Daniel 10:9

Literal Standard Version

And I hear the voice of his words, and when I hear the voice of his words, then I have been in a trance on my face, and my face [is] to the earth;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I heard the words he said, and when I heard them I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground.

Hebrew Names Version
Yet heard I the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I fallen into a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground.

King James Version
Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.

English Standard Version
Then I heard the sound of his words, and as I heard the sound of his words, I fell on my face in deep sleep with my face to the ground.

New American Standard Bible
But I heard the sound of his words; and as soon as I heard the sound of his words, I fell into a deep sleep on my face, with my face to the ground.

New Century Version
Then I heard the man in the vision speaking. As I listened, I fell into a deep sleep with my face on the ground.

Amplified Bible
Then I heard the sound of his words; and when I heard the sound of his words, I fell on my face in a deep sleep, with my face toward the ground.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Yet heard I the voyce of his wordes: and when I heard the voyce of his wordes, I slept on my face: and my face was toward the ground.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But I heard the sound of his words; and as soon as I heard the sound of his words, I fell into a deep sleep on my face, with my face to the ground.

Berean Standard Bible
I heard the sound of his words, and as I listened, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground.

Contemporary English Version
and at the sound of his voice, I fell facedown in a deep sleep.

Complete Jewish Bible
I heard his voice speaking; and when I heard him speaking, I fell down in a faint, with my face to the ground.

Darby Translation
And I heard the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice of his words, I fell into a deep stupor on my face, and my face to the ground.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then I heard the man in the vision talking. As I listened to his voice, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face on the ground.

George Lamsa Translation
And when I heard the sound of his words, I fell down upon my face on the ground;

Good News Translation
When I heard his voice, I fell to the ground unconscious and lay there face downward.

Lexham English Bible
And I heard the sound of his words, and when I heard the sound of his words I myself began falling into a trance on my face, with my face to the ground.

Literal Translation
Yet I heard the sound of his words. And when I heard the sound of his words, then I was on my face, stunned, and my face was toward the ground.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yet herde I the voyce of his wordes: & as soone as I herde it, fayntnesse came vpon me, and I fell downe flat to the grounde vpon my face.

American Standard Version
Yet heard I the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I fallen into a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground.

Bible in Basic English
But the sound of his words came to my ears, and on hearing his voice I went into a deep sleep with my face to the earth.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Yet heard I the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I fallen into a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground.

King James Version (1611)
Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his wordes, then was I in a deepe sleepe on my face, and my face toward the ground.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yet heard I the voyce of his wordes: and when I heard the voyce of his words, I fell astonied vpon my face and my face toward the earth.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Yet I heard the voice of his words: and when I heard him I was pricked in the heart, and I fell with my face to the earth.

English Revised Version
Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I fallen into a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground.

World English Bible
Yet heard I the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I fallen into a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y herde the vois of hise wordis, and Y herde, and lay astonyed on my face, and my face cleuyde to the erthe.

Update Bible Version
Yet heard I the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice of his words, then I fell into a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground.

Webster's Bible Translation
Yet I heard the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then I was in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.

New English Translation
I listened to his voice, and as I did so I fell into a trance-like sleep with my face to the ground.

New King James Version
Yet I heard the sound of his words; and while I heard the sound of his words I was in a deep sleep on my face, with my face to the ground.

New Living Translation
Then I heard the man speak, and when I heard the sound of his voice, I fainted and lay there with my face to the ground.

New Life Bible
Then I heard the sound of his words. And as soon as I heard him speak, I fell into a deep sleep with my face to the ground.

New Revised Standard
Then I heard the sound of his words; and when I heard the sound of his words, I fell into a trance, face to the ground.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then I heard the sound of his words, - and, when I heard the sound of his words, then, I myself, came to be in a deep sleep upon my face, with, my face, to the earth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I heard the voice of his words: and when I heard I lay in a consternation upon my face, and my face was close to the ground.

Revised Standard Version
Then I heard the sound of his words; and when I heard the sound of his words, I fell on my face in a deep sleep with my face to the ground.

Young's Literal Translation
`And I hear the voice of his words, and when I hear the voice of his words, then I have been in a trance on my face, and my face [is] to the earth;

THE MESSAGE
"I heard his voice. At the sound of it I fainted, fell flat on the ground, face in the dirt. A hand touched me and pulled me to my hands and knees.

