Daniel 7:15

THE MESSAGE

"But as for me, Daniel, I was disturbed. All these dream-visions had me agitated. So I went up to one of those standing by and asked him the meaning of all this. And he told me, interpreting the dream for me:

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“As for me, Daniel, my spirit was deeply distressed within me, and the visions in my mind terrified me.

Hebrew Names Version
As for me, Daniyel, my spirit was grieved in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.

King James Version
I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.

English Standard Version
"As for me, Daniel, my spirit within me was anxious, and the visions of my head alarmed me.

New American Standard Bible
"As for me, Daniel, my spirit was distressed within me, and the visions in my mind kept alarming me.

New Century Version
"I, Daniel, was worried. The visions that went through my mind frightened me.

Amplified Bible
"As for me, Daniel, my spirit was distressed and anxious within me, and the visions [that appeared] in my mind kept alarming (agitating) me.

Geneva Bible (1587)
I Daniel was troubled in my spirit, in the middes of my body, and the visions of mine head made me afraide.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"As for me, Daniel, my spirit was distressed within me, and the visions in my mind kept alarming me.

Berean Standard Bible
I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit, and the visions in my mind alarmed me.

Contemporary English Version
Daniel wrote: I was terrified by these visions, and I didn't know what to think.

Complete Jewish Bible
"As for me, Dani'el, my spirit deep within me was troubled; the visions in my head frightened me.

Darby Translation
As for me Daniel, my spirit was grieved in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.

Easy-to-Read Version
"I, Daniel, was confused and worried. The visions that went through my mind bothered me.

George Lamsa Translation
As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved in my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

Good News Translation
The visions I saw alarmed me, and I was deeply disturbed.

Lexham English Bible
"As for me, Daniel, my spirit was troubled within me, and the visions of my head terrified me.

Literal Translation
I, Daniel, was distressed in my spirit amidst its sheath, and the visions of my head alarmed me.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
My herte was vexed, & I Daniel had a troubled sprete within me, ad the visions off my heade made me afrayed:

American Standard Version
As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.

Bible in Basic English
As for me, Daniel, my spirit was pained because of this, and the visions of my head were troubling me.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
As for me Daniel, my spirit was pained in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head affrighted me.

King James Version (1611)
I Daniel was grieued in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I Daniel was troubled in my spirite in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head made me afrayde.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
As for me Daniel, my spirit in my body trembled, and the visions of my head troubled me.

English Revised Version
As for me Daniel, my spirit was grieved in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.

World English Bible
As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
My spirit hadde orrour, ether hidousnesse; Y, Danyel, was aferd in these thingis, and the siytis of myn heed disturbliden me.

Update Bible Version
As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.

Webster's Bible Translation
I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of [my] body, and the visions of my head troubled me.

New English Translation
"As for me, Daniel, my spirit was distressed, and the visions of my mind were alarming me.

New King James Version
"I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit within my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.

New Living Translation
I, Daniel, was troubled by all I had seen, and my visions terrified me.

New Life Bible
"As for me, Daniel, my spirit was troubled within me. The things I saw in my dream made me afraid.

New Revised Standard
As for me, Daniel, my spirit was troubled within me, and the visions of my head terrified me.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The spirit of, me, Daniel, was grieved in the midst of the sheath, - and, the visions of my head, terrified me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
My spirit trembled; I, Daniel, was affrighted at these things, and the visions of my head troubled me.

Revised Standard Version
"As for me, Daniel, my spirit within me was anxious and the visions of my head alarmed me.

Young's Literal Translation
`Pierced hath been my spirit -- I, Daniel -- in the midst of the sheath, and the visions of my head trouble me;

Contextual Overview

¹⁵"But as for me, Daniel, I was disturbed. All these dream-visions had me agitated. So I went up to one of those standing by and asked him the meaning of all this. And he told me, interpreting the dream for me: ¹⁷"‘These four huge animals,' he said, ‘mean that four kingdoms will appear on earth. But eventually the holy people of the High God will be given the kingdom and have it ever after—yes, forever and ever.' ¹⁹"But I wanted to know more. I was curious about the fourth animal, the one so different from the others, the hideous monster with the iron teeth and the bronze claws, gulping down what it ripped to pieces and trampling the leftovers into the dirt. And I wanted to know about the ten horns on its head and the other horn that sprouted up while three of the original horns were removed. This new horn had eyes and a big mouth and spoke arrogantly, dominating the other horns. I watched as this horn was making war on God's holy people and getting the best of them. But then The Old One intervened and decided things in favor of the people of the High God. In the end, God's holy people took over the kingdom. ²³"The bystander continued, telling me this: ‘The fourth animal is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from the first three kingdoms, a monster kingdom that will chew up everyone in sight and spit them out. The ten horns are ten kings, one after another, that will come from this kingdom. But then another king will arrive. He will be different from the earlier kings. He will begin by toppling three kings. Then he will blaspheme the High God, persecute the followers of the High God, and try to get rid of sacred worship and moral practice. God's holy people will be persecuted by him for a time, two times, half a time. ²⁶"‘But when the court comes to order, the horn will be stripped of its power and totally destroyed. Then the royal rule and the authority and the glory of all the kingdoms under heaven will be handed over to the people of the High God. Their royal rule will last forever. All other rulers will serve and obey them.' ²⁸ "And there it ended. I, Daniel, was in shock. I was like a man who had seen a ghost. But I kept it all to myself."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

