Daniel 10:9
And I heard the voice of his words: and when I heard I lay in a consternation upon my face, and my face was close to the ground.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
10And behold a hand touched me, and lifted me up upon my knees, and upon the joints of my hands.
Cross References
Genesis 2:21Then the Lord God cast a deep sleep upon Adam: and when he was fast asleep, he took one of his ribs, and filled up flesh for it.
Job 4:13In the horror of a vision by night, when deep sleep is wont to hold men,
Song of Solomon 5:2I sleep, and my heart watcheth: the voice of my beloved knocking: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is full of dew, and my locks of the drops of the nights.
Habakkuk 3:16I have heard and my bowels were troubled: my lips trembled at the voice. Let rottenness enter into my bones, and swarm under me. That I may rest in the day of tribulation: that I may go up to our people that are girded. I have heard, etc... Viz., the evils that are now coming upon the Israelites for their sins; and that shall come hereafter upon all impenitent sinners; and the foresight that I have of these miseries makes me willing to die, that I may be at rest, before this general tribulation comes, in which all good things shall be withdrawn from the wicked. Ibid. That I may go up to our people, etc... That I may join the happy company in the bosom of Abraham, that are girded, that is, prepared for their journey, by which they shall attend their Lord, when he shall ascend into heaven. To which high and happy place, my Jesus, that is, my Saviour, the great conqueror of death and hell, shall one day conduct me rejoicing and singing psalms of praise, ver. 18 and 19.
Luke 22:45And when he rose up from prayer and was come to the disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow.
Matthew Henry on Daniel 10:2-10
Vision near the River Hiddekel. ( b. c. 534.) 1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision. 2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. 3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. 4 And in the four and twentieth day… Read the whole commentary →