Daniel 8:18

New Living Translation

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.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
While he was speaking to me, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me, made me stand up,

Hebrew Names Version
Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright.

King James Version
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.

English Standard Version
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 American Standard Bible
Now while he was talking with me, I was dazed with my face to the ground; but he touched me and made me stand at my place.

New Century Version
While Gabriel was speaking, I fell into a deep sleep with my face on the ground. Then he touched me and lifted me to my feet.

Amplified Bible
Now as he (Gabriel) was speaking with me, I drifted into a deep sleep (unconsciousness) with my face to the ground; but he touched me and made me stand [where I had stood before].

Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe as he was speaking vnto me, I being a sleepe fell on my face to the ground: but he touched me, and set me vp in my place.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now while he was talking with me, I sank into a deep sleep with my face to the ground; but he touched me and made me stand upright.

Berean Standard Bible
While he was speaking to me, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me, helped me to my feet

Contemporary English Version
While he was speaking, I fell facedown in a deep sleep. But he lifted me to my feet

Complete Jewish Bible
As he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, set me on my feet,

Darby Translation
Now, as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep stupor, with my face toward the ground. And he touched me, and set me up where I had stood.

Easy-to-Read Version
While Gabriel was speaking, I fell to the ground and went to sleep. It was a very deep sleep. Then Gabriel touched me and lifted me to my feet.

George Lamsa Translation
Now as he was speaking with me, I was in deep sleep on my face toward the ground; but he touched me and set me upright.

Good News Translation
While he was talking, I fell to the ground unconscious. But he took hold of me, raised me to my feet,

Lexham English Bible
And when he spoke with me I fell into a trance with my face to the ground, and he touched me and made me stand on by feet.

Literal Translation
And while he was speaking with me, I was stunned and on my face toward the ground. But he touched me and made me stand.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now as he was speakynge vnto me, I waxed faynte, so that I suncke downe to the grounde. But he toke holde vpon me, and set me vp agayne,

American Standard Version
Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright.

Bible in Basic English
Now while he was talking to me, I went into a deep sleep with my face to the earth: but touching me, he put me on my feet where I had been.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright.

King James Version (1611)
Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deepe sleepe on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me vpright.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Now as he was speaking vnto me, I fell in a slumber vpon my face to the grounde: but he touched me, and set me vp in my place.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And while he spoke with me, I fell upon my face to the earth: and he touched me, and set me on my feet.

English Revised Version
Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.

World English Bible
Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne he spak to me, Y slood doun `plat to the erthe. And he touchide me, and settide me in my degree.

Update Bible Version
Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright.

Webster's Bible Translation
Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face towards the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.

New English Translation
As he spoke with me, I fell into a trance with my face to the ground. But he touched me and stood me upright.

New King James Version
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.

New Life Bible
While he was talking to me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face to the ground. But he touched me and made me stand up.

New Revised Standard
As he was speaking to me, I fell into a trance, face to the ground; then he touched me and set me on my feet.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when he spake with me, I fell stunned upon my face, to the earth, - but he touched me, and caused me to stand up where I was.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he spoke to me, I fell flat on the ground: and he touched me, and set me upright.

Revised Standard Version
As he was speaking to me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face to the ground; but he touched me and set me on my feet.

Young's Literal Translation
And in his speaking with me, I have been in a trance on my face, on the earth; and he cometh against me, and causeth me to stand on my station,

