Daniel 10:17

¹⁵ While he was speaking these words to me, I set my face toward the ground and became speechless.

¹⁶ And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome with anguish, and I have no strength.

How can I, your servant, speak with you, my lord? Now I have no strength, nor is any breath left in me.”

¹⁸ Again the one with the likeness of a man touched me and strengthened me.

¹⁹ “Do not be afraid, you who are highly precious,” he said. “Peace be with you! Be strong now; be very strong!” As he spoke with me, I was strengthened and said, “Speak, my lord, for you have strengthened me.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: How can I, your servant, speak with you, my lord? Now I have no strength, nor is any breath left in me.”
KJV: For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.
WEB: 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. There was no breath left in me.”
ASV: For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me.
DARBY: And how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remaineth no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.
BLB: And how is the servant of such as my lord able to speak with such as my lord? And for me, from now there remains in me no strength, and breath has not been left in me.”

ÅB: hvordan skulle da min herres tjener, en slik som jeg, kunne tale med en slik som min herre er? Hos meg finnes fra nå av ingen kraft, og det er ikke ånde tilbake i meg.
OTB: Hvordan kan jeg, din tjener, samtale med deg, min herre? Min styrke er borte, og jeg kan knapt puste.”
B1930: hvorledes skulde da min herres tjener, en slik som jeg, kunne tale med en slik som min herre er? Hos mig finnes fra nu av ingen kraft, og det er ikke ånde tilbake i mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 6:1–5
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
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Exodus 24:10–11
and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.
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Matthew 22:43–44
Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:
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Mark 12:36
Speaking by the Holy Spirit, David himself declared: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’
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Judges 6:22
When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”
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Exodus 33:20
But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”
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John 1:18
No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
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Judges 13:21–23
And when the angel of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it had been the angel of the LORD.
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