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Daniel 10:16

And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men, an angel having the appearance of a human being, probably again the Angel of the Lord in the special sense of the word, touched my lips, to heal his dumbness. Then I opened my mouth and spake and said unto Him that stood before me, O my Lord, by the vision, as a result of his seeing the vision, my sorrows are turned upon me, with acute and overwhelming power, and I have retained no strength.

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See also Daniel 10:16 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 16. _LIKE THE SIMILITUDE OF THE SONS OF MEN._] I think Gabriel is here meant, who appeared to Daniel in a _human form_; and so in Daniel 10:18, and see also Daniel 9:21. _TOUCHED MY LIPS_] Befo...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND, BEHOLD, ONE LIKE THE SIMILITUDE OF THE SONS OF MEN TOUCHED MY LIPS - In the form of a man. The reference here is undoubtedly to Gabriel appearing to Daniel in human form. Why he does not name him...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 10 THE PREPARATION FOR THE FINAL PROPHECY This chapter contains the preface to the final great prophecies as found in the last two Chapter s of this book. The certain man who appeared unto Dan...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    DANIEL 10. INTRODUCTION TO THE FINAL VISION. The last three Chapter s of Daniel form a unity and describe the final vision. Daniel 10 is introductory. A shining being appears to Daniel near the great...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MEN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Daniel is gradually revived and reassured....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    A second touch restores Daniel's power of speech. one _like the similitude_, &c. not an actual man, but a figure or appearance resembling a man. The word rendered _similitude_is the one which in the...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    ONE LIKE THE SIMILITUDE, &C.— Most of the versions read, _He being in appearance like a man;_ see Daniel 10:18. The angel Gabriel, most probably, is meant, who appeared to the prophet in a human form....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    c. ANGELIC ACTIVITY TEXT: Daniel 10:15-21 15 And when he had spoken unto me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and was dumb. 16 And, behold, one in the likeness of the sons...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    10:16 vision (g-36) As vers. 1,7,8. see ch. 9.23....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FINAL VISION These chs, form a connected whole, with three sub-divisions. Daniel 10:1 to Daniel 11:1 are introductory; Daniel 11:2 to Daniel 12:4 co

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HE THAT COMETH] Antiochus III. AGAINST HIM] against Ptolemy V. THE GLORIOUS LAND] Palestine: see Daniel 8:9. So in Daniel 11:41. WHICH.. CONSUMED] RV 'and in his hand shall be destruction.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 10 Chapter s 10, 11 and 12 tell us about Daniel’s last dream. V1 In the third year that king Cyrus ruled Persia, God gave a message to...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    ONE LIKE... — Comp. Daniel 8:15. However, there is no reason for supposing that the person is different from the one mentioned in Daniel 10:10; Daniel 10:18. By “sorrows” is meant the pain produced by...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הִנֵּ֗ה כִּ דְמוּת֙ בְּנֵ֣י אָדָ֔ם נֹגֵ֖עַ

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE VISION BY THE RIVER Daniel 10:1-21 This chapter gives a glimpse into the great conflict which is always in progress between heaven and hell. For three weeks the radiant Being who came to Daniel a...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The last things were revealed to Daniel in the reign of Cyrus. For three whole weeks he mourned and fasted as the result of a revelation to him of a great warfare. At the close of that period there ap...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And, behold, (l) [one] like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, (m) by the vision my sorrows are tu...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    There is some little difficulty to apprehend the whole of this passage. Daniel had before described a very glorious person, at whose presence he put his face to the ground. And here it should seem, at...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Daniel here narrates how the angel who inflicted the wound at the same time brought the remedy. Though he had been cast down by fear, yet the touch of the angel raised him up, not because there was an...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 AND 11. In chapter 10 we return to the East [1]. Chapter s 10, 11 and 12 form but one prophecy; only chapter 11 closes the history of the Gentiles, and cha...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND, BEHOLD, ONE LIKE THE SIMILITUDE OF THE SONS OF MEN,.... Not the man clothed with linen, or Christ; but either the same angel, Gabriel, who appeared more manifestly to him in a human form; or anot...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And, behold, [one] like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upo...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I set my face toward the ground_ The fear with which Daniel had been struck at the sight of the angel Michael still continued in some degree, so that he was afraid to look up at this angel, or to spe...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    10-21 Whenever we enter into communion with God, it becomes us to have a due sense of the infinite distance between us and the holy God. How shall we, that are dust and ashes, speak to the Lord of gl...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    ONE LIKE THE SIMILITUDE OF THE SONS OF MEN; an angel in the shape of a man, and no other but Jesus Christ, as before he that had humbled him now helped and encouraged him. I OPENED MY MOUTH, AND SPAKE...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Daniel 10:16 likeness H1823 sons H1121 men H120 touched H5060 (H8802) lips H8193 opened H6605 (H8799) mouth...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And when he had spoken to me in accordance with these words I set my face towards the ground and was dumb. And behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips. Then I opened my mou...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Visions of the glory of God. The heavenly messenger detained, but comes at last to show Daniel things to come, in answer to prayer. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Daniel, Michael, Cyrus, Princes...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Daniel 10:1. _In the third year of Cyrus,_ reckoned from the time that he occupied Babylon, in which he governed as viceroy for his uncle Darius. The first year of Cyrus therefore, mentioned in Daniel...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _In the third year of Cyrus._ THE VISION ON THE BANKS OF THE HIDDEKELS The law of gradual development seems to pervade the government of God, and may be treated alike in the material and spiritual de...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 10:15 On hearing of the power of the evil spiritual forces, Daniel was overtaken by such a sense of weakness that he was bowed to the ground, unable even to speak until the angel...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _HOMILETICS_ SECT. XXXVII.—ANGEL MINISTRIES (Chap. Daniel 10:1) In this and the two following Chapter s we have another of Daniel’s remarkable visions. It is both the last and the longest recorded, o...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION DANIEL 10:1 THE ANGELS OF THE NATIONS. The three chapters (10, 11; and 12.) form a section apart from the rest of Daniel. One marked peculiarity is the long and very old interpolation whi...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter 10, In the third year of Cyrus the king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose [Babylonian or Chaldean] name was Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Daniel 10:10; Daniel 10:17; Daniel 10:18; Daniel 10:5; Daniel 10:6;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    One like the sons of men — This likewise seems to have been Gabriel. I have retained no strength — Tho' he appeared to him, and spake to him as a man, yet Daniel could not bear his presence, without s...

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