THE MESSAGE
A Vision of a Ram and a Billy Goat "In King Belshazzar's third year as king, another vision came to me, Daniel. This was now the second vision. "In the vision, I saw myself in Susa, the capital city of the province Elam, standing at the Ulai Canal. Looking around, I was surprised to see a ram also standing at the gate. The ram had two huge horns, one bigger than the other, but the bigger horn was the last to appear. I watched as the ram charged: first west, then north, then south. No beast could stand up to him. He did just as he pleased, strutting as if he were king of the beasts. "While I was watching this, wondering what it all meant, I saw a billy goat with an immense horn in the middle of its forehead come up out of the west and fly across the whole country, not once touching the ground. The billy goat approached the double-horned ram that I had earlier seen standing at the gate and, enraged, charged it viciously. I watched as, mad with rage, it charged the ram and hit it so hard that it broke off its two horns. The ram didn't stand a chance against it. The billy goat knocked the ram to the ground and stomped all over it. Nothing could have saved the ram from the goat. "Then the billy goat swelled to an enormous size. At the height of its power its immense horn broke off and four other big horns sprouted in its place, pointing to the four points of the compass. And then from one of these big horns another horn sprouted. It started small, but then grew to an enormous size, facing south and east—toward lovely Palestine. The horn grew tall, reaching to the stars, the heavenly army, and threw some of the stars to the earth and stomped on them. It even dared to challenge the power of God, Prince of the Celestial Army! And then it threw out daily worship and desecrated the Sanctuary. As judgment against their sin, the holy people of God got the same treatment as the daily worship. The horn cast God's Truth aside. High-handed, it took over everything and everyone. "Then I overheard two holy angels talking. One asked, ‘How long is what we see here going to last—the abolishing of daily worship, this devastating judgment against sin, the kicking around of God's holy people and the Sanctuary?' "The other answered, ‘Over the course of 2,300 sacrifices, evening and morning. Then the Sanctuary will be set right again.' "While I, Daniel, was trying to make sense of what I was seeing, suddenly there was a humanlike figure standing before me. "Then I heard a man's voice from over by the Ulai Canal calling out, ‘Gabriel, tell this man what is going on. Explain the vision to him.' He came up to me, but when he got close I became terrified and fell facedown on the ground. "He said, ‘Understand that this vision has to do with the time of the end.' As soon as he spoke, I fainted, my face in the dirt. But he picked me up and put me on my feet.

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ As I, Daniel, was trying to understand the meaning of this vision, someone who looked like a man stood in front of me. ¹⁶ And I heard a human voice calling out from the Ulai River, "Gabriel, tell this man the meaning of his vision." ¹⁷ As 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." ¹⁸ 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. ¹⁹ Then 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. ²⁰ The two-horned ram represents the kings of Media and Persia. ²¹ The shaggy male goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes represents the first king of the Greek Empire. ²² The four prominent horns that replaced the one large horn show that the Greek Empire will break into four kingdoms, but none as great as the first. ²³ "At the end of their rule, when their sin is at its height, a fierce king, a master of intrigue, will rise to power. ²⁴ He will become very strong, but not by his own power. He will cause a shocking amount of destruction and succeed in everything he does. He will destroy powerful leaders and devastate the holy people.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I was: Daniel 8:17, Daniel 8:27, Daniel 10:8, Daniel 10:9, Luke 9:32, Luke 22:45

he touched: Daniel 10:10, Daniel 10:16, Daniel 10:18, Genesis 15:12, Job 4:13, Ezekiel 2:2, Zechariah 4:1, Acts 26:6

set me upright: Heb. made me stand upon my standing

Reciprocal: Genesis 2:21 - General Genesis 17:3 - General Numbers 24:4 - falling Job 33:15 - deep Song of Solomon 5:2 - sleep Daniel 9:21 - touched Daniel 10:15 - I set Matthew 17:7 - touched Luke 24:5 - they Revelation 1:17 - I fell

Cross-References

Psalms 121:8
The Lord keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and forever.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now as he was speaking with me,.... Addressing him in the above manner:

I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground; through fear he fell prostrate to the ground, and swooned away, which issued in a deep sleep; and so was unfit to attend to the explanation of the vision the angel was sent to give him; and which was not through indifference to it, or neglect of it; but through human weakness, his nature not being able to bear up under such circumstances, which struck him with such fear and dread:

but he touched me, and set me upright; he jogged him out of his sleep, and took him, and raised him up, and set him on his feet; or, "on his standing" m; which Ben Melech explains, as he "was standing at first"; and so in a better posture to attend to what was about to be revealed unto him.

m על עמדי "super stare meum", Montanus, Gejerus; "super stationem meam", Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Now, 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, Judges 13:22; Isaiah 6:5; Luke 1:12, Luke 1:29; Luke 2:9; Acts 9:3, Acts 9:8. “But he touched me, and set me upright.” Margin, as in Hebrew, “made me stand upon my standing.” He raised me up on my feet. So the Saviour addressed Saul of Tarsus, when he had been suddenly smitten to the earth, by his appearing to him on the way to Damascus: “Rise, and stand upon thy feet,” etc., Acts 26:16.