10:7 Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men who were with me did not see it. 9 On the contrary, they were overcome with fright 10 and ran away to hide. 10:8 I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from 11 me, and my vigor disappeared; 12 I was without energy. 13 10:9 I listened to his voice, 14 and as I did so 15 I fell into a trance-like sleep with my face to the ground. 10:10 Then 16 a hand touched me and set me on my hands and knees. 17
1 tn Heb “I lifted up my eyes.”
2 tn Heb “one.” The Hebrew numerical adjective is used here like an English indefinite article.
3 sn The identity of the messenger is not specifically disclosed. Presumably he is an unnamed angel. Some interpreters identify him as Gabriel, but there is no adequate reason for doing so.
4 tn The Hebrew word בַּדִּים (baddim) is a plural of extension. See GKC 396-97 §124.a, b, c and Joüon 2:500 §136.c.
5 tn The location of this place and even the exact form of the Hebrew name אוּפָז (’ufaz) are uncertain. Apparently it was a source for pure gold. (See Jer 10:9.) The Hebrew word פָז (paz, “refined gold” or “pure gold”) is more common in the OT than אוּפָז, and some scholars emend the text of Dan 10:5 to read this word. Cf. also “Ophir” (1 Kgs 9:28; Isa 13:12; Job 22:24; 28:16).
6 tn The Hebrew word translated “yellow jasper” is תַּרשִׁישׁ (tarshish); it appears to be a semiprecious stone, but its exact identity is somewhat uncertain. It may be the yellow jasper, although this is conjectural. Cf. NAB, NIV “chrysolite”; NASB, NRSV “beryl.”
7 tn Heb “torches of fire.”
8 tn Heb “The sound of his words” (cf. v. 9).
9 tn Heb “the vision.”
10 tn Heb “great trembling fell on them.”
11 tn Heb “did not remain in.”
12 tn Heb “was changed upon me for ruin.”
13 tn Heb “strength.”
14 tc Heb “I heard the sound of his words.” These words are absent in the LXX and the Syriac.
15 tn Heb “as I listened to the sound of his words.”
16 tn Heb “Behold.”
17 tc Theodotion lacks “and the palms of my hands.”
tn Heb “on my knees and the palms of my hands.”