Daniel 10:8

And I (emph.) was left alone, and saw this great vision -great," on account of the majestic appearance of the angel.

and there was left (Daniel 10:17) no strength in me Cf. 1 Samuel 28:20. The vision itself is more impressive than that of Gabriel in Daniel 8:16-18, and its effects upon Daniel are more marked.

comeliness The meaning is dignity of countenance. Majesty, glory, is the idea of the word: cf. (of God) Psalms 8:1; Habakkuk 3:3; (of a king), Psalms 45:3; Jeremiah 22:18 (-Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!"); of the Israel of the future, compared to a nobly-spreading tree, Hosea 14:6 (where -beauty," A.V., R.V., is inadequate).

was turned upon me into corruption i.e. disfigured, or destroyed, by sudden pallor. The Hebrew word rendered -corruption" is cognate with that rendered -marred" in Isaiah 52:14 (also of the countenance). For -upon," cf. Daniel 5:9; Daniel 7:28; and see on Daniel 2:1.

retained no strength In the Heb., a late idiom, found otherwise only Daniel 10:16; Daniel 11:6; 1Ch 29:14; 2 Chronicles 2:5; 2 Chronicles 13:20; 2 Chronicles 22:9.