Daniel 10:9

Amplified Bible

Then I heard the sound of his words; and when I heard the sound of his words, I fell on my face in a deep sleep, with my face toward the ground.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I heard the words he said, and when I heard them I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground.

Hebrew Names Version
Yet heard I the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I fallen into a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground.

King James Version
Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.

English Standard Version
Then I heard the sound of his words, and as I heard the sound of his words, I fell on my face in deep sleep with my face to the ground.

New American Standard Bible
But I heard the sound of his words; and as soon as I heard the sound of his words, I fell into a deep sleep on my face, with my face to the ground.

New Century Version
Then I heard the man in the vision speaking. As I listened, I fell into a deep sleep with my face on the ground.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Yet heard I the voyce of his wordes: and when I heard the voyce of his wordes, I slept on my face: and my face was toward the ground.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But I heard the sound of his words; and as soon as I heard the sound of his words, I fell into a deep sleep on my face, with my face to the ground.

Berean Standard Bible
I heard the sound of his words, and as I listened, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground.

Contemporary English Version
and at the sound of his voice, I fell facedown in a deep sleep.

Complete Jewish Bible
I heard his voice speaking; and when I heard him speaking, I fell down in a faint, with my face to the ground.

Darby Translation
And I heard the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice of his words, I fell into a deep stupor on my face, and my face to the ground.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then I heard the man in the vision talking. As I listened to his voice, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face on the ground.

George Lamsa Translation
And when I heard the sound of his words, I fell down upon my face on the ground;

Good News Translation
When I heard his voice, I fell to the ground unconscious and lay there face downward.

Lexham English Bible
And I heard the sound of his words, and when I heard the sound of his words I myself began falling into a trance on my face, with my face to the ground.

Literal Translation
Yet I heard the sound of his words. And when I heard the sound of his words, then I was on my face, stunned, and my face was toward the ground.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yet herde I the voyce of his wordes: & as soone as I herde it, fayntnesse came vpon me, and I fell downe flat to the grounde vpon my face.

American Standard Version
Yet heard I the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I fallen into a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground.

Bible in Basic English
But the sound of his words came to my ears, and on hearing his voice I went into a deep sleep with my face to the earth.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Yet heard I the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I fallen into a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground.

King James Version (1611)
Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his wordes, then was I in a deepe sleepe on my face, and my face toward the ground.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yet heard I the voyce of his wordes: and when I heard the voyce of his words, I fell astonied vpon my face and my face toward the earth.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Yet I heard the voice of his words: and when I heard him I was pricked in the heart, and I fell with my face to the earth.

English Revised Version
Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I fallen into a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground.

World English Bible
Yet heard I the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I fallen into a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y herde the vois of hise wordis, and Y herde, and lay astonyed on my face, and my face cleuyde to the erthe.

Update Bible Version
Yet heard I the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice of his words, then I fell into a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground.

Webster's Bible Translation
Yet I heard the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then I was in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.

New English Translation
I listened to his voice, and as I did so I fell into a trance-like sleep with my face to the ground.

New King James Version
Yet I heard the sound of his words; and while I heard the sound of his words I was in a deep sleep on my face, with my face to the ground.

New Living Translation
Then I heard the man speak, and when I heard the sound of his voice, I fainted and lay there with my face to the ground.

New Life Bible
Then I heard the sound of his words. And as soon as I heard him speak, I fell into a deep sleep with my face to the ground.

New Revised Standard
Then I heard the sound of his words; and when I heard the sound of his words, I fell into a trance, face to the ground.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then I heard the sound of his words, - and, when I heard the sound of his words, then, I myself, came to be in a deep sleep upon my face, with, my face, to the earth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I heard the voice of his words: and when I heard I lay in a consternation upon my face, and my face was close to the ground.

Revised Standard Version
Then I heard the sound of his words; and when I heard the sound of his words, I fell on my face in a deep sleep with my face to the ground.

Young's Literal Translation
`And I hear the voice of his words, and when I hear the voice of his words, then I have been in a trance on my face, and my face [is] to the earth;

THE MESSAGE
"I heard his voice. At the sound of it I fainted, fell flat on the ground, face in the dirt. A hand touched me and pulled me to my hands and knees.

