Daniel 10:16-17

10:16 Then ¹  one who appeared to be a human being ²  was touching my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak, saying to the one who was standing before me, “Sir, ³  due to the vision, anxiety has gripped me and I have no strength. 10:17 How, sir, am I able to speak with you? ⁴  My strength is gone, ⁵  and I am breathless.”

Daniel 10:19

10:19 He said to me, “Don’t be afraid, you who are valued. ⁶  Peace be to you! Be strong! Be really strong!” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened. I said, “Sir, you may speak now, ⁷  for you have given me strength.”

[10:16]  ¹ tn Heb “Behold.”

[10:16]  ² tc So most Hebrew MSS; one Hebrew MS along with the Dead Sea Scrolls and LXX read “something that looked like a man’s hand.”

[10:16]  ³ tn Heb “my lord,” here a title of polite address. Cf. v. 19.

[10:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “How is the servant of this my lord able to speak with this my lord?”

[10:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “does not stand.”

[10:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “treasured man.”

[10:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “my lord may speak.”