Daniel 10:17

For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
how	וְהֵ֣יךְ ve.Heikh	H1963	how? · conjunction + interrogative particle
can	יוּכַ֗ל yu.Khal	H3201	to be able · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
servant	עֶ֤בֶד 'E.ved	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine singular construct
lord	אֲדֹנִי֙ 'a.do.Ni	H113	sovereign · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
talk	לְדַבֵּ֖ר le.da.Ber	H1696	perhaps properly · preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct
lord	אֲדֹ֣נִי 'a.Do.ni	H113	sovereign · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
straightway	מֵעַ֙תָּה֙ me.'A.tah	H6258	at this time · preposition + adverb
remained	יַעֲמָד ya.'a.mod-	H5975	to stand · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
strength	כֹ֔חַ Kho.ach	H3581	vigor · noun, common masculine singular absolute
breath	וּנְשָׁמָ֖ה u.ne.sha.Mah	H5397	a puff · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
left	נִשְׁאֲרָה nish.'a.rah-	H7604	properly · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Exodus 24:10-11 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven…
Isaiah 6:1-5 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
Genesis 32:20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afte…
Exodus 33:20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
Judges 6:22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face…
Judges 13:21-23 But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD.
Matthew 22:43-44 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
Mark 12:36 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Daniel 10:10–end

Much ado here is to bring Daniel to be able to bear what Christ has to say to him. Still we have him in a fright, hardly and very slowly recovering himself; but he is still answered and supported with good words and comfortable words. Let us see how Daniel is by degrees brought to himself, and gather up the several passages that are to the same purport. I. Daniel is in a great consternation and finds it very difficult to get clear of it. The hand that touched him set him at first upon his knees and the palms of his hands, Dan 10:10. Note, Strength and comfort commonly come by degrees to those that have been long cast down and disquieted; they are first helped up a little, and then more. Afte…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 10:17

this . . . this my lord--to avoid the tautology in English Version, join rather "this," with "servant," "How can this servant of my lord (that is, how can I who am so feeble) talk with this my lord (who is so majestic)?" Thus Daniel gives the reason why he is so overwhelmed with awe [MAURER].

Adam Clarke on Daniel 10:17

Neither is there breath - He could not breathe freely; he was almost suffocated with sorrow.

John Gill on Daniel 10:17

For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord?.... Or, "talk with that my lord?" (z) pointing to the man clothed in linen, who appeared so glorious, and whom Daniel knew to be more than a man; and therefore he, who was a mere mortal sinful man, and reckoned himself a servant of the angel of the Lord that was now before him, and had touched him, and was conversing with him, and to whom he was greatly inferior, must be very unfit and unworthy to have conversation with one that was infinitely above him; "with such an one", his Lord, as Noldius (a) renders it, as Christ the Son of God, the Head of angels, King of kings, and Lord of lords; what was he, dust and ashes, that he sho…

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The Church Fathers

Let no one think that the one who appeared to Daniel was the Lord because Daniel addressed him as "lord." For Daniel at the end of the vision said, "He stretched out his hand to the heaven and swore by the living God," confessing candidly thereby his servitude to the Lord. Daniel called him "lord" not as if he were God, but rather paying him the customary honor. For when we too converse with humans of more honorable rank, we typically use this salutation, just as also blessed Abraham did when he saw the angels appearing as men and conversed with them as with men: "I ask you, my lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant." And blessed Rebecca spoke to the servant of blessed Abraham, "Drink, my lord, and I will give water to your camels." Accordingly, also this word lord does not altogether indicate God. And we will learn this more clearly from the end, as long as we hold to this train of argument.
— Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON DANIEL 10:16-17

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Dictionary and topics

Christ Is God · As King of kings and Lord of lords — As King of kings and Lord of lords

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Daniel 10:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Daniel 10:10–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 10:17

Adam Clarke on Daniel 10:17

John Gill on Daniel 10:17

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Daniel 10:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Daniel 10:10–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 10:17

Adam Clarke on Daniel 10:17

John Gill on Daniel 10:17

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Daniel 10:16-18

Keil & Delitzsch on Daniel 10:17-19

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Daniel 10:16

Rashi on Daniel 10:17