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Daniel 10:10

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

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.
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 Behold, a hand touched me, which set me on my knees and on the palms of my hands. 11 He said to me, Daniel, you man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright; for to you am I now sent. When he had spoken this word to me, I stood trembling. 12 Then said he to me, Don't be afraid, Daniel; for from the first day that you did set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard: and I am come for your words' sake. 13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; but, behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me: and I remained there with the kings of Persia. 14 Now I am come to make you understand what shall befall your people in the latter days; for the vision is yet for [many] days: 15 and when he had spoken to me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and was mute. 16 Behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spoke and said to him who stood before me, my lord, by reason of the vision my sorrows are turned on me, and I retain no strength. 17 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, immediately there remained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me. 18 Then there touched me again one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me. 19 He said, "Greatly beloved man, don't be afraid: peace be to you, be strong, yes, be strong." 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
It happened, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they lived there.
Genesis 11:9
Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because Yahweh confused the language of all the earth, there. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
Genesis 14:1
It happened in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim,
Isaiah 10:9
Isn't Calno as Carchemish? Isn't Hamath as Arpad? Isn't Samaria as Damascus?
Isaiah 11:11
It shall happen in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, who shall remain, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands 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 heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.
Jeremiah 50:21
Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: kill and utterly destroy after them, says Yahweh, and do according to all that I have commanded you.
Daniel 1:2
The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God; and he carried them 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
Go to Calneh, and see; And from there go to Hamath the great; Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? Or is their border greater than your border?
Micah 4:10
Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, daughter of Zion, Like a woman in travail; For now you will go forth out of the city, And will dwell in the field, And will come even to Babylon. There you will be rescued. There Yahweh will redeem you from the hand 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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