Daniel 10:15
New International Version
While he was saying this to me, I bowed with my face toward the ground and was speechless.

New Living Translation
While he was speaking to me, I looked down at the ground, unable to say a word.

English Standard Version
When he had spoken to me according to these words, I turned my face toward the ground and was mute.

Berean Standard Bible
While he was speaking these words to me, I set my face toward the ground and became speechless.

King James Bible
And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.

New King James Version
When he had spoken such words to me, I turned my face toward the ground and became speechless.

New American Standard Bible
When he had spoken to me according to these words, I turned my face toward the ground and became speechless.

NASB 1995
When he had spoken to me according to these words, I turned my face toward the ground and became speechless.

NASB 1977
And when he had spoken to me according to these words, I turned my face toward the ground and became speechless.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now when he had spoken to me according to these words, I turned my face toward the ground and became speechless.

Amplified Bible
When he had spoken to me according to these words, I turned my face toward the ground and was speechless.

Christian Standard Bible
While he was saying these words to me, I turned my face toward the ground and was speechless.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
While he was saying these words to me, I turned my face toward the ground and was speechless.

American Standard Version
And when he had spoken unto me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and was dumb.

Contemporary English Version
While this angel was speaking to me, I stared at the ground, speechless.

English Revised Version
and when he had spoken unto me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and was dumb.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When he said this to me, I bowed down with my face touching the ground and was silent.

Good News Translation
When he said this, I stared at the ground, speechless.

International Standard Version
"After he had spoken to me like this, I bowed my face to the ground, unable to speak.

Majority Standard Bible
While he was speaking these words to me, I set my face toward the ground and became speechless.

NET Bible
While he was saying this to me, I was flat on the ground and unable to speak.

New Heart English Bible
And when he had spoken to me according to these words, I turned my face toward the ground, and could not speak.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when he had spoken such words to me, I set my face towards the ground, and I became dumb.

World English Bible
When he had spoken these words to me, I set my face toward the ground and was mute.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And when he speaks with me about these things, I have set my face toward the earth, and have been silent;

Young's Literal Translation
'And when he speaketh with me about these things, I have set my face toward the earth, and have been silent;

Smith's Literal Translation
And in his speaking with me according to these words I gave my face to the earth, and I was dumb.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he was speaking such words to me, I cast down my countenance to the ground, and held my peace.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And while he was speaking words to me in this way, I cast my face down to the ground and was silent.

New American Bible
While he was speaking thus to me, I fell forward and kept silent.

New Revised Standard Version
While he was speaking these words to me, I turned my face toward the ground and was speechless.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And when he had spoken these words to me, I set my face towards the ground and was speechless.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And when he was speaking these words with me, I set my face toward the ground and I was silent
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And when he had spoken unto me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and was dumb.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And when he had spoken with me according to these words, I turned my face to the ground, and was pricked in the heart.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Daniel's Vision by the Tigris
14Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision concerns those days.” 15While he was speaking these words to me, I set my face toward the ground and became speechless. 16And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome with anguish, and I have no strength.…

Cross References
Daniel 8:27
I, Daniel, was exhausted and lay ill for days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was confounded by the vision; it was beyond understanding.

Daniel 9:20-23
While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain— / while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice. / He instructed me and spoke with me, saying: “O Daniel, I have come now to give you insight and understanding. ...

Ezekiel 1:28
The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.

Ezekiel 3:23
So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.

Ezekiel 43:3
The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when He came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the River Kebar. I fell facedown,

Revelation 1:17
When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,

Revelation 19:10
So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

Luke 1:12
When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.

Acts 9:4
He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”

Matthew 17:6
When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown in terror.

Genesis 17:3
Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,

Genesis 18:2
And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

Isaiah 6:5
Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”

Isaiah 6:8
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”

Job 4:14-16
fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shudder. / Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled. / It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:


Treasury of Scripture

And when he had spoken such words to me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.

I set.

Daniel 10:9
Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.

Daniel 8:18
Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.

Ezekiel 24:27
In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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1. Daniel, having humbled himself, sees a vision.
10. Being troubled with fear, he is comforted by the angel.














While he was speaking these words to me
This phrase indicates a continuation of a divine encounter. The "he" refers to the angelic being who is delivering a message to Daniel. In the context of Daniel 10, this being is often understood to be Gabriel, who is known for delivering messages from God. The words spoken are of great significance, revealing divine plans and insights into spiritual warfare. The Hebrew root for "speaking" (דָּבַר, dabar) implies not just casual conversation but authoritative communication, often used in the context of God's word to His prophets. This highlights the gravity and divine authority of the message being delivered to Daniel.

I set my face toward the ground
This phrase describes Daniel's physical reaction to the overwhelming presence and message of the angelic being. The act of setting one's face toward the ground is a common biblical expression of humility, reverence, and submission. In the Hebrew context, bowing or lowering one's face is a sign of respect and acknowledgment of a higher authority. This posture reflects Daniel's recognition of the divine nature of the encounter and his own human limitations. It is reminiscent of other biblical figures who responded similarly in the presence of the divine, such as Moses at the burning bush (Exodus 3:6).

and became speechless
Daniel's speechlessness is a natural human response to the awe-inspiring and sometimes terrifying presence of the divine. The Hebrew root for "speechless" (נָדַם, nadam) conveys a sense of being struck dumb or silenced, often due to fear or overwhelming emotion. This reaction underscores the profound impact of the divine revelation on Daniel. In the broader scriptural context, being rendered speechless is a common response to divine encounters, as seen with Zechariah in the New Testament (Luke 1:20). It signifies the weight and seriousness of the message being received, as well as the human inability to fully comprehend or articulate the divine mysteries being revealed.

(15) I set my face.--The conduct of Daniel described in this verse is not to be ascribed to his fear, for that had been already driven away (Daniel 10:12), but to his reverence for the majestic person who was before him, and to the gratitude that he felt for the answer to his prayer. (Comp. Daniel 9:3-4.)

Verse 15. - And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb. The versions agree with the above. I set my face toward the ground does not mean that Daniel again fell prostrate, but that his eyes naturally sought the ground. And I became dumb. Not to be regarded as equivalent to "I remained silent," though there is nothing in the narrative to indicate that Daniel had been speaking; he may have had the sensation of paralyzed vocal cords. Certainly the verb 'alam means "to be dumb," although, as with ourselves, this phrase dots not mean always physiological dumbness, but simply a silence which, from shyness or fear, one is unable to break. This is the meaning the versions attach to it. The opinion we indicate finds support in the dumbness of Zacharias, the father of John Baptist, after Gabriel appeared to him, and, still more, in what is related in the following verse.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
While he was speaking
וּבְדַבְּר֣וֹ (ū·ḇə·ḏab·bə·rōw)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

these
הָאֵ֑לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh)
Article | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

words
כַּדְּבָרִ֖ים (kad·də·ḇā·rîm)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

to me,
עִמִּ֔י (‘im·mî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

I set
נָתַ֧תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

my face
פָנַ֛י (p̄ā·nay)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6440: The face

toward the ground
אַ֖רְצָה (’ar·ṣāh)
Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

and became speechless.
וְנֶאֱלָֽמְתִּי׃ (wə·ne·’ĕ·lā·mə·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 481: To tie fast, to be tongue-tied


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