Daniel 2:23

2:23 O God of my fathers, I acknowledge and glorify you,

for you have bestowed wisdom and power on me.

Now you have enabled me to understand what I ¹  requested from you.

For you have enabled me to understand the king’s dilemma.” ² 

Daniel 10:16

10:16 Then ³  one who appeared to be a human being ⁴  was touching my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak, saying to the one who was standing before me, “Sir, ⁵  due to the vision, anxiety has gripped me and I have no strength.

Daniel 10:19

10:19 He said to me, “Don’t be afraid, you who are valued. ⁶  Peace be to you! Be strong! Be really strong!” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened. I said, “Sir, you may speak now, ⁷  for you have given me strength.”

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¹ tn Aram “we.” Various explanations have been offered for the plural, but it is probably best understood as the editorial plural; so also with “me” later in this verse.

² tn Aram “the word of the king.”

³ tn Heb “Behold.”

⁴ tc So most Hebrew MSS; one Hebrew MS along with the Dead Sea Scrolls and LXX read “something that looked like a man’s hand.”

⁵ tn Heb “my lord,” here a title of polite address. Cf. v. 19.

⁶ tn Heb “treasured man.”

⁷ tn Heb “my lord may speak.”