Contextual Overview

¹In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a thing is revealed to Daniel, whose name is called Belteshazzar, and the thing [is] true, and the warfare [is] great: and he has understood the thing, and has understanding about the appearance. ²"In those days, I, Daniel, have been mourning three weeks of days; ³I have not eaten desirable bread, and no flesh and wine came into my mouth, and I have not anointed myself at all, until the completion of three weeks of days. ⁴And in the twenty-fourth day of the first month, I have been by the side of the great river, that [is] Hiddekel: ⁵and I lift up my eyes, and look, and behold, a certain one clothed in linen, and his loins girt with pure gold of Uphaz, ⁶and his body as a beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet as the aspect of bright bronze, and the voice of his words as the voice of a multitude. ⁷And I, Daniel, have seen the vision by myself, and the men who have been with me have not seen the vision, but a great trembling has fallen on them, and they flee to be hidden; ⁸and I have been left by myself, and I see this great vision, and there has been no power left in me, and my splendor has been turned in me to corruption, indeed, I have not retained power. ⁹And I hear the voice of his words, and when I hear the voice of his words, then I have been in a trance on my face, and my face [is] to the earth;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

was I: Daniel 8:18, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 15:12, Job 4:13, Job 33:15, Song of Solomon 5:2, Luke 9:32, Luke 22:45

Reciprocal: Genesis 17:3 - General Numbers 14:5 - General Judges 13:20 - fell on 1 Kings 19:5 - an angel Ezekiel 3:23 - and I fell Daniel 10:15 - I set Daniel 10:16 - my sorrows Revelation 1:17 - I fell

Cross-References

Genesis 6:4
The giants were in the earth in those days, and even afterward, when sons of God come in to the daughters of men, and they have borne to them those who [were] the mighty from of old, the men of renown.

Genesis 6:11
And the earth is corrupt before God, and the earth is filled [with] violence.

Genesis 13:13
and the men of Sodom [are] evil, and sinners before YHWH exceedingly.

Genesis 25:27
And the youths grew, and Esau is a man acquainted [with] hunting, a man of the field; and Jacob [is] a plain man, inhabiting tents;

Genesis 27:30
And it comes to pass, as Isaac has finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob is only just going out from the presence of his father Isaac, that his brother Esau has come in from his hunting;

2 Chronicles 28:22
And in the time of his distress—he adds to trespass against YHWH (this King Ahaz),

Psalms 52:7
"Behold, the man who does not make God his strong place, || And trusts in the abundance of his riches, || He is strong in his mischiefs."

Jeremiah 16:16
Behold, I am sending for many fishers," || A declaration of YHWH, || "And they have fished them, || And after this I send for many hunters, || And they have hunted them from off every mountain, || And from off every hill, and from holes of the rocks.

Ezekiel 13:18
And you have said, Thus said Lord YHWH: Woe to those sowing [magic] bands for all joints of the arm, || And to those making the veils || For the head of every stature—to hunt souls, || Do you hunt the souls of My people? And do your souls that live remain alive?

Micah 7:2
The kind have perished out of the land, || And upright among men—there are none, || All of them lie in wait for blood, || They each hunt his brother [with] a net.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Yet heard I the voice of his words,.... Though he was struck with so much awe, and his spirits so greatly depressed, and his body reduced to so low a condition; yet he was capable of attending to the voice, and of hearing the articulate sounds pronounced, and of understanding what was said:

and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground; as soon as he heard his words, he fell upon his face to the ground, either in a way of worship and adoration, of prayer and supplication, as the Arabic version suggests; or through awe and reverence of the speaker, as well as through faintness of spirits; and these being quite exhausted, as it were, might be the reason of his falling into a deep sleep; unless it can be thought he was lulled into it, through the sweetness of the voice he had heard.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yet heard I the voice of his words - What the angel said when he appeared to him Daniel has not recorded. He says Daniel 10:6 that the voice of his words was “like the voice of a multitude.” It is probable that those who were with him had heard that voice, and hearing it, and being struck with the remarkable character of the vision, they had suddenly fled in alarm. Daniel heard more distinctly what he said, though it does not yet appear that he had heard anything more than the sound of his voice.

And when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face - Compare the notes at Daniel 8:18. Lengerke renders this, “I sank into a deep sleep,” etc. This is undoubtedly the meaning, that when he heard this voice he was overcome, and sank prostrate and senseless upon the earth. The sense of the Hebrew may be thus expressed: “I became (הייתי hâyı̂ytı̂y) oppressed with sleep,” etc.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Daniel 10:9. Was I in a deep sleep — I fell into a swoon.