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16 Then[a] one who appeared to be a human being[b] was touching my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak, saying to the one who was standing before me, “Sir,[c] due to the vision, anxiety has gripped me and I have no strength. 17 How, sir, am I able to speak with you?[d] My strength is gone,[e] and I am breathless.”

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 10:16 tn Heb “Behold.”
  2. Daniel 10:16 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.”
  3. Daniel 10:16 tn Heb “my lord,” here a title of polite address (cf. v. 19).
  4. Daniel 10:17 tn Heb “How is the servant of this my lord able to speak with this my lord?”
  5. Daniel 10:17 tn Heb “does not stand.”