Daniel 8:27
And I Daniel was faint, and lay ill several yamim; afterward I rose up, and did the kingʼs business; and I was astonished at the vision, but without understanding it.
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Daniel 2:48Then the king exalted Daniel to a high position, and gave him many great mattanot (gifts), and made him shalit (ruler) over the whole province of Babylon, and placed him in charge of all the chachamim of Babylon.
Daniel 6:2It pleased Daryavesh to set over the malchut an hundred and twenty satraps, which should be over the whole malchut;
Daniel 8:2And I beheld in a chazon; and it came to pass, while I was seeing, that I was in Shushan (Susa) the fortress, which is in the province of Eilam; and I saw in a chazon, and I was by the stream Ulai.
Daniel 10:8Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no ko'ach (strength) in me, for my hod (comeliness) was changed upon me into disfigurement, and I retained no ko'ach.
Habakkuk 3:16When I heard, my heart trembled; 1 my lips quivered at the voice; 1 rottenness entered into my bones, 1 and I trembled in myself, 1 that I might wait patiently for the Yom Tzarah 1 to come on the nation invading us. 1
Matthew Henry on Daniel 8:16-27
The Vision of the Ram and Goat. ( b. c. 553.) 15 And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man. 16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision. 17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.… Read the whole commentary →