Contextual Overview

¹In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar; and the message was true and it referred to great conflict (warfare, misery). And he understood the message and had an understanding of the vision. ²In those days I, Daniel, had been mourning for three entire weeks. ³I ate no tasty food, nor did any meat or wine enter my mouth; and I did not anoint (refresh, groom) myself at all for the full three weeks. ⁴On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was on the bank of the great river Hiddekel [which is the Tigris], ⁵I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, whose loins were girded with [a belt of] pure gold of Uphaz. ⁶His body also was like beryl [with a golden luster], his face had the appearance of lightning, his eyes were like flaming torches, his arms and his feet like the gleam of burnished bronze, and the sound of his words was like the noise of a multitude [of people or the roaring of the sea]. ⁷And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision [of this heavenly being], for the men who were with me did not see the vision; nevertheless, a great panic overwhelmed them, so they ran away to hide themselves. ⁸So I was left alone and saw this great vision; yet no strength was left in me, for my normal appearance turned to a deathly pale, and I grew weak and faint [with fright]. ⁹Then I heard the sound of his words; and when I heard the sound of his words, I fell on my face in a deep sleep, with my face toward the ground.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

was I: Daniel 8:18, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 15:12, Job 4:13, Job 33:15, Song of Solomon 5:2, Luke 9:32, Luke 22:45

Reciprocal: Genesis 17:3 - General Numbers 14:5 - General Judges 13:20 - fell on 1 Kings 19:5 - an angel Ezekiel 3:23 - and I fell Daniel 10:15 - I set Daniel 10:16 - my sorrows Revelation 1:17 - I fell

Cross-References

Genesis 6:4
There were Nephilim (men of stature, notorious men) on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God lived with the daughters of men, and they gave birth to their children. These were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown (great reputation, fame).

Genesis 6:11
The [population of the] earth was corrupt [absolutely depraved—spiritually and morally putrid] in God's sight, and the land was filled with violence [desecration, infringement, outrage, assault, and lust for power].

Genesis 13:13
But the men of Sodom were extremely wicked and sinful against the LORD [unashamed in their open sin before Him].

Genesis 25:27
When the boys grew up, Esau was an able and skilled hunter, a man of the outdoors, but Jacob was a quiet and peaceful man, living in tents.

Genesis 27:30
Now as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely left the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

2 Chronicles 28:22
In the time of his distress, this same King Ahaz became yet more unfaithful to the LORD.

Psalms 52:7
"Look, [this is] the man who would not make God his strength [his stronghold and fortress], But trusted in the abundance of his riches, Taking refuge in his wealth."

Jeremiah 16:16
"Behold (listen carefully), I will send for many fishermen," says the LORD, "and they will fish for them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain and from every hill and out of the clefts of the rocks.

Ezekiel 13:18
and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Woe to the women who fasten magic (protective) charms on all wrists and make veils for the heads of those of every stature to capture [human] lives! Will you capture the lives of My people but keep your own?

Micah 7:2
The godly person [who is faithful and loyal to God] has perished from the earth, And there is no upright person [one with good character and moral integrity] among men. They all lie in wait to shed blood; Each hunts the other with a net.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Yet heard I the voice of his words,.... Though he was struck with so much awe, and his spirits so greatly depressed, and his body reduced to so low a condition; yet he was capable of attending to the voice, and of hearing the articulate sounds pronounced, and of understanding what was said:

and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground; as soon as he heard his words, he fell upon his face to the ground, either in a way of worship and adoration, of prayer and supplication, as the Arabic version suggests; or through awe and reverence of the speaker, as well as through faintness of spirits; and these being quite exhausted, as it were, might be the reason of his falling into a deep sleep; unless it can be thought he was lulled into it, through the sweetness of the voice he had heard.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yet heard I the voice of his words - What the angel said when he appeared to him Daniel has not recorded. He says Daniel 10:6 that the voice of his words was “like the voice of a multitude.” It is probable that those who were with him had heard that voice, and hearing it, and being struck with the remarkable character of the vision, they had suddenly fled in alarm. Daniel heard more distinctly what he said, though it does not yet appear that he had heard anything more than the sound of his voice.

And when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face - Compare the notes at Daniel 8:18. Lengerke renders this, “I sank into a deep sleep,” etc. This is undoubtedly the meaning, that when he heard this voice he was overcome, and sank prostrate and senseless upon the earth. The sense of the Hebrew may be thus expressed: “I became (הייתי hâyı̂ytı̂y) oppressed with sleep,” etc.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Daniel 10:9. Was I in a deep sleep — I fell into a swoon.