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Daniel 10:10

But then a hand touched me and roused me 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 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.
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 But then a hand touched me and roused me to my hands and knees. 11 He said to me, "Daniel, greatly beloved, pay attention to the words that I am going to speak to you. Stand on your feet, for I have now been sent to you." So while he was speaking this word to me, I stood up trembling. 12 He said to me, "Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come because of your words. 13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me twenty-one days. So Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, and I left him there with the prince of the kingdom of Persia, 14 and have come to help you understand what is to happen to your people at the end of days. For there is a further vision for those days." 15 While he was speaking these words to me, I turned my face toward the ground and was speechless. 16 Then one in human form touched my lips, and I opened my mouth to speak, and said to the one who stood before me, "My lord, because of the vision such pains have come upon me that I retain no strength. 17 How can my lord's servant talk with my lord? For I am shaking, no strength remains in me, and no breath is left in me." 18 Again one in human form touched me and strengthened me. 19 He said, "Do not fear, greatly beloved, you are safe. Be strong and courageous!" When he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, "Let my lord speak, 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
And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Genesis 11:9
Therefore it was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.
Genesis 14:1
In the days of King Amraphel of Shinar, King Arioch of Ellasar, King Chedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of Goiim,
Isaiah 10:9
Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
Isaiah 11:11
On that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Ethiopia, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.
Isaiah 39:1
At that time King Merodach-baladan son of Baladan of Babylon sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and had recovered.
Jeremiah 50:21
Go up to the land of Merathaim; go up against her, and attack the inhabitants of Pekod and utterly destroy the last of them, says the Lord ; do all that I have commanded you.
Daniel 1:2
The Lord let King Jehoiakim of Judah fall into his power, as well as some of the vessels of the house of God. These he brought to the land of Shinar, and placed the vessels in the treasury of his gods.
Amos 6:2
Cross over to Calneh, and see; from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Or is your territory greater than their territory,
Micah 4:10
Writhe and groan, O daughter Zion, like a woman in labor; for now you shall go forth from the city and camp in the open country; you shall go to Babylon. There you shall be rescued, there the Lord will redeem you from the hands 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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