Discovery BoxDaniel 10:8-11 
Context10:8 I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from 1 me, and my vigor disappeared; 2 I was without energy. 3 10:9 I listened to his voice, 4 and as I did so 5 I fell into a trance-like sleep with my face to the ground. 10:10 Then 6 a hand touched me and set me on my hands and knees. 7 10:11 He said to me, “Daniel, you are of great value. 8 Understand the words that I am about to 9 speak to you. So stand up, 10 for I have now been sent to you.” When he said this 11 to me, I stood up shaking.
1 tn Heb “did not remain in.”
2 tn Heb “was changed upon me for ruin.”
3 tn Heb “strength.”
4 tc Heb “I heard the sound of his words.” These words are absent in the LXX and the Syriac.
5 tn Heb “as I listened to the sound of his words.”
6 tn Heb “Behold.”
7 tc Theodotion lacks “and the palms of my hands.”
tn Heb “on my knees and the palms of my hands.”
8 tn Or “a treasured person”; KJV “a man greatly beloved”; NASB “man of high esteem.”
9 tn The Hebrew participle is often used, as here, to refer to the imminent future.
10 tn Heb “stand upon your standing.”
11 tn Heb “spoke this word.”
