Daniel 10:8

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I was left alone, looking at this great vision. No strength was left in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.

Hebrew Names Version
So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.

King James Version
Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.

English Standard Version
So I was left alone and saw this great vision, and no strength was left in me. My radiant appearance was fearfully changed, and I retained no strength.

New American Standard Bible
So I was left alone and saw this great vision; yet no strength was left in me, for my complexion turned to a deathly pallor, and I retained no strength.

New Century Version
So I was left alone, watching this great vision. I lost my strength, my face turned white like a dead person, and I was helpless.

Amplified Bible
So 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].

Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore I was left alone, and sawe this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my strength was turned in me into corruption, and I reteined no power.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So I was left alone and saw this great vision; yet no strength was left in me, for my natural color turned to a deathly pallor, and I retained no strength.

Contemporary English Version
Only I saw this great vision. I became weak and pale,

Complete Jewish Bible
Thus I was left alone; and when I saw this great vision, there was no strength left in me — my face, normally pleasant-looking, became disfigured; and I had no strength.

Darby Translation
And I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; and my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.

Easy-to-Read Version
So I was left alone. I was watching this vision, and it made me afraid. I lost my strength. My face turned white like a dead person's face, and I was helpless.

George Lamsa Translation
Wherefore I was left alone and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; and my heart trembled, and there was no strength in me.

Good News Translation
I was left there alone, watching this amazing vision. I had no strength left, and my face was so changed that no one could have recognized me.

Lexham English Bible
And I myself, Daniel, alone saw this great vision, and as a result no strength was left in me and my complexion grew deathly pale, and I did not retain any strength.

Literal Translation
Then I was left alone, and I saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me. For my glory was turned within me into corruption, and I kept no strength.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I was left there my self alone, and sawe this greate vision, so longe til there remayned nomore strength within me: Yee I lost my coloure clene, I waisted awaye, and my strength was gone.

American Standard Version
So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.

Bible in Basic English
So I was by myself, and I saw this great vision, and all my strength went from me; and the colour went from my face.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
So that I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.

King James Version (1611)
Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comelinesse was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remayned no strength in me: for my colour was turned in me into corruption, and I reteyned no strength.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there was no strength left in me, and my glory was turned into corruption, and I retained no strength.

English Revised Version
So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.

World English Bible
So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But Y was left aloone, and Y siy this greet visioun, and strengthe dwellide not in me; but also my licnesse was chaungid in me, and Y was stark, and Y hadde not in me ony thing of strengthis.

Update Bible Version
So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.

New English Translation
I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from me, and my vigor disappeared; I was without energy.

New King James Version
Therefore I was left alone when I saw this great vision, and no strength remained in me; for my vigor was turned to frailty in me, and I retained no strength.

New Living Translation
So I was left there all alone to see this amazing vision. My strength left me, my face grew deathly pale, and I felt very weak.

New Life Bible
So I was left alone and saw this special dream. I had no strength left. My skin color turned white as if I were dead, and there was no strength left in me.

New Revised Standard
So I was left alone to see this great vision. My strength left me, and my complexion grew deathly pale, and I retained no strength.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I, therefore, was left alone, and beheld this great revelation, and there remained in me no strength, - but, my freshness, was turned upon me into disfigurement, and I retained no strength.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I, being left alone, saw this great vision: and there remained no strength in me, and the appearance of my countenance was changed in me, and I fainted away, and retained no strength.

Revised Standard Version
So I was left alone and saw this great vision, and no strength was left in me; my radiant appearance was fearfully changed, and I retained no strength.

Young's Literal Translation
and I have been left by myself, and I see this great appearance, and there hath been no power left in me, and my honour hath been turned in me to corruption, yea, I have not retained power.

