹⁷ For how can the servant of this my lord speak with this my lord? For as for me, there is no power left in me; yea, there is no breath left in me. ¹⁸ And he added, and touched me, one in form as a man, and made me strong. ¹⁹ And he said, O man greatly beloved, do not fear. Peace to you. Be strong. Yea, be strong! And when he had spoken to me I was made strong. And I said, Speak, my lord, for you have made me strong.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

an hand: Daniel 10:16, Daniel 10:18, Daniel 8:18, Daniel 9:21, Jeremiah 1:9, Revelation 1:17

set: Heb. moved

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 19:5 - an angel Ezekiel 2:9 - an hand Ezekiel 8:3 - he put Daniel 12:5 - other two Matthew 17:7 - touched

Cross-References

Genesis 11:2
And it happened, as they pulled up stakes from the east, they found a level valley in the land of Shinar. And they lived there.

Genesis 11:9
On account of this its name is called Babel, because Jehovah confused the language of all the earth there. And Jehovah scattered them abroad from there on the face of all the earth.

Genesis 14:1
And it happened in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal king of the nations;

Isaiah 10:9
Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is Hamath not like Arpad? Is Samaria not like Damascus?

Isaiah 11:11
And it shall be in that day, the Lord shall again set His hand, the second time, to recover the remnant of His people that remains, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Ethiopia, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the coasts of the sea.

Isaiah 39:1
At that time Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah; for he had heard that he was ill, and was made strong.

Jeremiah 50:21
Go up against the land of Merathaim, against it and against the dwellers of Pekod. Waste and destroy after them, says Jehovah, and do according to all that I have commanded you.

Daniel 1:2
And the Lord gave Jehoiakim, king of Judah, into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God, which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god. And he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.

Amos 6:2
Cross to Calneh and see; and from there go to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms, or their border than your border?

Micah 4:10
Be in pain and deliver, daughter of Zion, like one giving birth. For now you shall go out from the city, and you shall live in the field. And you shall come to Babylon. There you shall be snatched back. There Jehovah shall redeem you from thehand of your enemies.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And, behold, an hand touched me,.... Not the hand of the man clothed with linen, whose voice he heard, and whose hand was like polished brass, Daniel 10:6, but the hand of one distinct from him, one of his attendants, Daniel 12:5 that had the similitude of the sons of men, Daniel 10:16, and whose hand was softer, and nearer a human one; very probably the hand of the Angel Gabriel in human form, who had touched him before, when in the like circumstances, Daniel 8:16:

which set me upon my knees, and upon the palms of my hands; or, "which caused him to move" t; from the prostrate condition in which he was, and raised him up a little upon his hands; so that, with a little difficulty, he might be able to raise himself to stand upright.

t תניעני "movere fecit me", Pagninus, Montanus; "commovit me", Junius Tremellius, Cocceius "movit me", Tigurine version, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And, behold, an hand touched me - The hand of the angel. Compare Daniel 8:18.

Which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands - Not “upright,” as in Daniel 8:18. That is, he had not strength given him at once to stand erect, but he was partially raised up and enabled to move, though in a feeble and tottering manner. The word used here (נוע nôa‛) means to move to and fro; to waver; to vacillate; and the sense here, as expressed by Gesenius (Lexicon) is, “lo, a hand touched me, and caused me to reel (i. e., to stand reeling and trembling) upon my knees and hands.” He was gradually restored to strength.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Daniel 10:10. A hand touched me — Nothing was apparent or palpable but a hand. A hand had written Belshazzar's fate upon the wall; and the hand is frequently mentioned when the power or majesty of God is intended. Perhaps by hand God himself may be meant. It is remarkable that in a very ancient MS. of the Septuagint, more than a thousand years old, now in the imperial library of Vienna, adorned with paintings which have been engraved for the catalogue of Lambechius, and transferred to that of Nesselius, all the appearances of God are represented by a hand in the clouds.