was grieved: Daniel 7:28, Daniel 8:27, Jeremiah 15:17, Jeremiah 15:18, Jeremiah 17:16, Habakkuk 3:16, Luke 19:41-44, Romans 9:2, Romans 9:3, Revelation 10:9-11

body: Chal, sheath, 2 Peter 1:14

the visions: Daniel 2:1, Daniel 2:3, Daniel 4:5, Genesis 40:7, Genesis 40:8, Genesis 41:8

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 4:19 - My bowels Daniel 7:1 - visions Daniel 8:1 - me Daniel Daniel 10:16 - my sorrows

Cross-References

Isaiah 11:6
The wolf will romp with the lamb, the leopard sleep with the kid. Calf and lion will eat from the same trough, and a little child will tend them. Cow and bear will graze the same pasture, their calves and cubs grow up together, and the lion eat straw like the ox. The nursing child will crawl over rattlesnake dens, the toddler stick his hand down the hole of a serpent. Neither animal nor human will hurt or kill on my holy mountain. The whole earth will be brimming with knowing God-Alive, a living knowledge of God ocean-deep, ocean-wide.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body,.... Or "sheath" a; the soul being in the body as a sword in its scabbard; where it was "cut" b and pierced, as the word signifies; and was wounded, distressed, and grieved at the vision seen; not at the sight of the Son of man, and the glorious and everlasting kingdom given to him; but of the four beasts, and especially the last, and more particularly the little horn, and the look, and words, and actions of that, as well as the awful scene of judgment presented to his view:

and the visions of my head troubled me; the things he saw, which appeared to his fancy as real things, gave him a great deal of uneasiness, and chiefly because he did not understand the meaning of them; it was not so much the things themselves, as ignorance of them, that cut him to the heart, and grieved and troubled him; for what is more so to an inquisitive mind, that has got a hint of something great and useful to be known, but cannot as yet come to the knowledge of it?

a בגו נדנה "in medio vaginae", Montanus; "intra vaginam", Munster, Vatablus. b אתכרית "transfixus est", Junius Tremellius, Polanus "succisus, [vel] excisus est", Munster.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I Daniel was grieved in my spirit - That is, I was troubled; or my heart was made heavy and sad. This was probably in part because he did not fully understand the meaning of the vision, and partly on account of the fearful and momentous nature of what was indicated by it. So the apostle John Revelation 5:4 says, “And I wept much because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book.”

In the midst of my body - Margin, as in the Chaldee, sheath. The body is undoubtedly referred to, and is so called as the envelope of the mind - or as that in which the soul is inserted, as the sword is in the sheath, and from which it is drawn out by death. The same metaphor is employed by Pliny: Donec cremato co inimici remeanti animae velut vaginam ademerint. So, too, a certain philosopher, who was slighted by Alexander the Great on account of his ugly face, is said to have replied, Corpus hominis nil est nisi vagina gladii in qua anima reconditur. - Gesenius. Compare Lengerke, in loc. See also Job 27:8, “When God taketh away his soul;” or rather draws out his soul, as a sword is drawn out of the sheath. Compare the note at that place. See also Buxtorf’s Lexicon Tal. p. 1307. The meaning here is plain - that Daniel felt sad and troubled in mind, and that this produced a sensible effect on his body.

And the visions of my head troubled me - The head is here regarded as the seat of the intellect, and he speaks of these visions as if they were seen by the head. That is, they seemed to pass before his eyes.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 15. I Daniel was grieved, &c. — The words in the original are uncommonly emphatic. My spirit was grieved, or sickened, בגו נדנה bego nidneh, within its sheath or scabbard. Which I think proves,

1. That the human spirit is different from the body.

2. That it has a proper subsistence independently of the body, which is only its sheath for a certain time.

3. That the spirit may exist independently of its body, as the sword does independently of its sheath.