Contextual Overview

¹In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, and it concerned a great conflict. And the understanding of the message was given to him in a vision. ²In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three full weeks. ³I ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed. ⁴On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris, ⁵I lifted up my eyes, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist. ⁶His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude. ⁷Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men with me did not see it, but a great terror fell upon them, and they ran and hid themselves. ⁸So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.⁹I heard the sound of his words, and as I listened, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I was: Genesis 32:24, Exodus 3:3, John 16:32, 2 Corinthians 12:2, 2 Corinthians 12:3

and there: Daniel 7:28, Daniel 8:7, Daniel 8:27, Habakkuk 3:16, Matthew 17:6, Mark 9:6, Revelation 1:17

comeliness: or, vigour

turned: Genesis 32:25, Genesis 32:31, 2 Corinthians 12:7

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:12 - deep Exodus 3:6 - hid Numbers 12:6 - in a vision Job 37:1 - General Psalms 119:120 - My flesh Ezekiel 3:23 - and I fell Ezekiel 3:24 - the spirit Daniel 5:9 - countenance Daniel 8:17 - I was Daniel 8:18 - I was Daniel 10:16 - my sorrows Daniel 10:17 - straightway Zechariah 4:1 - waked Luke 9:34 - and they Acts 7:32 - Then Hebrews 12:21 - Moses

Cross-References

Micah 5:6
And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land, and tramples our citadels.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision,.... Which was great indeed, both with respect to the object now seen, and with respect to the subject matter, the things afterwards revealed, the nature, use, and importance of them; and it was so wisely ordered by the Lord, that the men with Daniel should be seized with a panic, and flee and leave him alone; that they being removed from him, he might have the secrets of the Lord revealed to him as a peculiar favourite of his, and hear and see the things he did:

and there remained no strength in me: either through the intenseness of his mind upon the object before him, and to what he said; or through the awe he was struck with at the sight of him; his blood running back to the heart to secure that; his nerves loosened; his hands weak and hanging down; his knees feeble, and spirits faint, just ready to sink and swoon away:

for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption; the form of his countenance was marred; his forehead wrinkled; his eyes sunk; the sprightliness and vivacity of them gone; his cheeks turned pale; his lips quivering; his joints trembling; his vigour and health impaired; all nature convulsed; and he lifeless and spiritless, like a dead carcass:

and I retained no strength; or, "restrained" s it not; his strength; could not keep it from going out of him, either of body or mind; he could not rally the powers of nature, so depressed was he with the vision: all which is observed, both to exaggerate the greatness of the vision, and the favour and goodness of God after shown him; as well as to observe the weakness of human nature, not being able to bear the sight of a divine Person, or such discoveries the Lord is sometimes pleased to make, without being strengthened and supported in an extraordinary manner.

s לא עצרתי "non cohibui", Gejerus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision - That is, I distinctly saw it, or contemplated it. He perceived, doubtless, that it was a heavenly vision; and as he had often been favored with similar manifestations, he remained to receive the communication which probably he understood was to be made.

And there remained no strength in me - He was completely overcome. A similar effect was produced on John when he was in Patmos: “And when I saw him I fell at his feet as dead,” Revelation 1:17. That he should be overcome, and his strength taken away, was not an unnatural effect; and what occurred to Daniel and John may demonstrate that there may be such views of the Divine character and glory now as to prostrate our physical powers. It is certain that such visions as those which appeared to Daniel and John would have this effect; and, though we are not to expect that they will now be vouchsafed to men, no one can doubt that there may be such views of God, and heaven, and eternal realities presented to the eye of faith and hope; such joy in the evidence of pardoned sin; such a change from a sense of condemnation to the peace resulting from forgiveness, that the powers of the body may be prostrated, and sink from exhaustion. Indeed, it is not much of the revelation of the Divine character that in our present state we can bear.

For my comeliness - Margin, “vigour.” Hebrew, הוד hôd. The word means, properly, majesty or splendor; then beauty or brightness, as of the complexion. The meaning here is, that his “bright complexion” (Gesenius, Lexicon) was changed upon him; that is, that he turned pale.

Into corruption - The phrase used here means literally “into destruction.” The sense is, that by the change that came over him. his beauty - his bright or florid complexion was completely “destroyed.” He became deadly pale.