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New Living Translation

Daniel 10:10

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Angel (a Spirit);  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Hand, Right Hand;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Angel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Daniel, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Magi;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Palm;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Palm (of the Hand);  

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.
Literal Translation
And, behold, a hand touched me and set me shaking on 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 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 Just then a hand touched me and lifted me, still trembling, to my hands and knees. 11 And the man said to me, "Daniel, you are very precious to God, so listen carefully to what I have to say to you. Stand up, for I have been sent to you." When he said this to me, I stood up, still trembling. 12 Then he said, "Don't be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day you began to pray for understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your request has been heard in heaven. I have come in answer to your prayer. 13 But for twenty-one days the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia blocked my way. Then Michael, one of the archangels, came to help me, and I left him there with the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia. 14 Now I am here to explain what will happen to your people in the future, for this vision concerns a time yet to come." 15 While he was speaking to me, I looked down at the ground, unable to say a word. 16 Then the one who looked like a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and began to speak. I said to the one standing in front of me, "I am filled with anguish because of the vision I have seen, my lord, and I am very weak. 17 How can someone like me, your servant, talk to you, my lord? My strength is gone, and I can hardly breathe." 18 Then the one who looked like a man touched me again, and I felt my strength returning. 19 "Don't be afraid," he said, "for you are very precious to God. Peace! Be encouraged! Be strong!" As he spoke these words to me, I suddenly felt stronger and said to him, "Please speak to me, my lord, for you have strengthened me."

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
As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there.
Genesis 11:9
That is why the city was called Babel, because that is where the Lord confused the people with different languages. In this way he scattered them all over the world.
Genesis 14:1
About this time war broke out in the region. King Amraphel of Babylonia, King Arioch of Ellasar, King Kedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of Goiim
Isaiah 10:9
We destroyed Calno just as we did Carchemish. Hamath fell before us as Arpad did. And we destroyed Samaria just as we did Damascus.
Isaiah 11:11
In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to bring back the remnant of his people— those who remain in Assyria and northern Egypt; in southern Egypt, Ethiopia, and Elam; in Babylonia, Hamath, and all the distant coastlands.
Isaiah 39:1
Soon after this, Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent Hezekiah his best wishes and a gift. He had heard that Hezekiah had been very sick and that he had recovered.
Jeremiah 50:21
"Go up, my warriors, against the land of Merathaim and against the people of Pekod. Pursue, kill, and completely destroy them, as I have commanded you," says the Lord .
Daniel 1:2
The Lord gave him victory over King Jehoiakim of Judah and permitted him to take some of the sacred objects from the Temple of God. So Nebuchadnezzar took them back to the land of Babylonia and placed them in the treasure-house of his god.
Amos 6:2
But go over to Calneh and see what happened there. Then go to the great city of Hamath and down to the Philistine city of Gath. You are no better than they were, and look at how they were destroyed.
Micah 4:10
Writhe and groan like a woman in labor, you people of Jerusalem, for now you must leave this city to live in the open country. You will soon be sent in exile to distant Babylon. But the Lord will rescue you there; he will redeem you from the grip 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.


 
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