Discovery BoxDaniel 10:15-19 
Context10:15 While he was saying this to me, 1 I was flat on 2 the ground and unable to speak. 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. 10:17 How, sir, am I able to speak with you? 6 My strength is gone, 7 and I am breathless.” 10:18 Then the one who appeared to be a human being touched me again 8 and strengthened me. 10:19 He said to me, “Don’t be afraid, you who are valued. 9 Peace be to you! Be strong! Be really strong!” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened. I said, “Sir, you may speak now, 10 for you have given me strength.”
1 tn Heb “speaking to me according to these words.”
2 tn Heb “I placed my face toward.”
3 tn Heb “Behold.”
4 tc So most Hebrew
5 tn Heb “my lord,” here a title of polite address. Cf. v. 19.
6 tn Heb “How is the servant of this my lord able to speak with this my lord?”
7 tn Heb “does not stand.”
8 tn Heb “He added and touched me.” The construction is a verbal hendiadys.
9 tn Heb “treasured man.”
10 tn Heb “my lord may speak.”
